Geopolitics
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N Korea ‘violates’ sea border
A North Korean patrol boat violated a sea border with the South several times late on Monday, officials in Seoul say. North Korea ‘violates’ sea border with South amid drills […]
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China ‘fired water cannon’
A Chinese vessel has fired a water cannon at Filipino fishermen near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, a top Philippine official says. Philippines says China ‘fired water […]
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Spanish incursion off Gibraltar
The Foreign Office is to issue a “formal protest” after a Spanish warship entered British-controlled waters around Gibraltar and disrupted a Royal Navy training exercise. Spanish incursion off Gibraltar prompts […]
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Textbook approach to Asia disputes
Educationalists and historians hope that agreeing a common history textbook for South East Asia will help to diffuse escalation in competing territorial claims in the area. Textbook approach to Asia’s […]
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US top diplomat in China
US Secretary of State John Kerry has met China’s President Xi Jinping, in a visit expected to focus on North Korea and regional territorial tensions. US top diplomat in China […]
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S Korea and Japan clash over sea’s name in Virginia textbooks
An argument about what to call the sea between South Korea and Japan has spread to the United States. Virginia’s house of delegates has passed a bill requiring all school textbooks […]
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US presses Beijing over South China Sea dispute
A top US diplomat has called on China to clarify or adjust its territorial claims in the South China Sea in accordance with international law. US presses Beijing over South […]
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Malaysia navy chief denies incursion
Malaysia’s navy chief has denied a report that three Chinese navy ships patrolled an area claimed by the Southeast Asian country, saying the Chinese exercise took place hundreds of miles […]
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China playing chicken with the US
Vessels from the US military and other countries increasingly find themselves in high-stakes confrontations on the East Asian seas, where China has adopted a strategy of making rivals flinch or […]
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Japan to teach territorial claims
Japan’s Education Ministry says it is revising teaching manuals for schools to set out its ownership of disputed islands to teach its children “about integral parts of its territory”. Japan […]
