On Wednesday, the presidential office announced deployment suspension of the new THAAD launchers, now stored at a USA army base, until the completion of environmental impact assessments, denying the reports the withdrawal of already deployed launchers, including two installed in Seongju [county in the north] during the election campaign.
The recent North Korean provocations have led South Korea to admit that the missile program of Kim Jong-un's regime is advancing faster than thought, and that a war might be in the making.
The missiles are the fourth new system the hermit state has tested this year, sending a defiant message that it will continue to pursue a weapons program that has rattled Washington.
Calling them a strong means of attack against enemy warships, the media said the missiles can strike targets at sea from land-based launch pads.
In what will likely become another source of animosity, Moon's government plans to let two out of four North Korean fishermen recently rescued at sea resettle in South Korea in accordance with their wishes.
The new government is undertaking a delicate balancing act, saying the two THAAD launchers already in place are safe, but suspending further deployment until completion of the probe - ordered after an allegedly botched roll out of the missile shield by the previous government.
Bolivian Ambassador Sacha Sergio Llorenty Soliz, noting that no country has called for a council meeting "so far", stressed that only Pyongyang's ballistic missile launches and nuclear tests are banned by the United Nations and could trigger sanctions.
North Korea owns around 300 unmanned aerial vehicles of different types including reconnaissance, target and combat drones, the United Nations said in a report a year ago.
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The European Union on Thursday broadened its sanctions against North Korea over its work on nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called on North Korea to stop testing missiles after the North's latest missile launch.
North Korea's 10th test of missile technology this year comes after Kim told his air force to be ready to bomb us aircraft carriers that are gathering in the western Pacific, according to China's official Xinhua News Agency.
"North Korea fired multiple unidentified projectiles, assumed to be surface-to-ship cruise missiles, this morning from the vicinity of Wonsan, Gangwon Province", the defense ministry said.
"The advancements in the last six months have caused great concern to me and others, in the advancement of and demonstration of technology of ballistic missiles from North Korea". North Korea is well within its rights to test a cruise missile in global waters.
Pyongyang conducted its latest missile test off its east coast Thursday.
North Korea on May 14 premiered a powerful new midrange missile that it said could carry a heavy nuclear warhead.
Moon vowed in his election campaign to review the decision to deploy THAAD, which was made by his conservative predecessor, Park Geun-hye, greatly angering South Korea's neighbour China, an important trading partner, and some domestic critics.USA officials have sought to play down the impact on relations with South Korea, a long-time treaty ally where more than 28,000 troops are based, although a Pentagon spokesman made clear it would like to see the full battery installed.
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