Maritime Disputes Muddy Asian Waters

Tensions continue to rise in Asia due to maritime territorial disputes. South Korea has gone ahead with military drills near an islet it controls despite protests from Japan, which also claims the territory. And China is placing a second oil rig into waters off Vietnam’s coast where the two countries are embroiled in a protracted dispute.   South Korea’s navy says it conducted a firing exercise off its east coast to boost its ability to repel any possible attack by North Korean...

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