US moves Thaad system to Korea site amid protests

Seoul

THE US military started moving parts of an anti-missile defence system to a deployment site in South Korea on Wednesday, triggering protests from villagers and criticism from China, amid tension over North Korea's weapons development.

The earlier-than-expected steps to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) system was also denounced by the frontrunner in South Korea's presidential election on May 9.

South Korea's Defence Ministry said elements of Thaad were moved to the deployment site, on what ha…