S. Korea Premier pelted with eggs, bottles over missile site

Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn travelled to Seongju on Friday to explain the decision but his speech was immediately disrupted by jeers.

July 15, 2016 11:56 am | Updated 11:56 am IST - Seoul

Residents block a bus carrying South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn in Seongju, South Korea, on Friday. Angry residents in a rural South Korean town have thrown raw eggs and water bottles at the prime minister to protest a plan to deploy a U.S. missile defense system in their neighborhood.

Residents block a bus carrying South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn in Seongju, South Korea, on Friday. Angry residents in a rural South Korean town have thrown raw eggs and water bottles at the prime minister to protest a plan to deploy a U.S. missile defense system in their neighborhood.

Angry residents in a rural South Korean town have thrown raw eggs and water bottles at the Prime Minister to protest a plan to deploy a U.S. missile defence system in their neighbourhood.

South Korea on Wednesday announced that the advanced missile system called Terminal High—Altitude Area Defence or THAAD will be placed in the southeastern town of Seongju to better cope with North Korean threats. Seongju residents launched protests, saying they fear possible health hazards from the missile system.

Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn travelled to Seongju on Friday to explain the decision but his speech was immediately disrupted by jeers.

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