South Korea Moves US Anti-Missile System to Golf Course

South Korea has announced a new location for an advanced U.S. missile defense unit. The Defense Ministry said Friday it intends to place the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) on a golf course. Earlier this year, the U.S. and South Korea had agreed the THAAD battery would be located on a missile base in the rural county of Seongju, southeast of the capital, Seoul. Local residents objected, however, saying the THAAD system posed health and environmental concerns, and made...

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