N KOREA EXPLODES TWO NUC MOB IN 2016
The
United States and South Korea are destined to "pay the price" for their
decision to deploy an advanced missile defense system which will
inevitably prompt a "counter attack", China's top newspaper said on
Saturday.
Tension
on the Korean peninsula has been high this year, beginning with North
Korea's fourth nuclear test in January, which was followed by a
satellite launch, a string of tests of various missiles, and its fifth
and largest nuclear test last month.
In
July, South Korea agreed with the United States to deploy the U.S.
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system to
protect against any North Korean threats.
South Korea aims to deploy the system on a golf course, a defense ministry official said on Friday.
But
the plan has angered China, which worries that THAAD's powerful radar
would compromise its security and do nothing to lower temperatures on
the Korean peninsula.
In
a commentary, the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily said
China's opposition to THAAD would never change as it was a serious
threat to the regional strategic security balance.
"Like
any other country, China can neither be vague nor indifferent on
security matters that affect its core interests," the newspaper said in
the commentary, published under the pen name "Zhong Sheng", meaning
"Voice of China", often used to give views on foreign policy.
The United States and South Korea have to wake up to the fact that the Korean peninsula is no place to take risks, it added.
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