China expels South Korean missionaries amid missile defence tensions
(The Guardian South Korea)

Beijing believed to be retaliating against Seoul´s plan to host Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system of the US militaryChina has expelled 32 South Korean Christian missionaries, a Seoul official has said, amid diplomatic tension between the two countries over the planned deployment of a US missile defence system. The 32 were based in China´s northeastern Yanji region near the border with North Korea, many of whom had worked there more than a decade, South Korean media has reported. Related: China doesn´t want to suppress Christianity - just control it | Andrew Brown Related: North Korea vows `physical response` to South`s new missile defence system Continue reading...