Finding My Country Series (2017-), Screen print and colored pencil on paper, 22" x 30" (55.88 x 76.2 cm), Private collection
Koreamerica (2017), Acrylic on linen, 35" x 48" (88.9 x 121.92 cm)
Claim for Auto No. Me (2017), Photo installation, 65" x 71" (5.41' x 5.91' / 165.1 x 180.34 cm)
Lockheed Martin (American aerospace and defense company)
THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense)
“When enemies attack, governments must be ready to defend their soldiers, citizens and infrastructure. that’s where THAAD comes in…one of the most advances missile defense systems in the world.”
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THAAD Deployed at 4:45am on 4/26, 2017, Seongju, South Korea
“The US and South Korea are forging ahead with the system despite staunch objections from China.
Beijing fears THAAD will weaken its own ballistic missile capabilities and says the system upsets the regional security balance.”
—Aljazeera
Mike Pence (U.S. Vice President)
“Whether it’s this missile defense system or other systems, I think you can be confident that the President of the United States will call on prosperous nations that the United States provides security for to do more their own defense.”
Donal J. Trump (U.S. President)
“Why are we paying a billion dollars? So I informed South Korea it would be appropriate if they paid.”
H.R. McMaster (U.S. National Security Advisor)
“What I told our South Korean counterpart is until any renegotiation, that the deal’s in place, we’ll adhere to our word.”
Kim Kwan-jin (South Korea Chief of The National Security Office)
“The two allies had agreed that the Americans would pay for the system and its operation and maintenance, with Seoul providing land and supporting infrastructure.”
Han Min-goo (South KoreaMinister of Defense)
“THAAD deployment is a matter of South Korea-U.S. alliance and it is our minimum self-defensive measure against North Korea’s fast and accelerated nuclear and missile development.”
Im Sun-bun (Sosung-ri, Seongju Resident Representative)
“THAAD deployment was forced like a martial law. 8000 police officers raided and over 10 residents, even people in their 80s and 90s were injured.”