SEOUL, June 3 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's defense ministry on Friday denied U.S. media reports that Defense Minister Han Min-koo would hold talks with his U.S. counterpart Ash Carter about the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system on the Korean Peninsula during an upcoming bilateral dialogue.
According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency, Carter told U.S. reporters at a flight to Singapore to participate in Asia's regional security meeting that he would discuss the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) issue during his upcoming talks with Minister Han.
Carter and Han left for Singapore to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annually-held regional security forum in Asia. The two defense chiefs are scheduled to separately hold a bilateral dialogue on Saturday on the sidelines of the meeting.
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