SEOUL: Trailers carrying US THAAD missile defence equipment entered a deployment site in South Korea early Wednesday with tensions high over North Korea’s intentions, Yonhap news agency reported. The THAAD system is meant to intercept and destroy short and medium-range ballistic missiles during their final phase of flight. China however is strongly opposed to deployment of the THAAD system which it fears will undermine its own military capabilities. Chinese President Xi Jinping called Monday for “restraint” regarding North Korea in a telephone conversation with Trump. US defence leaders and other top officials are to give a classified briefing on North Korea to all senators in an unusual meeting at the White House later Wednesday.

Source: New Strait Times April 25, 2017 22:30 UTC