SOUTH Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo Ahn was pelted with eggs and water bottles yesterday by residents angry at the siting of a US missile defence system in their town.

Mr Hwang, accompanied by Defence Minister Han Min Koo and others, visited Seongju to try to explain the decision to deploy the Thaad anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system there but was immediately disrupted by jeers.

Some protesters hurled eggs and water bottles, shouting: “We oppose (the Thaad deployment) with our lives.”