SEOUL - Faced with China's wrath over the deployment of a US missile defence system five years ago, outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in tried to appease Beijing with a policy dubbed the "three Nos".
The promise of no additional deployment of the system known as Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (Thaad), no establishment of a trilateral military alliance with the United States and Japan, and no participation in the US missile defence network, helped restore ties with China, which the Moon administration views as an important partner in reaching out to North Korea.
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