BEIJING: The deployment of a US missile defense system in South Korea would “seriously damage” regional security in northeast Asia, China said Friday, adding it strongly opposed the move.

The deployment of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) system announced by the US and South Korea would “seriously damage the strategic security interests of countries in the region including China,” Beijing’s foreign ministry said in a statement posted online.

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