Monday, 20 March 2017 Seongju: Hundreds of South Koreans protested against the deployment of a US missile defence system, a day after the visiting US Secretary of State reiterated that its installation would go ahead. Rex Tillerson said in Seoul on Friday that the United States and South Korea would …
Read More »South Korea backs United States missile system
Thursday, 5 January 2017 SEOUL: South Korea is committed to deploying an advanced US missile defence system this year despite opposition from China, a minister said, even as opposition lawmakers head to Beijing with a different message. Seoul and Washington agreed to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) …
Read More »US ‘ready’ to install more THAAD launchers
Tuesday, 1 August 2017 WASHINGTON: The United States is ready to deploy the remaining parts of an advanced missile defence system to South Korea, the Pentagon said Monday with tensions rising over North Korea’s latest missile test, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. The remark by Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt …
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