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Defense Ministry Releases Latest Evidence In Radar Dispute With S. Korea, Calls Off Further Talks

January 21 2019

Japan

The Japanese Defense Ministry says it is ending talks with Seoul over a dispute involving a South Korean destroyer and a Japanese patrol plane, reports the Japan Times

On Monday, the ministry released a new audio file that it says shows continuous, intense radar waves directed at a Japanese P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. 

The audio file, converted from radar waves, is inconsistent with surface search radar waves, as Seoul has maintained, the ministry said.

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