THAAD

NORTH Korea might be holding off its plan to target Guam in a missile attack. But here’s what would happen if it did follow through.

THE US military has conducted a successful test of a missile intercept system, officials said overnight, as tensions soar following North Korea’s test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile that could potentially reach Alaska.

US TROOPS have begun delivering a missile defence system to a deployment site in South Korea in a move that has infuriated China.

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North Korea has threatened to fire at lighting equipment being used by the US and South Korean militaries at a village inside the Demilitarized Zone.

China's foreign minister has warned South Korea against deploying American THAAD missile defense complexes, saying it would harm the “foundation of mutual trust.” Beijing holds the US responsible for upsetting the strategic balance in the region.