SEOUL: South Korea and Japan reacted furiously on Wednesday (Dec 10) after Chinese and Russian military aircraft conducted joint patrols around the two countries, with both Seoul and Tokyo scrambling jets.

Flag carriers Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have been steadily ramping up flight frequencies to China since early November Read more at The Business Times.

Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defense ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

SEOUL: South Korea's leader said on Wednesday (Dec 3) that his country wouldn't take sides in an escalating war of words between Japan and China, calling for the two sides to "coexist".Tokyo and Beiji

When former president Yoon Suk Yeol tried and failed to impose martial law in December 2024, South Korea plunged into its worst political crisis in decades. Yoon's impeachment and the ensuing chaos provided fertile ground for disinformation to grow in a country already entangled in conspiracy theories.

Move from Seoul comes as Beijing and Tokyo are locked in a diplomatic spat over the Japanese leader’s comments on a Taiwan contingency.

WASHINGTON/SEOUL: South Korea and Japan reacted furiously on Wednesday after Chinese and Russian military aircraft conducted joint patrols around the two countries, with both Seoul and Tokyo scrambling jets.