Thousands of residents of a rural county protest the selection of the county as the site of the U.S. missile defense system, called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), yesterday. South Korea announced yesterday that one THAAD battery will be deployed to the Seongsan-ri region of the Seongju county in North Gyeongsang province, where South Korean Air Force’s Hawk surface-to-air missile battery is located.

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