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South Korea blames China for retaliating against THAAD

Published: 06 Jan 2017 - 09:08 pm | Last Updated: 16 Nov 2021 - 05:59 pm

Reuters

Sejong: China is suspected to be taking indirect action against South Korea's decision last year to deploy a Us anti-missile system, South Korea's finance minister said.
"China is officially denying it, but we feel their actions are linked and that there have been indirect responses taken,"  Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho said.
"It's hard to ask them what they're up to when they have been denying it officially".
Yoo did not elaborate on what he meant by "indirect action" but China recently rejected applications by South Korean carriers to add charter flights between the two countries.
He added Seoul planned to make efforts to reduce its trade surplus with US.