SEOUL, March 2 (Xinhua) -- South Korea has launched the process of providing land to the U.S. forces stationed here to deploy the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korean soil, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuck told a regular press briefing that the land provision procedure was launched according to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the two allies.
Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth-largest family-controlled conglomerate, inked a contract with the Defense Ministry of South Korea on Tuesday to exchange its golf course in the country's southeast region for military land near Seoul.
Seoul and Washington abruptly announced a plan in July last year to deploy one THAAD battery in South Korea by the end of this year.
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