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Making Contact: Ghosts of the Korean War
Feb 09, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm
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On today's Making Contact, we head to Soseongri, a small village nestled in the mountains of Seongju County. There, grandmas and grandpas in their 70s, 80s, and 90s have gone from quietly farming to organizing daily protests and blockades to stop THAAD – part of a missile defense system that gives the U.S. the ability to carry out a nuclear first strike. The region has historically been Korea's conservative stronghold, but with the deployment of THAAD, people are re-evaluating the history they've been taught their entire lives.