Amidst rising tensions between South Korea and Japan, South Korea conducted its biannual military exercise to demonstrate control over a set of islets near Japan. These exercises came just three days after South Korea terminated a military intelligence sharing deal with Japan to retaliate against Japan for ending trade deals. The Islets referred to as Dokdo by South Korea has been under the country's jurisdiction since the 1950s however Japan believes that they are the rightful owners of the volcanic outcroppings. This dispute has also demonstrated the failure of Washington to unite its' allies as South Korea was forced to fire warning shots at Russian and Chinese planes who flew too close to the Islets. Japan's refusal to help in this scenario demonstrates how high the tensions between these two countries really are.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/25/world/asia/south-korea-japan-islands.html
Griffin Curran
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