South Korea and the United States announced Wednesday that they will deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in Seongju County, North Gyeongsang Province. However, the missile ...

In a conflict with either country, South Korea would benefit from the potential US deployment of Lockheed Martin's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the country. With its ...

Why China Opposes Thaad in South Korea The U.S. has begun deploying a controversial missile-defense system, known as Thaad, to South Korea, a day after Pyongyang launched four ballistic missiles.

Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party, met with the acting United States ambassador to South Korea on Jan. 22, stressing the importance of bolstering the South ...

China and Iran because of plans to deploy its THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) anti-missile systems in East Europe, South Korea and the Persian Gulf. The United States has three THAAD ...

The Minute to Read (Weekdays) series provides a quick overview of significant events in Korea everyday, conveniently ...

Plans to place the Thaad system in South Korea have been mooted for months, ostensibly in response to North Korea’s widely condemned nuclear bomb and other missile tests. “We oppose the Thaad ...

Lee has criticized deployment of US-made THAAD missile defenses, which Washington says are meant to protect against North Korea but which China sees as a provocation. South Korea's left has long ...