{"id":59617,"date":"2015-08-22T01:21:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T17:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=59617"},"modified":"2015-08-22T01:21:42","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T17:21:42","slug":"phl-calls-for-calm-amid-tensions-in-korean-peninsula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/22\/phl-calls-for-calm-amid-tensions-in-korean-peninsula\/","title":{"rendered":"PHL calls for calm amid tensions in Korean Peninsula"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_28926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28926\" style=\"width: 669px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DFA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28926\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DFA.png\" alt=\"Photo from DFA Facebook page\" width=\"669\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DFA.png 669w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DFA-300x153.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo from the Department of Foreign Affairs&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dfaphl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 The Philippines has called for sobriety amid brewing tensions in the Korean Peninsula where more than 40,000 Filipinos are based.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday afternoon, North Korea and South Korea traded artillery over their heavily fortified border, raising concerns of military conflict in the area. No casualties were reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Philippines is closely monitoring the developing situation on the Korean Peninsula after the reported exchange of fire between the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea,\u201d a Department of Foreign Affairs statement said.<\/p>\n<p>If tensions in the Korean Peninsula escalate, it will be the latest potential crisis involving overseas Filipinos workers to be dealt with by the Philippine government in recent years following the violence and unrest in Libya, Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Around 43,000 Filipinos are living and working in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Philippines urges restraint on both sides and calls for the immediate deescalation of tensions in order to maintain regional peace and stability,\u201d the DFA said.<\/p>\n<p>As a policy, all Philippine embassies and consulates general have a contingency plan designed to ensure the safety of overseas Filipinos in case of emergency situations such as disaster, war or civil unrest.<\/p>\n<p>The contingency plan is regularly reviewed and updated and considers several options for evacuation if needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 The Philippines has called for sobriety amid brewing tensions in the Korean Peninsula where more than 40,000 Filipinos &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":28926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-59617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-original","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}