Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-paper-calls-outside-aid-poisoned-candy-urges-self-reliance-2023-02-22/ Amid food shortages and other things like sanctions, extreme weather, and covid wrecking trade north korea has emphasized not taking any foreign aid. A paper in Korea has said “It is a mistake to try to boost the economy by accepting and eating this poisoned candy,” and talked about how accepting any aid would lead to North Korea… Read more »
Link: https: https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-politics-china-b8dd0a3b281c84c02b910d82f2eaa444 Taiwan’s defense ministry has released a statement saying that it would shoot down any suspected Chinese military or surveillance gear it sees. They have yet to find anything that is out of the norm as Huang Wen-chi, the assistant deputy chief of general staff for intelligence in Taiwan says “We haven’t seen such sophisticated spy balloons sent… Read more »
Link: https://apnews.com/article/politics-south-korea-government-vietnam-4f0fc11cc517dd3a4098eb0f027bade5 A south korean court has for the first time ever found the south korean government guilty for its part in a massacre of a vietnam village. The courts have awarded a woman whose family was killed and who was shot in the head but survived 3 million won that the government must pay. the government hasn’t filed an… Read more »
Last Updated 02/13/2023 Block 6 Earlier this week, a Chinese Coast Guard Vessel in the South China Sea used a high-power laser to temporarily blind Filipino sailors. The harm caused to the sailors was only temporary, but this action is a nearly direct action of aggression against the U.S ally in the South China sea. This raises a series of… Read more »
Last Updated 2/3/2023 Block 6 In the past few weeks China has been flying aircraft into U.S airspace and in general making small scale annoyances in the U.S. This is likely as a response of the US-Philippines military deal occurring prior to the balloon and other aircraft sightings and downings. These small retailiations from China are getting increasingly more dangerous… Read more »
Last Updated 2/2/2023 Block 6 For the past several years, the U.S has been working, militarily, to create a box around China, and a week ago, secured a permit to build 4 new U.S Marine bases in the Philippines. The Philippines until about a year ago, when Philippine elections were held electing a U.S backed leader Bongbong Marcos. This decision… Read more »
