North Korea criticized U.S. plans to deploy the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea in a communication from their Russian embassy to Moscow, according to the Interfax news agency on April 22.
The DPRK took aim at U.S. logic for the deployment, calling it “absurd” while adding the plans had the potential to spark greater conflict in north-east Asia.
North Korea criticized U.S. plans to deploy the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea in a communication from their Russian embassy to Moscow, according to the Interfax news agency on April 22.
The DPRK took aim at U.S. logic for the deployment, calling it “absurd” while adding the plans had the potential to spark greater conflict in north-east Asia.
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