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South Korea Clears US Missile Defence System For Permanent Deployment
A South Korean environmental impact assessment of a U.S. missile defence system found "insignificant" electromagnetic radiation relative to safety standards, the defence ministry said on Wednesday, clearing the way for its permanent deployment.
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Japan Issues Brief Missile Alert As North Korea Fires Space Launch Vehicle
Japan briefly activated its missile alert warning system for the Okinawa region on Wednesday morning after South Korea's military said North Korea had launched what it called a "space launch vehicle".
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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Over Japan, Residents Told To Shelter
Japan's government warned residents of Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata prefectures to seek shelter indoors after North Korea's missile launch, according to J-Alert Emergency Broadcasting System issued on Thursday.
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South Korea Launches Its First Domestically-Developed Space Rocket
A successful launch would boost South Korea’s growing space ambitions but also prove it has key technologies to build a space-based surveillance system and bigger missiles amid animosities with rival North Korea, some experts say.
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South Korea, China Seek To Mend Relations After THAAD Fallout
South Korea and China have agreed to work swiftly to get their relations back on track following a year-long standoff over the deployment of a controversial US anti-missile system in South Korea.
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Preparing For Action? North Korea Moves Missiles From Facility: Report
Several North Korean missiles were recently spotted moved from a rocket facility in the capital Pyongyang, South Korea's Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported late Friday amid speculation that the North was preparing to take more provocative actions.
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South Korea Will Not Change THAAD Agreement With US: Security Adviser
South Korea does not aim to change its agreement with the United States on the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system and it will continue to work closely with Washington on it, the South's top national security adviser said on Friday.
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South Korea To Freeze New THAAD Deployment Pending Probe
South Korea will suspend any further deployment of a controversial US missile defence system until an environmental impact assessment ordered by new President Moon Jae-In is finished, his office said Wednesday.
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US Missile Systems In Alaska, South Korea Challenge Russia, Says Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that elements of a US anti-missile system in Alaska and South Korea were a challenge to Russia and that Moscow had no choice but to build up its own forces in response.
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South Korea Defence Ministry 'Intentionally Dropped' THAAD Units In Report: Blue House
South Korea's Defence Ministry "intentionally dropped" mentioning that four more launchers had been deployed for the controversial U.S. THAAD anti-missile system in a report to President Moon Jae-in's top aides, his office said on Wednesday.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-In Orders Probe Into Undisclosed US Missile Launchers
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In Tuesday ordered an investigation into why his office was kept in the dark about the arrival of four more launchers for a controversial US missile defence system, his spokesman said.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un Guides Test Of New Anti-Aircraft Weapon
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised the test of a new anti-aircraft weapon system and ordered its mass production and deployment throughout the country, after weeks of defiant ballistic missile tests.
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North Korea Missile Detected By THAAD, Programme Progressing Faster Than Expected: South Korea
North Korea's missile programme is progressing faster than expected, a South Korean minister said on Tuesday, hours after the UN Security Council demanded the North halt all nuclear and ballistic missile tests and condemned Sunday's test-launch.
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US Missile Defence System Operational In South Korea
The US military on Tuesday said its controversial Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-missile system, which was deployed last week in South Korea, is now up and operational.
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Seoul Rejects Donald Trump's Demand That It Pays For Missile System
Seoul on Friday brushed aside US President Donald Trump's suggestion it should pay for a $1 billion missile defence system the two allies are installing in South Korea to guard against threats from the North.
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South Korea Clears US Missile Defence System For Permanent Deployment
A South Korean environmental impact assessment of a U.S. missile defence system found "insignificant" electromagnetic radiation relative to safety standards, the defence ministry said on Wednesday, clearing the way for its permanent deployment.
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Japan Issues Brief Missile Alert As North Korea Fires Space Launch Vehicle
Japan briefly activated its missile alert warning system for the Okinawa region on Wednesday morning after South Korea's military said North Korea had launched what it called a "space launch vehicle".
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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Over Japan, Residents Told To Shelter
Japan's government warned residents of Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata prefectures to seek shelter indoors after North Korea's missile launch, according to J-Alert Emergency Broadcasting System issued on Thursday.
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South Korea Launches Its First Domestically-Developed Space Rocket
A successful launch would boost South Korea’s growing space ambitions but also prove it has key technologies to build a space-based surveillance system and bigger missiles amid animosities with rival North Korea, some experts say.
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South Korea, China Seek To Mend Relations After THAAD Fallout
South Korea and China have agreed to work swiftly to get their relations back on track following a year-long standoff over the deployment of a controversial US anti-missile system in South Korea.
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Preparing For Action? North Korea Moves Missiles From Facility: Report
Several North Korean missiles were recently spotted moved from a rocket facility in the capital Pyongyang, South Korea's Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported late Friday amid speculation that the North was preparing to take more provocative actions.
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South Korea Will Not Change THAAD Agreement With US: Security Adviser
South Korea does not aim to change its agreement with the United States on the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system and it will continue to work closely with Washington on it, the South's top national security adviser said on Friday.
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South Korea To Freeze New THAAD Deployment Pending Probe
South Korea will suspend any further deployment of a controversial US missile defence system until an environmental impact assessment ordered by new President Moon Jae-In is finished, his office said Wednesday.
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US Missile Systems In Alaska, South Korea Challenge Russia, Says Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that elements of a US anti-missile system in Alaska and South Korea were a challenge to Russia and that Moscow had no choice but to build up its own forces in response.
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South Korea Defence Ministry 'Intentionally Dropped' THAAD Units In Report: Blue House
South Korea's Defence Ministry "intentionally dropped" mentioning that four more launchers had been deployed for the controversial U.S. THAAD anti-missile system in a report to President Moon Jae-in's top aides, his office said on Wednesday.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-In Orders Probe Into Undisclosed US Missile Launchers
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In Tuesday ordered an investigation into why his office was kept in the dark about the arrival of four more launchers for a controversial US missile defence system, his spokesman said.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un Guides Test Of New Anti-Aircraft Weapon
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised the test of a new anti-aircraft weapon system and ordered its mass production and deployment throughout the country, after weeks of defiant ballistic missile tests.
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North Korea Missile Detected By THAAD, Programme Progressing Faster Than Expected: South Korea
North Korea's missile programme is progressing faster than expected, a South Korean minister said on Tuesday, hours after the UN Security Council demanded the North halt all nuclear and ballistic missile tests and condemned Sunday's test-launch.
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US Missile Defence System Operational In South Korea
The US military on Tuesday said its controversial Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-missile system, which was deployed last week in South Korea, is now up and operational.
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Seoul Rejects Donald Trump's Demand That It Pays For Missile System
Seoul on Friday brushed aside US President Donald Trump's suggestion it should pay for a $1 billion missile defence system the two allies are installing in South Korea to guard against threats from the North.
