U.S., Japan, South Korea voice concern on Taiwan Strait

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Top diplomats from the U.S., Japan and South Korea voice concern over tensions in the Taiwan Strait and rejected unlawful maritime claims in the South China Sea.

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00:00Top diplomats of the U.S., South Korea and Japan issued a joint statement today,

00:05voicing concern over increasingly frequent destabilizing activities around Taiwan.

00:11The three ministers also strongly opposed unlawful maritime claims in the South China Sea

00:16and any attempts to enforce them.

00:18While the statement did not directly mention China,

00:21it comes amid rising tensions in the disputed waters.

00:54The Taiwan Strait and the wider Indo-Pacific region.

00:58China claims nearly the entire South China Sea,

01:01overlapping the exclusive economic zones of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

01:08Ownership disputes over islands and rifts have fueled years of friction in the region.

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