Chinese President Xi Jinping, who spoke to Trump on Monday, is urging restraint from both Pyongyang and Washington. China, which has grown increasingly frustrated with its ally Pyongyang, and Russia see the system39;s powerful radars as a security threat.About 8,000 police officers were mobilized, and the main road leading up to the site in the country39;s southeast was blocked earlier Wednesday, Yonhap reported. On Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will chair a special meeting of the UN Security Council.The Trump administration is also upping the ante diplomatically. (Photo: AP)Seoul: In a defiant bit of timing, South Korea announced on Wednesday that key parts of a contentious US missile defence system had been installed a day after rival North Korea showed off its military power. Graham, a defence hawk who dined with Trump on Monday night, said the North should not underestimate the president39;s resolve.Tillerson will be "very vocal" about nations enforcing sanctions on North Korea, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.

South Korea said in a statement on Wednesday that unspecified parts of THAAD were installed.North Korea conducted live-fire artillery drills on Tuesday, the 85th anniversary of the founding of its million-person strong Korean People39;s Army.end-ofTags: thaad, north korea artillery drill, us missile defence systemLocation: South Korea, Seoul, Seoul.The South39;s trumpeting of progress on setting up the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence system, or THAAD, comes as high-powered US military assets converge on the Korean Peninsula and as a combative North Korea signals possible nuclear and missile testing.The streets of Pyongyang, however, were quiet for Tuesday39;s anniversary, which was overshadowed by April 15 celebrations for the birthday of the nation39;s late founder Kim Il Sung, and were marked by a missile test the following day.

A rapid tempo of North Korean weapons testing in the past year has pushed Kim Jong Un39;s authoritarian nation closer to developing a nuclear-tipped missile that could reach the US mainland. Lindsey Graham voiced confidence that Trump won39;t allow North Korea to reach that point.In Washington, top Trump administration officials are due to brief the entire US Senate on Wednesday.The moves to set up THAAD within this year have angered not only North Korea, but also China, the country that the Trump administration mold Spring hopes to work with to rid the North of nuclear weapons.Along with sending US military assets to the region in a show of force, President Donald Trump is leaning on China to exert economic pressure on its wayward ally. The US 7th Fleet said two American destroyers were conducting simultaneous maritime exercises with naval ships from South Korea and Japan.Republican Sen. About 200 residents and protesters rallied against THAAD in front of a local community center, some hurling plastic water bottles. And the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier is also headed toward the peninsula for a joint exercise with South Korea. According to Yonhap news agency, the parts include two or three launchers, intercept missiles and a radar.

The statement said that Seoul and Washington have been pushing to get THAAD quickly working to cope with North Korea39;s advancing nuclear and missile threats. Trump said Monday the council must be prepared to impose stronger sanctions.North Korea routinely accuses the United States of readying for an invasion, and threatens pre-emptive strikes to stop it. On the same day, a US guided-missile submarine docked in South Korea.The nuclear-powered submarine USS Michigan approaches to join the US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in drills near the Korean Peninsula.North Korea39;s official media reported Wednesday that leader Kim Jong Un personally observed the exercises, which involved the firing of more than 300 large-caliber artillery pieces and included submarine torpedo-attacks on mock enemy warships.AP Published: Apr 26, 2017, 10:37 am IST Updated: Apr 26, 2017, 10:37 am IST On Tuesday, North Korea conducted what it called its largest ever combined live-fire drills, near the east coast port city of Wonsan.On Tuesday, North Korea conducted what it called its largest ever combined live-fire drills, near the east coast port city of Wonsan.The USS Michigan, a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived Tuesday at the South Korean port of Busan for what was described as a routine visit to rest crew and load supplies. An unnamed North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said the US administration39;s policy to maximize pressure on North Korea was "little short of lighting the fuse of total war," the state news agency reported Tuesday

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