Chinese media denounce Seoul-Tokyo ‘comfort women’ agreement
On Dec. 28, Japan and South Korea announced that the two nations had agreed to settle once and for all the thorny “Comfort Women” issue (FULL STORY) (more…)
One Russian sailor found dead after Russian ship seized in China
The Chinese state-run press reported on Dec. 29 that a Russian vessel called “the Professor Meg Labov Maru” was stopped and boarded by Chinese authorities in the Chinese port (more…)
U.S.-Japan-Australia naval exercises set in South China Sea
The U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces have announced a joint naval exercise scheduled to take place in February 2016 in the South China Sea. Australia has (more…)
Japan, India issue a joint statement on South China Sea tensions
Feeling common threats from China, leaders of the two major free nations in Asia, India and Japan, issued a first-ever joint statement. (FULL STORY) (more…)
U.S. sends Taiwan more Black Hawks on eve of new weapons sale
With President Barack Obama’s announcement of another major sale of U.S. weapons to Taiwan, more pre-ordered U.S. Black Hawk military helicopters have been delivered to the Taiwanese government. (FULL (more…)
The U.S. pressured Taiwan’s Ma on visit to South China Sea island
Fearful of offending China, the Obama administration pressed Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou to scrap his announced plan to visit the island of Itu Aba, also known as the Taiping (more…)
In first, ROK Navy fires warning shots at intruding Chinese vessel
The increasingly cozy bilateral relationship between China and South Korea only added shock value to an unusually hostile incident on the high seas involving the South Korean Navy and (more…)
Singapore allows U.S. to deploy P-8s to patrol South China Sea
To beef up America’s military deployment in the South China Sea, the Pentagon announced on Dec. 7 that the U.S. Navy will deploy within the week the P-8 Poseidon (more…)
Manila imports fighter jets first time in 4 decades
For the first time in nearly four decades, the Philippine Air Force received fighter jets from a foreign country, as two South Korean-made planes were delivered to Manila on (more…)