South Korea chooses site of THAAD U.S. missile system amid protests

By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea announced on Wednesday the site where a U.S. THAAD anti-missile defense unit will be deployed against North Korea's missile and nuclear threats, a plan that has angered China and prompted a North Korean warning of retaliation. South Korea and the United States said last Friday they had made a final decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the South. Tension on the Korean peninsula has been high since North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test in January and followed that with a satellite launch and a string of test launches of various missiles.