SEONGJU， SOUTH KOREA， March 30 (Xinhua) -- Hope and concern co-exited among South Korean residents living in a little， peaceful village where the U.S. missile shield， called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)， is set to be deployed as early as next month.

Five trucks loaded with unidentified equipments attempted Wednesday to pass through the entrance road to the golf course in the Soseong-ri village， in which Seoul and Washington agreed to install one THAAD battery.

The attempt was thwarted by villagers and civic group activists， the number of them reaching about 100， as they sat in the middle of the road to block what the defense ministry said were the trucks carrying machines necessary for an environmental evaluation.

The attempts were made twice early in the morning and at about noon Wednesday， but the trucks returned back in the end， leading the villagers， mostly those in their 70s and 80s， to feel jubilant over their first victory.