The speakers bitterly accused the Defense minister of turning down the demand of the representatives of the citizens for the retraction of the THAAD deployment while claiming that it is an inevitable defensive step to cope with "the north's nuclear and missile threat."

If THAAD ensures security, it is better to deploy it at Chongwadae, they noted, calling on the citizens of Songju and Kimchon to pool efforts to pull it out of south Korea.