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US needs to be ‘aggressive with China’
US Representative Mike Rogers, (R-Mich.), speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Washington.
An influential US Republican lawmaker says America must respond more aggressively to China’s territorial claims in East Asia.
On Thursday, Representative Mike Rogers warned against China’s territorial claims, accusing Beijing of “gluttonous, naked aggression”...
Japan, South Korea military planes fly into China's air defense zone
Key American allies in East Asia, Japan and South Korea, have followed US lead by sending military aircraft to fly through disputed airspace, which China unilaterally included last week in its air defense zone.
Tokyo and Seoul sent its aircraft into the disputed areas following a similar flight on Monday by two unarmed American B-52 bombers. Neither country informed the Chinese of their plans beforehand,...
In Korea, all children are older than their European peers
We are used to counting our age from the day of birth. It turns out that not all peoples count age this way. Korea has long been using a different method of calculation. This is not the only difference, and the traditional relationship between parents and children in this country can serve as an excellent example to the rest of the world.
The countdown of children’s age in Korea does not begin...