South Korean protesters denounce U.S. anti-missile system ahead of North-South summit


A military construction vehicle drives past residents (not pictured) taking part in an anti-THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) protest in Seongju, South Korea, April 23, 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS

SEOUL (Reuters) - Construction trucks moved into a South Korean base housing a U.S. anti-missile system on Monday, infuriating villagers opposed to its deployment, two days after North Korea vowed to suspend nuclear tests and ahead of a North-South summit.

Thousands of riot police moved in to disperse the protesters who tried to keep supplies from reaching the site of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the southern city of Seongju, just days before the first North-South summit since 2007.

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