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South Koreans protest THAAD deployment plan

Sunday, 28 August 2016 12:24 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 28 August 2016 12:24 AM ]

Anti-war activists hold placards reading "Stop war exercise" during a rally denouncing the annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) joint US-South Korea military exercise, near the US embassy in Seoul on August 22, 2016. (AFP)

Jennifer Chang
Press TV, Seoul

Thousands of residents of Seongju county in South Korea have held a rally against Seoul's plan to deploy US THAAD system to their county. They formed a human chain stretching nearly three kilometers from their county office to an artillery base where the advanced missile defense system is to be placed. Press TV's Jennifer Chang reports.

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