Korea: Northeast Asia and Japanese Plane

korea: Facebook Tweet Mail Japan and South Korea are engaged in a heated military dispute that analysts say could damage the already tenuous geopolitical situation in northeast Asia if the two sides do not reach a resolution, according to Nine News Australia. The spat began on December 20 after an encounter between a Japanese plane, which Tokyo said was collecting intelligence, and a South Korean destroyer, which Seoul said was on a humanitarian mission. To improve your experience update it here News World Military conflict between Japan and South Korea could escalate into crisis By CNN5 38pm Jan 28, 2019Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono far L and his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung Wha far R hold talks in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23, 2019. Both sides disagree on what happened next - the Japanese said the South Koreans targeted their aircraft with missile-targeting radar, while the South Koreans said the Japanese plane was flying dangerously low and that the radar was not intended to trace any Japanese-controlled aircraft. East Asian geopolitics has been shaken loose and is now unsettled, Van Jackson, a former US Department of Defence official specializing in the Asia-Pacific, said. The disagreement has quickly escalated, bringing up historical disputes previously held on the back-burner and in turn threatening the region's stability. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.