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China calls for halt to U.S. THAAD deployment in South Korea

EghtesadOnline: China on Saturday called for a halt to the deployment of the THAAD U.S. anti-missile defense system in South Korea and for relevant equipment to be dismantled, China's U.N. Ambassador Liu Jieyi told the U.N. Security Council.
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Publish Date:06/August/2017 | 07:44

Trump explained U.S. position on THAAD to Xi: South Korea

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump told South Korea on Saturday he had explained to China's President Xi Jinping America's position on the deployment of an anti-missile defense system to South Korea, according to a statement from South Korea's acting leader.
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Publish Date:08/April/2017 | 05:03

Even with THAAD defense, North Korea missile barrage poses threat to South

EghtesadOnline: North Korea's latest weapons test showed it can accurately fire multiple medium-range ballistic missiles, an attack strategy that experts said could test the advanced U.S. THAAD anti-missile system which began to arrive in South Korea on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:08/March/2017 | 06:12

U.S. says THAAD not negotiable, but confident on North Korea sanctions

EghtesadOnline: The planned U.S. deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system in South Korea is not negotiable as part of efforts to agree new U.N. sanctions on North Korea after its fifth nuclear test, but Washington is confident tougher steps will be agreed before long, the senior U.S. diplomat for Asia said on Friday.
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Publish Date:24/September/2016 | 24:23

Chinese wary about U.S. missile system because capabilities unknown: experts

EghtesadOnline: China is steadfastly opposed to the deployment of advanced U.S. anti-missile radars in South Korea because it does not know whether the defenses, intended for North Korean missiles, are capable of tracking and countering Beijing's own nuclear program, experts say.
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Publish Date:04/April/2017 | 05:03

U.S. Begins Thaad Deployment in South Korea After Missile Firing

EghtesadOnline: A day after North Korea’s latest provocation, the U.S. announced that it unloaded two mobile missile launchers in South Korea to start deployment of its Thaad missile-defense system on the peninsula.
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Publish Date:07/March/2017 | 05:27

U.S to deploy anti-missile system in South Korea 'as soon as possible'

EghtesadOnline: The United States will speed up deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system to South Korea given the pace of North Korea's missile tests, and it will be stationed there "as soon as possible," the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:28/September/2016 | 05:52