<p>The University of Washington professor of southeast Asian history talks about the recent regime of Duterte in the context of the colonial history of the Philippines, and why a history of strongman politicians makes normalizing violence easy. </p>
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The crash is reported to have taken place in the Chagang Province on November 15, between Pusong and Hoichon stations. At least 140 military personnel were killed and more than 230 were injured in the accident, including a senior colonel and the head of the political department of a military academy. The Ministry of State Security claimed spies employed by South Korea’s National Intelligence Agency may have been behind the crash, although this hasn t been confirmed.