Following North Korea's latest provocation, Seoul and Washington look into completing
the stationing of THAAD in the peninsula.
This response came quickly, as the regime test-fired an ICBM capable of reaching the
U.S. west coast.
Kim Hyun-bin starts us off.
Seoul and Washington have resumed discussions to swiftly deploy the U.S. advanced missile
defense system THAAD to Seongju County,... some 300 kilometers southeast of the capital.
Defense ministry spokesperson Moon Sang-gyun says the two countries will first decide when
and how the deployment will take place.
"We will discuss the deployment of the remaining launcher with the U.S.
Once the talks are complete we will install the launchers."
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Following Pyongyang's test-firing of an ICBM last Friday, President Moon ordered the military
to resume the deployment of THAAD, reversing his previous decision to suspend the deployment...
until an environmental assessment is carried out.
A THAAD battery consists of six launchers, but only two launchers are currently operational
in Seongju.
President Moon said the other four will be deployed... following discussions between
the allies, though the timing is still undecided.
The decision by South Korea and the U.S. to deploy THAAD was made last year amid the regime's
continuous testing and enhancing of its nuclear and missile capabilities.
Military experts say that the latest ICBM could reach the west coast of the United States.
Meanwhile, the South Korean military is closely monitoring the North for a possible nuclear
test, which it believes could happen this year.
Kim Hyun-bin, Arirang News.
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