SEOUL - South Korea's ruling Democratic Party has planned to push for parliamentary hearing on the unauthorized delivery of four more mobile launchers of the US missile shield to the country, which failed to be reported to President Moon Jae-in. The party's special committee on THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) on Thursday told a press briefing in the National Assembly building that the defense ministry omitted "on purpose" the bring-in report of additional THAAD elements to President Moon. The committee described the report omission as "mutiny" and the "loosened state discipline," announcing its plan to push for the parliamentary hearings. Senior presidential press secretary Yoon Young-chan told a press conference Wednesday that the defense ministry intentionally omitted the report on the delivery of four more THAAD launchers to the country, following a probe into several defense ministry officials. On Tuesday, President Moon ordered a thorough investigation into the unauthorized transportation as it failed to be reported to the new president who took office on May 10. According to the presidential Blue House's investigation into military officers, working-level officials of the defense ministry included the four more launchers delivered to an unidentified US base in South Korea in the document, but those were omitted in the final version to report to Chung Eui-yong, top presidential national security advisor. Moon said it was "very shocking" as the THAAD transportation, which profoundly affects the fate of people and the country, was not made public. In addition, the intentional omission of the report to the Blue House came ahead of the South Korea-US summit meeting scheduled for late June. About two weeks before the May 9 presidential by-election, the first THAAD elements such as the radar and two mobile launchers were transported in the middle of night to a golf course at Soseong-ri village in Seongju county, North Gyeongsang province. THAAD is composed of six mobile launchers, 48 interceptors, the AN/TPY-2 radar and the fire and control unit. The clandestine transportation raised speculation that it was aimed to politicize security issues during the election campaign period, which tended to benefit conservative candidates in the past elections. make rubber braceletspersonalized rubber braceletsdesign your own wristbandprintable wristbandswristband creationbatman wristband24 hour wristbandsfidget spinner bracelet
PHNOM PENH - Trade volume between Cambodia and China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was valued at $1.2 billion in 2017, an average increase of 3.1 percent a year since 2013, a HKSAR's top economic official said Monday.Edward Yau, HKSAR's Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, disclosed the figures during a meeting with Cambodian Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak to discuss trade and economic cooperation between HKSAR and Cambodia.Mr. Yau said there is great potential for growth in trade between Hong Kong and Cambodia, noting that bilateral trade in goods amounted to $1.2 billion and increased by an average of 3.1 percent per year from 2013 to 2017, said a press release from his office.The release added that Yau also promoted HKSAR's role as the key link in the Belt and Road Initiative, saying that HKSAR is capable of contributing to infrastructure investment as well as financing, and of providing the professional and legal services needed to connect countries along the route of the Belt and Road Initiative.Yau led a 48-strong HKSAR delegation comprising businessmen and professionals to visit Cambodia on March 19-20, the first leg of their two-nation tour, which will also bring them to Vietnam.On Monday afternoon, Yau and the delegates also met with Sok Chenda Sophea, Secretary General of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), to learn more about the private sector investment policy and the latest investment environment in Cambodia, the release said.According to the CDC, Cambodia attracted 13 investment projects with the investment capital of $85 million from the HKSAR in 2017.
