Stars and Stripes:

South Korea has moved a Patriot anti-missile battery to the center of Seoul in a bid to beef up its defense against the growing threat from the North, a local news agency reported Tuesday.

The Patriot unit was transferred earlier this month from a southeastern region to a military base in the mountainous area behind the presidential palace known as the Blue House, according to Yonhap News Agency.

The move came as the North has threatened to unveil a new strategic weapon “in the near future” as tensions rise over stalled nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington.

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