South Korea, China clash over US missile shield, complicating conciliation

SEOUL: China and South Korea clashed on Thursday over a US missile defence shield, threatening to undermine efforts by the new government in Seoul to overcome longstanding security differences.

A senior official in South Korea's presidential office told reporters on Thursday that THAAD is a means of self-defence and can never be subject to negotiations, after China demanded that South Korea not deploy any more batteries and limit the use of existing ones. South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, meeting on Tuesday, explored ways to reopen denuclearisation negotiations with North Korea and resume cultural exports, such as K-pop music and movies, to China.

Park, however, told Wang that Seoul would not abide by the 2017 agreement, called the"Three Nos", as it is not a formal pledge or agreement, South Korea's foreign ministry said in a statement. China also insists that South Korea abide by"one restriction" - limiting the use of existing THAAD batteries. South Korea has never acknowledged that element, but on Wednesday, Wang's spokesman emphasised that China attaches importance to the position of"three Nos and one restriction".

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