Reuters, SEOULSouth Korea and the US yesterday said they would deploy an advanced missile-defense system in South Korea to counter a threat from North Korea, drawing sharp and swift protest from China. Russia is also opposed to basing a THAAD system in South Korea. South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) have held seven summit meetings since both took office in 2013. The US maintains 28,500 troops in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-1953 Korean War. South Korea has been reluctant to discuss the THAAD openly given opposition by China, its main trading partner and an increasingly close diplomatic ally.

Source: Taipei Times July 08, 2016 15:56 UTC