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Planes of Korean Air at Gimpo Airport in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (Photo: AFP/VNA) Seoul (VNA) - Korean Air Lines Co., the national flag carrier of the Republic of Korea, said on October 2 that it will open four new routes to China and the Philippines later this month, the RoK’s Yonhap news agency reported. Korean Air will begin services on routes to Clark of the Philippines, and Nanjing of China, on October 27 and to Zhangjiajie and Hangzhou, China, on October 28, the company said in a statement. In addition to the new services, the country's biggest full-service carrier plans to offer more flights on Southeast Asia, China and Oceania routes./. VNA … [Read more...] about Korean Air to open more routes to China, Philippines

Less is heard these days about China’s massive terraforming operations in the East Sea, which not long ago exercised neighbours as well as the United States. China illegally builds artificial island on the Fiery Cross Reef (photo: Digital Global) But that does not mean China is any less assertive in the 1.4m square-mile (3.5m square-km) sea which, on the flimsiest grounds, it claims pretty much in its entirety. On the contrary, China seems to think its artificial islands allow it to open a new phase of self-assertion in the face of the South-East Asian countries with overlapping claims in the sea. Starting in 2013 seven artificial islands sprouted around distant reefs that China controlled. Other countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan, have also reclaimed land from the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea) for airstrips and bases. But the scale of China’s efforts dwarfs theirs. President Xi Jinping swore that … [Read more...] about China is resorting to new forms of bullying in the East Sea

 Lucio Blanco Pitlo (Photo: China US Focus) Pitlo said China is increasing interventions in legal maritime economic activities of Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. China is putting pressure on foreign companies to stop them from operating within the so-called nine-dash line and imposes groundless sovereignty in surrounding area, Pitlo said. He called China’s actions illegal and said other countries will continue their legal activities to challenge Beijing. Discussing the Chinese survey vessel Hai Yang Shi You 981 crisis, Pitlo said China wants to turn Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) into a disputed area. He said China’s operating ships deep in Vietnam’s EEZ violates the UN Convention of the Law on the Sea and Vietnamese law, and shows that Beijing is ready for further escalation. But these actions may be counterproductive for China, he said. First, they will make the Vietnamese more determined to protect their waters. Second, … [Read more...] about Chinese actions in the East Sea will backfire: Philippine expert

>>> Coach Park summons 30 players for Vietnam U22s in preparation for SEA Games With the presence of the top 16 outstanding teams in the continent, it can be said that there will be no easy group. Vietnam, the 2018 runners-up, qualified for next year’s event as Group K’s winners in qualification, winning all three matches against Southeast Asian rivals Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei as they scored 11 unanswered goals. 16 teams will be divided into four groups and have already been seeded according to their final ranking from the last edition in China. Vietnam will be in Pot 1 along with hosts Thailand, defending champions Uzbekistan and last year’s third place winners, Qatar. Iraq and Japan, two former champions who clinched the title in 2014 and 2016 respectively, are in Pot 2 with 2016 runners-up and 2012 London Olympics bronze medallists, Korea Republic as well as regional rivals, DPR Korea. The 2018 hosts, China and 2014 third place finishers Jordan are … [Read more...] about No easy group for Vietnam at upcoming AFC U23 Championship

In a recent interview with Vietnam News Agency, Nguyễn Mạnh Đông, head of the maritime affairs department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' National Border Committee, reiterated Việt Nam’s consistent policy that all international disputes, including those in the South China Sea, must be resolved by peaceful means as regulated in the UN Charter and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982).   What do you have to say about the need to maintain a peaceful and stable environment in the South China Sea? First of all, we need to reaffirm that peace, security, stability and cooperative development is the wish of all nations in the world and an inevitable trend of humanity. All nations, no matter their economic development level or scope of influence, must together make efforts – with goodwill and via practical and constructive contributions – to maintain an environment conducive for this trend, in the … [Read more...] about All nations, big or small, must uphold the rule of law in the South China Sea