S. Korea says it won't consider any more THAAD deployments

S. Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said on Monday that Seoul is not considering any additional deployment of a US missile defense system, Yonhap reported.

S. Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha

Kang also said the country will not participate in the US-led missile defense (MD) networks.

Her comments come days before Trump's first trip to Asia during his presidency including visits to Japan, S. Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.

"We are not considering any additional THAAD deployment," Kang told a parliamentary audit of the foreign ministry in Seoul.

The US military has installed a THAAD battery that includes six missile launchers in the southeastern town of Seongju.

While Seoul has reiterated the THAAD deployment is aimed at defending S. Korea and countering threat from Pyongyang, Beijing has strongly protested against the move.

Kang stressed the THAAD system is only a self-defense measure that has nothing to do with the MD.

(CGTN)