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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Wednesday test-fired a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s defense ministry said, in an apparent reaction to the planned deployment of a US missile defense system. The missile was launched from near the western city of Unyul at around 07:50 am Wednesday (22:50 GMT Tuesday), it added. The test follows the launch of three ballistic missiles on July 19 in what the North said […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea said Wednesday its latest ballistic missile tests trialled detonation devices for possible nuclear strikes on US targets in South Korea and were personally monitored by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un. Tuesday’s test firing of three missiles in violation of existing UN resolutions was seen as an angry reaction to the planned deployment of a US missile defense system in the South. The launch of the two Scud missiles and […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea will announce on Wednesday the site for an advanced US missile defense system, officials said, following strong objections from China and Russia accusing Washington of flexing military muscle in the region. The plan to deploy the powerful system, which fires projectiles to smash into enemy missiles, came last week after the United States placed North Korea’s “Supreme Leader” Kim Jong-Un on its sanctions blacklist for the first time. […]
BEIJJING, China (AFP) — The deployment of a US missile defense system in South Korea would “seriously damage” regional security in northeast Asia, China said Friday, adding it strongly opposed the move. The deployment of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) system announced by the US and South Korea would “seriously damage the strategic security interests of countries in the region including China”, Beijing’s foreign ministry said in a statement posted online. “China strongly […]
