North Korea claim Seoul is turning region into ‘nuclear battlefield’ amid WW3 fears – Express.co.uk

The Kim regime accused South Korea of sabre rattling after the deployment of its US supplied THAAD antimissile system as President Trump aids the state in securing the Korean border.

But in a threatening display of Kim Jong-uns spycraft, the hermit kingdom showed its citizens satellite imagery of the missile system deployed at a golf course in the southern Seongju province.

It is not currently clear when or how the images were obtained, but experts have claimed the images are part of a scheme to threaten South Korea by showing off the tiny tyrants skilled intelligence.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visiting the Rangnang Disabled Soldiers' Essential Plastic Goods Factory in Pyongyang

The states controlled media said: The satellite pictures show the THAAD missile launcher is currently deployed near the northern ridge of the Seongju golf course while the X-band radar and other auxiliary equipment are installed near the western ridge from the centre.

"THAAD is a source of a nuclear disaster.

They added the deployment would turn the Korean Peninsula as a battlefield for a nuclear war among powerful countries.

It is unclear if the hermit kingdom is trying to stoke war fears to continue their cruel oppressive regime while developing a so-called nuclear deterrent, or guide dissenting South Koreans to the site to stage protests.

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Anti-THAAD protests have raged in the South as Koreans oppose US military intervention in favour of a diplomatic approach to the North Korean menace.

And newly elected President Moon Jae-in has spoken out against reliance on the Trump administration, claiming in the past it was time to say no to America.

It comes as the United States starts to patrol the South China Sea for the first time since Donald Trump became president - despite the high possibility of angering China into siding with North Korea.

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Soldiers enjoy a ride at the funfair in Pyongyang

US Navy Commander Gary Ross has revealed the Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) will continue in the region, which has several disputed islands.

He said the US conducts the operations, aimed at challenging "excessive maritime claims", at different times of the year.

China claims about 80 per cent of the South China Sea, including reefs and shoals, but this is disputed by the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam Malaysia and Brunei.

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