Timeline of THAAD tension on the Korean Peninsula
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Updated: 27 Sep 2017
A timeline of the major events happened since South Korea announced its deployment of THAAD.
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Created byRuobing Su
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02/07/2016 - South Korean former
President Park Geun-Hye
discussed the deployment of THAAD
with the U.S. government7/8/2016 - South Korea announced
it was going to deploy THAAD officially9/30/2016 - A golf court in
North Gyongsangbuk Province, owned by Lotte corp.,
is announced to be where the battery would be deployed.10/2016 - Controversy of Park Geun-Hye
on her political conspiracy
and financial corruption09/2016 - Chinese government "unofficially"
pulled out Korean celebrities' showcases,
TV dramas and advertisement
out of the Chinese screen03/2017 - China implemented
a "travel ban" to economically
"retaliate" South Korea.12/21/2016 - Hwang Kyo-Ahn,
the acting president of South Korea
after the impeachment of Park,
appealed to deploy THAAD03/2017 - Two of the THAAD launchers were sent to
Uilsan Military Base, South Korea.06/08/2017 - The new president,
Moon Jae-in, hauted the deployment.07/29/2017 - Moon announced to deploy
the rest four launchers by the end of 201703/06/2016 - At least 67 Lotte Marts
in major Chinese cities
were shut down by Chinese government.03/2017 - Around 20 Lotte Marts in China
were shut down by Lotte group.04/2016 - North Korea tested the engine designed for
an intercontinental ballistic missile06/08/2017 - North Korea launched
several missiles to Sea of Japan06/28/2017 - North Korea launched
its 14th missile tests02/07/2017 - North Korea launched
its first medium-ranged ballistic missile08/25/2017 - North Korea fires three
short-range missiles09/03/2017 - North Korea lauched its
first thermonuclear weapon
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