{"id":97810,"date":"2017-04-10T21:21:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T01:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=97810"},"modified":"2017-04-10T21:21:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T01:21:52","slug":"dfa-ready-with-contingency-plan-should-tension-escalates-in-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/10\/dfa-ready-with-contingency-plan-should-tension-escalates-in-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA ready with contingency plan should tension escalates in Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_97811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97811\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14449994_675777269243777_606894884895332012_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97811\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14449994_675777269243777_606894884895332012_n.jpg\" alt=\"DFA spokesperson Assistant Secretary Charles Jose said he cannot divulge the details of the plan but assured that they are closely monitoring the situation in the Korean peninsula. (Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Philippines\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14449994_675777269243777_606894884895332012_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14449994_675777269243777_606894884895332012_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14449994_675777269243777_606894884895332012_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DFA spokesperson Assistant Secretary Charles Jose said he cannot divulge the details of the plan but assured that they are closely monitoring the situation in the Korean peninsula. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dfaphl\">Department of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Philippines\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014The Philippines has readied a contingency plan for about 55,000 Filipinos in South Korea in case the situation in the Korean peninsula worsens, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday..<\/p>\n<p>DFA spokesperson Assistant Secretary Charles Jose said he cannot divulge the details of the plan but assured that they are closely monitoring the situation in the Korean peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plan could be compromised if details, like assembly area and extraction points, are disclosed prematurely,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>He also said all Philippine embassies, including the one in Seoul, have contingency plans.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea became unstoppable in launching nuclear powered missiles in the past weeks.<\/p>\n<p>After the latest launch of nuclear missile, US President Donald Trump, upon the advise of his National Security Council (NSC), immediately sent a fleet of navy ships commandeered by an aircraft carrier to Korean Peninsula to send a strong message to North Korea President Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, a US carrier group has departed Singapore and is headed to North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>A US official has disclosed that the U.S. Navy strike group will be moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>The strike group, called Carl Vinson, includes an aircraft carrier and will make its way from Singapore toward the Korean peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014The Philippines has readied a contingency plan for about 55,000 Filipinos in South Korea in case the situation in the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":97811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[17786,17787,17785],"class_list":["post-97810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-contingency-plan","tag-department-of-foreign-affair","tag-korea-peninsula","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97810","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=97810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}