(Source:AP) Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn traveled to Seongju on Friday, to explain the decision but his speech was immediately disrupted by jeers. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn traveled to Seongju on Friday, to explain the decision but his speech was immediately disrupted by jeers. (Source:AP)Angry residents in a rural South Korean town have thrown raw eggs and water bottles at the prime minister to protest a plan to deploy a US missile defense system in their neighborhood. Seongju residents launched protests, saying they fear possible health hazards from the missile system. South Korea on Wednesday announced that the advanced missile system called Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense or THAAD will be placed in the southeastern town of Seongju to better cope with North Korean threats.

Source: Indian Express July 15, 2016 08:31 UTC