Southeast Asia Should Not Be Proxy War Theatre for U.S.
Ri Jong Su, an international affairs analyst, released the following article under the title "Southeast Asia should not be a proxy war theatre for the U.S." on May 24: A raging wind of the new Cold War raised by the U.S. is displacing the warm air in the Southeast Asia region. In January, the U.S. Navy's amphibious assault ship Makin Island appeared in Singapore to resume the joint military exercises two years after. In late February to early March, the Cobra Gold joint military exercises, largest-ever in 10 years, were staged in Thailand. And in April, the Balikatan joint military exercises were launched in the Philippines with involvement of huge armed forces, including over 12 000 U.S. troops. Involved in the exercises was a live-shell firing drill staged in the South Sea of China for the first time. In 2022 alone, military exercises staged by the U.S. armed forces in the South Sea of China were more than 100 times and their reconnaissance activities were more than 1 0...