South Korea on Friday rejected US President Donald Trump’s
suggestion that it should pay for a $1 billion missile defence system to guard
against threats from the North Korea.
The first parts of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence
(THAAD) system have already been delivered to a former golf course in the South
— infuriating China — at a time of heightened tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear
and missile programmes.
Top US officials have said THAAD will be operational “within
days”.
“I informed South Korea it would be appropriate if they
paid. It’s a billion-dollar system,” Trump was quoted by Reuters.
“It’s phenomenal, shoots missiles right out of the sky.”
The two countries have been in a security alliance since the
1950-53 Korean war, and more than 28,000 US troops are stationed in the South.
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