S Korea deploys THAAD launchers 3 days after announcement
South Korea on Thursday deployed four Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) rocket launchers amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, three days after it made the announcement. The anti-missile launchers were deployed in Seongju City, about 200 kilometres south of Seoul. South Korea had vowed to install the launchers "to counter North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile threats."