China's Defence Ministry has confirmed that it is pressing ahead with its own anti-missile system tests.

They cited safety fears over the system's sophisticated radar and its potential to be a wartime target.  

  Beijing has protested it would destabilize regional security balance

  THAAD has also been the subject of domestic protests

  "It is not targeting any specific country and will not affect international strategic stability."

  China worries the system's radar will be able to track its military capabilities. Russia also opposes the deployment.

  Park said North Korea could stage an act of aggression at any time, including possibly a fifth nuclear test or cyber...

  Kim Jong Un supervised the exercise that successfully tested the simulated detonation of nuclear warheads mounted on missiles, KCNA news...

  "The ballistic missiles flight went from 500 km to 600 km, which is a distance far enough to strike all of South...

  The THAAD system will be paid for by the United States

  All matters related to the United States, including the handling of U.S. citizens detained by Pyongyang, will be conducted under its ...

  China objects to the proposed THAAD deployment

  China and Russia have urged the United States to back off, saying THAAD's deployment could also affect their security

  "We should cooperate with China wherever we can, but we have to confront China where we must"

  The China-Russia drill will be held this month at a Russian military research center, the official English-language China...