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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has notified Japan of plans to launch a satellite by June 4, Japanese media reported Monday citing the coast guard, after Seoul said Pyongyang was preparing to put another military spy satellite into orbit.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taipei said Monday it had detected 21 Chinese military aircraft and 15 navy or coastguard vessels around Taiwan in the past 24 hours, days after Beijing encircled the island in a massive military drill.
China must stop flexing her muscles around Taiwan and all across the South China Sea.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China's two-day military drills around Taiwan were a "blatant provocation to the international order", Taipei said in a statement Saturday after the war games encircling the self-ruled island ended.
NEW DELHI: Japan is set to sell patrol vessels worth $507 million to the Philippines, marking its largest deal to date with the country's maritime law enforcement agency. This move, funded by an Official Development Aid loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, is part of Tokyo's broader strategy to confront Beijing's growing assertiveness in the region through deterrence and more aggressive diplomacy.Mark Cogan, an associate professor of peace and conflict studies at Japan’s Kansai Gaidai University, said that Japan's increasing role as a security provider stems from the need to counter China. "Japan needs partners, and it must become as much of a security partner as other countries like the Philippines need them to be," Cogan said. He noted that regional countries, especially in Southeast Asia, require reliable partnerships, particularly as the US is perceived as less reliable in the short term due to its focus on Ukraine and Gaza, a South China Morning Post report said.Japan's evolving role is evident in its updated National Security Strategy and National Defence Strategy from 2022. According to Cogan, Japan must either compete as a security partner or face escalating tactics from Beijing.Historically, Japan has maintained bilateral partnerships with Southeast Asian nations since the 1950s, primarily centered on economic cooperation but expanding to political and security cooperation. In April, Japan established an official security aid program to provide military assistance and equipment to regional countries, including Malaysia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Fiji.
MANILA: The Philippines will continue to build security alliances and stage joint combat drills in disputed waters to defend its territorial interests, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Friday, dismissing China's criticisms of such moves as paranoia. Teodoro bluntly criticized Beijing's increasingly aggressive actions in the South China Sea, without citing China by name, in a speech before the military's top brass at a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Philippine navy's founding in Manila.The Philippines, he said, would not tolerate aggression and provocative moves. Since territorial hostilities with China surged last year in the South China Sea, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration has taken steps to forge new security alliances with a number of Asian and Western countries and allowed a US military presence in more Philippine bases under a 2014 defense pact. In April and May, the Philippine military staged annual live-fire combat exercises with US forces in and near the disputed waters.
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos is expected to advance the country’s position in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) when he addresses top military officials and experts from different parts of the world in Singapore next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — China’s biggest coast guard ship is in the vicinity of Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal off Zambales, the Philippine Navy confirmed yesterday, even as it continues checking alleged sightings of a pipeline in the land feature purportedly laid down by the Chinese.