SEOUL - The South Korean government announced a plan on Friday to make a final decision on the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense deployment after a yearlong environmental impact assessment of the proposed site has been conducted.

According to the Defense Ministry, a final decision on THAAD's installation in the southeast of the country will be made after a general assessment of the site in accordance with domestic law.

Since December last year, a small-size green audit had been conducted on 328,800 square meters of land at a golf course in Seongju county, North Gyeongsang province.