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Submitted by soryang on Thu, 09/25/2025 - 7:27pm"Takaichi... said she would seek to deepen cooperation with South Korea"
While visiting Yasukuni and claiming "comfort women" were volunteers and that no Korean laborers were forced? Good luck with that. https://t.co/9P2nyHPGuI
Where Do the American Flags Come from?
Submitted by soryang on Tue, 08/26/2025 - 10:08pmFar East news items
Submitted by soryang on Fri, 08/22/2025 - 11:19pmJapan's Rightward Leaning
Don't all nations revise history to fit their narrative? To some extent, yes. But no other country so deliberately erases its war criminals, recasting them as national heroes. Where does this lead? What is the next step? https://t.co/kNdr80T2V0 pic.twitter.com/DJwEkznROk
Nor hell a fury
Submitted by soryang on Tue, 07/15/2025 - 3:06pmNorth Korea Warns Over Strategic Bombers
A pair of American B-52H bombers was escorted by two Japanese F-2 fighter aircraft and two South Korean KF-16 fighter jets during a trilateral flight on Friday, according to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. It was the third such flight between the allies this year.
Food for thought
Submitted by soryang on Wed, 07/09/2025 - 7:16pmA couple of videos on agriculture issues.
June 6 South Korean Memorial Day
Submitted by soryang on Fri, 06/06/2025 - 1:11pmSouth Korean perspective on patriotism renewed by President Lee Jae-myung.
Other East Asian news items
Submitted by soryang on Sun, 06/01/2025 - 6:05amI’d be interested to know what role Japan’s MoFA had in facilitating Abe Akie’s meeting with Putin on 29 May. Officially Japan’s govt warns citizens against all travel to Russia. As well as meeting Putin & Ushakov, Akie went to the Bolshoi in Putin’s limo. https://t.co/ZEsvmsfey0
Mearsheimer, on China the "regional hegemon"
Submitted by soryang on Mon, 05/05/2025 - 8:01pm
知己知彼,百戰不殆。
"Know yourself, know your enemy, and in a hundred battles, you will never know defeat.
East Asia news items
Submitted by soryang on Sat, 04/19/2025 - 12:45pmSpot-on analysis from a conservative Korean newspaper. "Trump's pushing for naval supremacy over China. Here's what his maritime order misses." https://t.co/QRqnCD2M8r
— Tim Shorrock (@TimothyS) April 18, 2025


