SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Rallies against the deployment of a U.S. missile shield in South Korea spread as people living in the originally designated site officially called for deliberation on another place to install the shield.
Thousands of residents in the southeastern city of Gimcheon gathered on Wednesday evening to hold a rally against the unilateral deployment decision concerning the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, which was made in early July between Seoul and Washington.
The two allies initially agreed to deploy the U.S. missile defense battery at a missile emplacement in Seongju county in North Gyeongsang province by the end of next year.
Seongju residents aroused the bitterest opposition to the closed-door decision without any prior notice and explanation, demanding a re-examination of where the super microwave-emitting radar is sited.
One THAAD battery is composed of six mobile launchers, 48 interceptors, a fire control unit and an X-band radar, which is known to emit microwaves detrimental to human bodies and environment.
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