Decision over THAAD location in South Korea could be delayed - Yonhap


  • World
  • Monday, 16 Jan 2017

SEOUL (Reuters) - The signing of a contract which would secure the location of a U.S. missile defence system in South Korea could be delayed, Seoul's defence ministry said on Monday.

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system is due to be deployed on land which is now part of a golf course owned by the Lotte Group conglomerate in the Seongju region, southeast of South Korea's capital Seoul.

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