SEONGJU -- Hundreds of residents near the deployment site of a US missile defense system here filed a petition with the Constitutional Court on Monday to obtain an injunction against its construction and operation.
A total of 527 residents from Seongju County and neighboring Gimcheon, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, asked the court to prohibit the shipment of additional components of a US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery into the site, as well as the construction of the battery unit, until a separate ruling is made on its legitimacy.
South Korean environmental activists hold a rally at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on April 28, 2017, to protest the surprise deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in Seongju. (Yonhap)
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