S.Korea presidential frontrunner seeks to 'reset' China ties with extra THAAD missile system

Main opposition People Power Party's candidate Yoon Suk-yeol is set to run in the March 9 election, and is leading a tight race. - Bloomberg

SEOUL (Reuters): Plans by South Korea's leading opposition presidential candidate to buy an additional THAAD US missile system risks economic retaliation from China, his top foreign policy adviser said, but that would provide a chance to "reset" testy diplomatic ties.

Kim Sung-han, who advises Yoon Suk-yeol on foreign policy, also said North Korea is likely to resume weapons testing, but his team aims to devise a roadmap with significant and swift benefits for Pyongyang if it takes concrete actions to denuclearise.