North Korea threatens actions against THAAD deployment

North Korea's military has threatened to take physical action after the United States and South Korea announced that they would deploy a sophisticated missile defence system on the Korean peninsula. 

Seoul and Washington said on Friday that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-missile system would be used to counter Pyongyang's growing nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities. 

The North's military said in a statement on Monday that there will be physical response measures as soon as the location and time that the invasionary tool for US world supremacy, THAAD, will be brought into South Korea are confirmed. 

Pyongyang test fired what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile a day after the announcement by Seoul and Washington, sparking swift international condemnation. 

The North frequently threatens to attack the South, as well as US interests in Asia and the Pacific.


SOURCE: ALJAZEERA