EghtesadOnline: The former leader of South Korea's main opposition party, who is leading polls of candidates to be the next president, said on Thursday deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system that has antagonized China should be decided by the next administration.

EghtesadOnline: Japan may accelerate around $1 billion of planned spending to upgrade its ballistic missile defense s in the wake of rocket tests suggesting North Korea is close to fielding a more potent medium-range missile, three government sources said.