Seven people have been tragically killed as their plane plummeted into a house in Bulacan.
Retrieval operation is ongoing.
FULL STORY: 7 dead as small plane crashes in Bulacan residential area
The government would continue to work with peace-loving and like-minded countries to tackle regional challenges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday, as it declined to comment on Japan’s reported refusal to exchange defense information with Taiwan.
High-ranking military officials in February 2019 proposed to the Japanese government that the two sides regularly exchange intelligence about the locations and activities of Chinese warplanes, the Central News Agency reported yesterday, citing a report by Nikkei Asia.
However, Japan turned down the request on the grounds that it has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan and that the proposed mechanism would involve more intelligence
The Defense Ministry will likely scuttle the planned dispatch of a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer to South Korea in spring as bilateral relations have further soured over a string of recent rows, a ministry source said.