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MARCH 19, 2021
House Hearing on U.S. Policy in China and North Korea
Foreign policy experts testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on U.S. policy toward China, Taiwan and other Indo-Pacific countries. Among the witnesses testifying were Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass and Randall Schriver, the former assistant Defense secretary for Indo-Pacific security affairs in the Trump administration. Lawmakers questioned the witnesses about U.S. competition with China, the political situation in Myanmar, counterterrorism challenges and U.S. multilateral diplomacy in the region. 


U.S. Navy Destroyer Sails Through Taiwan Strait Again As Beijing Protests
Joe Biden Admin Enters War of Words with China, Russia, and North Korea


Mar. 20 - ​In a busy week of foreign policy developments, President Joe Biden and his top officials have engaged in tense exchanges with China, Russia and North Korea, all as the White House looks to bolster America's historic alliances and push back against pressure from authoritarian regimes.

Biden is juggling his commitment to diplomacy and multilateralism with his vow to push back on the world's dictators, figures he and his allies argue former President Donald Trump did too little to rein in.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin traveled to Japan and South Korea this week, expressing shared concerns over Chinese and North Korean regional aggression...     continue to read
The North Korean flag seen in the country’s embassy in Kuala Lumpur on 19 March, 2021
North Korea to cut ties with Malaysia over extradition of citizen to US


Malaysia denounced North Korea’s decision, calling it ‘unfriendly and unconstructive’

Mar. 20 - North Korea has said it will cut diplomatic ties with Malaysia over the latter’s decision to extradite a North Korean man, accused of money laundering, to the United States. 
North Korea’s foreign ministry said that the American money laundering charges against the North Korean national were an “absurd fabrication and sheer plot” orchestrated by “the principal enemy of our state.”

Malaysia’s top court this month rejected claims by North Korean Mun Chol Myong that the US charge was politically motivated and ruled that he could be extradited.
 
Mr Mun was arrested in May 2019 after the US requested his extradition, accusing him of laundering money through front companies and violating international sanctions by helping to ship prohibited luxury goods from Singapore to North Korea. He moved to Malaysia from Singapore in 2008.

North Korea’s foreign ministry said it was severing diplomatic relations with Malaysia, which “committed super-large hostile act[s] against (North Korea) in subservience to the US pressure,” according to the Associated Press. It also warned that the US will “pay a price.” 

Malaysia denounced North Korea’s decision, calling it “unfriendly and unconstructive.” Its foreign ministry said in a statement that the extradition was only carried out after the due legal process had been exhausted. ​     source from

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