US missile defence equipment reaches South Korea site

Protesters and police gather to watch as trailers carrying US THAAD missile defence equipment enter a deployment site in Seongju, South Korea.-AFP

Seoul (AFP) - US troops began delivering a missile defence system that has infuriated China to a deployment site in South Korea Wednesday, amid heightened tensions over the North's nuclear ambitions.

Washington is urging Beijing -- Pyongyang's sole major ally -- to do more to rein it in, but the Asian giant has reacted with fury to the planned installation of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.