Diplomatic spats spread in East Asia as energy stress fuels tensions

Diplomatic spats spread in East Asia as energy stress fuels tensions

A series of diplomatic spats this week underscored rising security tensions across East Asia. North Korea fired a missile into the sea for the second time in a week over imminent US-South Korean military drills that Pyongyang says are an invasion rehearsal. Taiwan condemned planned joint Chinese-Indonesian navy exercises off the self-ruled island’s coast as “wilful and irresponsible.” And Japan lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin afte…