U.S., South Korea to discuss deploying advanced missile defence system

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon confirmed on Monday that it will start formal talks with South Korea on deploying an advanced missile defence system to South Korea to counter the growing threat of North Korea's weapons capabilities after its rocket launch this weekend.

U.S. military officials have said the sophisticated system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) was needed in South Korea. South Korea said on Sunday it and the United States would begin talks on the THAAD, after North Korea launched a long-range rocket earlier carrying what it has called a satellite.