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In this month’s NK Update, Minah Kang, Ph.D. applicant in the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University writes on the following four issues pertaining to North Korea and the East Asian regional order. Japan is to monitor North Korea’s illicit maritime activities with other members in the Quad. In the 22nd ASEAN Plus Three meeting, Japan raised the issue of North Korea’s abductions of Japanese citizens. North Korea raised criticism over U.S.-ROK joint military exercises based on interpretations that the exercises had political motives. Lastly, the Korean Central News Agency demanded an apology from Japan over its occupation of Korea and condemned trends of militarization in Japan on National Liberation Day (August 15).
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