All posts tagged "THAAD"

  • (Yonhap)
    S. Korea, US hold off THAAD talks

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States have postponed the launch of formal talks on deploying a high-tech U.S. missile defense system, THAAD, on the peninsula amid speculation that the decision may be linked with...

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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  • The road to the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in North Korea is empty, Friday. All South Korean workers left the industrial park safely Thursday after North Korea closed the area and froze all South Korean assets there. (Yonhap)
    USFK to deploy THAAD

    By Rachel Lee South Korea will allow the United States to deploy at least one terminal high altitude area defense (THAAD) battery for defense against North Korean missiles, a senior military official said Friday. A Korea-U.S. joint...

    • Posted February 12, 2016
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  • (Korea Times)
    New Cold War looms over Korea

    China, Russia protest talks on THAAD after NK missile launch By Yi Whan-woo North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket Sunday, and South Korea’s ongoing talks with the United States over deployment of the terminal high altitude...

    • Posted February 10, 2016
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  • (Yonhap)
    [Business Insider] This is THAAD

      — The most advanced missile system on the planet can hunt and blast incoming missiles right out of the sky with a 100% success rate — and it appears to be headed to North...

    • Posted February 8, 2016
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  • (Yonhap)
    US hopes to deploy THAAD in S. Korea ‘as quickly as possible’

    By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States hopes to deploy the THAAD missile defense system to South Korea “as quickly as possible” and the two countries will begin formal discussions on the matter “in the...

    • Posted February 8, 2016
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  • Saenuri Party Chairman Kim Moo-sung, right, listens to the commander of the 6th Infantry Division during his visit to a general post near the border in Cheorwon County, Monday. (Joint press corps)
    Ruling party chief backs THAAD

    By Kang Seung-woo Ruling Saenuri Party Chairman Kim Moo-sung said Monday that South Korea should positively consider accepting the deployment of the terminal high altitude are defense (THAAD) system on the Korean Peninsula, citing North Korea’s nuclear...

    • Posted February 1, 2016
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  • Protesters struggle with police officers as they march toward the Defense Ministry during a rally against the visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 10, 2015. Protesters opposed a possible deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on Korea Peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    China presses S. Korea over THAAD

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China urged South Korea Friday to rethink the sensitive issue of bringing in an advanced U.S. missile defense system. “The Chinese government hopes the related nation (South Korea) will handle the matter prudently,” Hua...

    • Posted January 29, 2016
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