North Korea's continued testing of missiles and nuclear weapons capabilities will top the agenda for U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's first trip to Asia.
China has vowed to defend it's security interests as South Korea begins to install an THAAD surface-to-air missile system provided by the American military.
U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner repeated that the THAAD system is not directed at China, its for defending South Korea.
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U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner says the agenda of Secretary Tillerson's trip goes far beyond Bejing's concerns about the THAAD system.
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U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner said that North Korea is doing itself no favors by failing to comply with U.N. resolutions and continuing to test.
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