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 »
link: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-increase-number-anti-ship-missiles-japan-sources-2023-01-11/ The US and Japan have announced a greater and revamped security cooperation against the PRC in regards to China’s hostility towards Taiwan “We agree that the PRC is the greatest shared strategic challenge that we and our allies and partners face,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. This revamped defense is more about increasing capabilities rather than a… Read more »
Link: https://apnews.com/article/china-vietnam-philippines-ferdinand-marcos-jr-business-883efa6748d2bff93b6ccfba5d06e4c7 The Philippines Supreme Court ruled that a pact was made between Vietnam, China, and the phillipines to explore the South China Sea for oil. This came as the current president of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he was open to negotiations for joint oil exploration with china. The reason the agreement was ruled unconstitutional was due to… Read more »
