U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters/File Photo. A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. News1/Lee Jong-hyun/via REUTERSSouth Koreans protesting against a plan to deploy a U.S. missile defense system in their district blocked a minibus carrying the prime minister for several hours on Friday, preventing him from leaving an office. But residents of the melon-farming area said they were not consulted and they do not want the missile defense unit, due deployed by late next year. In South Korea, the prime minister holds a largely ceremonial role as the head of the cabinet in a powerful presidential system.

Source: Thanhnien News July 15, 2016 09:56 UTC