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DPRK

Pyongyang slams US missile plan

The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Thursday blasted the United States for its plan to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense in the Republic of Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported. It said the US, by deploying the advanced missile defense system, seeks to round off war preparations for "a pre-emptive strike at the DPRK".