US Army chief to visit South Korea, receive updates on plans about THAAD

General Mark Milley will make a three-day visit to South Korea, meeting his South Korean counterpart, and will receive an update on plans to deploy THAAD.

|Aug 16, 2016, 10:58:06 IST

Seoul: Chief of the US Army is slated to visit South Korea this week, Seoul's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.[caption id="attachment_2958284" align="alignleft" width="380"] South Korean protesters march to oppose THAAD . AP[/caption]General Mark Milley will make a three-day visit to South Korea from Wednesday, meeting his South Korean counterpart on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported citing a senior official as saying.Milley will receive an update on plans to deploy one Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) battery on South Korean soil, his office said. It would mark his second visit to South Korea since he took office in August 2015.High-level US army official's visit to South Korea would come amid heightened tensions surrounding Seoul and Washington's abrupt decision last month to house one THAAD battery by the end of next year.Objections from civic group activists and opposition lawmakers to the US missile shield are getting louder at home, while China and Russia have strongly opposed the THAAD deployment as its X-band radar can snoop on Chinese and Russian territories.If deployed, it would escalate the already heightened tensions in Northeast Asia as arms race is expected.

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