A Terminal Excessive Altitude Space Protection base in Seongju-fun, North Gyeongsang Province (Korea Herald DB)
The state audit company stated Monday that it referred a former nationwide safety adviser and three others to the prosecution as that they had abused their powers to deliberately delay the deployment of a sophisticated US missile protection system in a southeastern county.
In response to the Board of Audit and Inspection, Chung Eui-yong, who additionally served as international minister beneath the previous Moon Jae-in administration, and different senior authorities officers have been discovered to have deliberately delayed the publication of outcomes of an environmental analysis, and the dangers associated to electromagnetic waves and noise from radars.
South Korea’s authorities agreed with the USA in 2016 to put in the Terminal Excessive Altitude Space Protection battery in Seongju, North Gyeongsang Province, and the deployment of the launch pad and connected tools started the next 12 months. (Yonhap)
