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CHINA: China and South Korea have agreed to get their relationship back on track

after it was waylaid by China's objection to Seoul's deployment of the

U.S.-backed THAAD anti-missile defense system, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency

reported on Tuesday. "The two sides agreed to continue discussing the THAAD

issue, which the Chinese side is concerned about, through a channel of dialogue

between their militaries," the report said, quoting a South Korea government

statement. It also quoted South Korea's Foreign Affairs Ministry as saying the

two countries would "quickly normalize their exchanges and cooperation in all

areas." The relationship suffered a major hit after South Korea deployed the

THAAD system this year, saying it was needed to counter a threat from North

Korea. China launched an unofficial boycott of South Korean goods as a result,

with major South Korean retailers E-Mark and Lotte Mart being forced to pull out

of the mainland market because of the boycott. South Korea President Moon Jae-in

will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Vietnam next month at an APEC

meeting in an effort to resolve bilateral issues, the report added.