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General Category => World News => Topic started by: DemolitionMan on October 31, 2017, 03:13:41 am

Title: South Korea and China End Dispute Over Missile Defense System
Post by: DemolitionMan on October 31, 2017, 03:13:41 am

 CHOE SANG-HUN

South Korea and China on Tuesday agreed to end a dispute over the deployment of an advanced American missile defense system in the South and to restore their economic and other ties.

The agreement, unveiled following low-key negotiations involving Chinese and South Korean officials, removed a major obstacle in relations between Seoul and Beijing, one that has complicated international efforts to tame North Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear-test-radiation.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fchoe-sang-hun&action=click&contentCollection=undefined&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection