THAAD News
The United States announced on Sunday that it would send its THAAD system to Israel with soldiers to operate it.
Israel is reportedly planning to attack Iran following the recent missile barrage. The THAAD system will enhance Israel's missile defense capabilities.
Seoul and Beijing on Tuesday agreed to move beyond a year-long stand-off over the deployment of a US anti-missile system in South Korea.
Putin denounced North Korea`s sixth and largest nuclear bomb test on Sunday, saying Russia did not recognise its nuclear status.
US President Donald Trump has vowed to answer any more threats by North Korea with "fire and fury".
On Friday, North Korea test-fired a missile, which the country described as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) called Hwasong-14, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
Trump campaigned in last year's presidential election on cracking down on China for its trade practices, but he softened his rhetoric after taking office, saying he wanted to work with China on the nuclear issue.
The US Missile Defense Agency has said that it would soon test an anti-ballistic missile system, days after North Korea demonstrated its arsenal was capable of striking parts of Alaska.
Moon, who backs engagement with nuclear-armed North Korea, was to meet on Thursday with Trump during his first foreign outing since being sworn in last month after a landslide election win.
Around 4,000 people participated in the demonstration, the largest since South Korea and the United States agreed to deploy the system, known as Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence (THAAD).
Moon was "shocked" to hear that the four additional THAAD launchers, deployed to counter the North Korean missile threat.
China wants to put ties with South Korea back on a "normal track", President Xi Jinping said on Friday.
The US has 28,500 troops in South Korea to guard against the North Korean threat. A major conflict is possible with North, says Trump and Moon.
Han Min-koo told South Korea`s parliament the test-launch had been detected by the controversial U.S. THAAD anti-missile system, whose deployment in the South has infuriated China.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and new South Korean president Moon Jae-In agreed Thursday that denuclearising North Korea was a "common goal" between them, Moon`s office said.
India and China should have mutual trust and respect rather than disrespect for each other, and come to an agreement on contentious issues which benefits both sides.
China on Tuesday demanded an immediate halt to a controversial US missile shield hours after Washington announced that the defence system was now operational in South Korea.
A contentious US anti-missile system based in southeastern South Korea can now defend against North Korean missiles.
"It has reached initial intercept capability," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
South Korea said the United States had reaffirmed it would shoulder the cost of deploying the THAAD anti-missile system.
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