N. Korea calls South´s leader ´psychopath´ over missile row
 

SEOUL: **rth Korea on Wednesday labelled South Korean President Park Geun-Hye a "psychopath" after she made a speech slamming Pyongyang´s nuclear ambitions and defending the deployment of a US anti-missile system.

In her televised address on Monday, Park had stressed that deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system was an act of "self-defence" in response to the **rth´s expanding nuclear ******* programme.

A spokesman for the **rth´s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country said Park´s argument was "preposterous" and unfounded.

"This is just a lame excuse and she should k**w that ** one will be taken in by such sophism of a puppet that can do **thing without an approval of her US master," the spokesman said.

"This is ** more than **nsense talked by a psychopath," he added in a statement carried by the **rth´s official KCNA news agency.

**rth Korea has threatened to take "physical action" against the THAAD deployment, saying any South Korean ports and airfields hosting US military hardware would become a target.

Beijing is also opposed to the move, seeing it as a US bid to flex its military muscle in the region and undermine China´s own missile capabilities.

US Army Chief of Staff, General Mark Milley, addressed those concerns during talks on Tuesday with his Chinese counterpart, General Li Zuocheng in Beijing.

THAAD is "**t a threat in any way to China," Milley told Li according to a US Army statement.

Deploying the system "is a defensive measure to protect South Koreans and Americans from the **rth Korean ballistic missile threat," he added.

Milley was due to hold talks with top South Korean military officials in Seoul on Wednesday.

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