North Korean Crisis -- News Updates September 8, 2017

The Guardian: South Korea deploys missile system as US strengthens North Korea trade threat

Controversial Thaad system brought in as China holds air warfare exercises and US treasury secretary issues threat to countries trading with Pyongyang

Dozens of South Korean protesters have been injured in clashes with police over the full deployment on Thursday of a controversial US missile defence system intended to counter attacks from North Korea.

According to South Korean media, 38 people, including six police officers, were injured in the village of Seongju, 300km south of Seoul, as preparations were made to install four further terminal high-altitude area defence (Thaad) system batteries at a golf course in the village.

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North Korean Crisis -- News Updates September 8, 2017

Radiation levels up in China after North Korea nuclear test -- UPI
North Korea: Germany, China back 'peaceful' dialogue -- DW
North Korea Says U.S. to Pay Dearly for Haley’s ‘Hysteric Fit’ -- Bloomberg
North Korea warns US will pay for 'political prostitute' Nikki Haley's 'hysteric fit' -- FOX News
What North Korea thinks about Trump — according to the man who interprets his tweets for Kim Jong Un -- Business Insider
North Korea’s capital is a ghost town amid nuclear testing -- NYPost
North Korea defector 'proud' of nukes, says Kim would rather die than give up -- UPI
U.S. not disputing North Korea's claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb -- CBS/AP
US intelligence: 'Highly probable' North Korea tested hydrogen bomb -- ABC News
North Korea War 'Could Happen' says Trump, but South Koreans Oppose Pre-Emptive Strike -- Newsweek
Trump: 'It would be great' if North Korea could be solved without military action -- CNN
This Chinese Company Is Helping U.S. Target North Korea Violators -- Bloomberg
Xi, Merkel discuss Korean Peninsula -- ECNS
Mexico expels North Korean ambassador over nuclear test -- BNO
In Hokkaido, Being In North Korea's Missile Flight Path Means Cold War-Era Drills -- NPR
Seoul looks to ASEAN amid nuclear crisis -- Nikkei Asian Review
Most South Koreans doubt the North will start a war: poll -- Reuters
Negotiate with North Korea? A Russian Tried -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea -- Evan Osnos, New Yorker