Residents of the island state, as well as thousands of tourists, woke around 8:07 a.m. local time on Saturday to alerts lighting up their mobile phones and interrupting television programming about a «ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii» and the warning that «this is not a drill» but an «extreme alert.» (fortune.com)
Kohlbacher's comments come after acting South Korean President Hwang Kyo - ahn on Monday said despite Chinese hostility to the move, the deployment of the Thaad system can not be delayed in the face of a growing North Korean nuclear missile threat. (cnbc.com)
The South's president, Moon Jae - in, expressed worry that North Korea's growing missile threat could force the United States to attack the North before it masters a nuclear - tipped long - range missile, something experts say may be imminent. (businessinsider.com)