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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