(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) North Korea criticized the US Tuesday for seeking to deploy an advanced missile defense system in South Korea, the Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency reported.
Pyongyang accused the US of exacerbating the security situation on the peninsula by pushing for the establishment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea, the report said.
The US is considering deploying a THAAD battery to one of its military bases in the South, the report said, adding that the Pentagon has already completed a related field survey.
North Korea's state-controlled media claimed the move is part of Washington's military strategy aimed at destroying the "strategic balance" in the region and overpowering other countries.
"China, which views the US THAAD system to be deployed in South Korea as targeting it, issued warnings several times," according to the North's main newspaper Rodong Sinmun, which was monitored by Yonhap.
"China has made preparations for dealing with it in case of an emergency situation." The US push for a missile defense system in the South has put not only the peninsula but also Northeast Asia in great danger, the paper claimed.
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