South Korea and US to deploy THAAD missile defence, drawing China rebuke
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South Korea and the United States said on Friday they would deploy an advanced missile defence system in South Korea to counter the threat from nuclear-armed North Korea, drawing a sharp and swift protest from China.
accordingto South Korea's Defence Ministry and the US Defense Department, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD anti-missile system will be used only as protection against North Korea's growing nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities.
The announcement came a day after the U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted leader North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for human rights abuses. North Korea called this "a declaration of war" and vowed a tough response. Beijing, for its part, said on Friday that it has lodged complaints with the US and South Korean ambassadors over the THAAD decision. It also criticized the decision to impose sanctions on the leader of its ally North Korea.
