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United States lobbies China again on missile defense system

“The more efforts (the North) makes, the deeper the country’s isolation in the global community will be and the bigger its economic problems will be”, she said.

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Next month, South Korea will equip its guided bombs with supposedly “jam-proof” Global Positioning System technology from the US military to more effectively counter the North’s long-range multiple rockets.

The North is believed to possess at least 1,000 missiles with various strike range, all of which can be launched at once.

Even amid growing conflict between South Korea and China since the decision to deploy the THAAD antimissile system in Seongju County, North Gyeongsang Province, Park did not offer any solution for this.

Following his Beijing meetings, Milley will travel to South Korea to meet with US Army troops and hold discussions with Korean military leaders on the THAAD deployment and other issues.

“If such a decision is made, which would establish a joint missile defense system; it will be a logical response to the USA deployment of a missile defense system in South Korea”, according to Yevseyev.

The 12 North Korean waitresses who defected to the South in April have been released from Seoul’s custody, a South Korean government official said Tuesday.

Chinese state media have published daily attacks against the US and South Korea, and China has cancelled events involving South Korean entertainers.

Seoul is considering adding Raytheon SM-3 missiles to its fleet of Aegis guided missile destroyers to give the ships a ballistic missile defense capability, according to local press reports.

Almost a thousand residents of a South Korean farming town had their heads shaved yesterday in protest at the siting of USA anti-ballistic missiles there.

The US and South Korea will conduct their annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian military exercises from August 22 to 25.

The source also said the group escaped from Ryugyong restaurant in China in order to enter South Korea.

In addition to THAAD, Park addressed the state of human rights in North Korea.

The three countries have increased their intelligence-sharing and cooperation on threats emerging from North Korea.

North and South Korea remain in a technical state of war since the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armed truce. The UN Security Council Resolution 2270 dated March 2 urges North Korea to stop all activities on its ballistic missile program.

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The South Korean military is reportedly bolstering its missiles to simultaneously take out all North Korean military installations in case necessary.

Vice Adm. James D. Syring director of the Missile Defense Agency speaks to the media at the Defense Ministry in Seoul South Korea Thursday Aug. 11 2016. Syring on Thursday said an advanced U.S. missile defense system that is to be deployed in South