China expresses unease after US announces plan to deploy advanced missile defence system in S Korea

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SEOUL – The US and South Korea announced Friday that they had reached an agreement to deploy an advanced missile defence system in the South in the face of growing threats from the North.

The two allies began talks on deploying the US THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) system to the Korean peninsula in February, a month after the North’s fourth nuclear test.

“Based on these consultations, the (South) and the US made an alliance decision to deploy THAAD… as a defence measure to ensure the security of the (South) and its people,” the defence ministries of the two countries said in a joint statement.

China’s foreign ministry said on Friday it was strongly opposed to the United States deployment of the THAAD missile defence system to South Korea and urged the two countries to put a stop to it.

The missiles’ deployment is not beneficial to maintaining peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and will seriously harm the security of countries including China, the ministry said.

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