https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/philippines-defense-chief-calls-out-china-after-note-interrupts-remarks-at-seoul-forum-coercion-bullyingContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/philippines-defense-chief-calls-out-china-after-note-interrupts-remarks-at-seoul-forum-coercion-bullyinghttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/philippines-defense-chief-calls-out-china-after-note-interrupts-remarks-at-seoul-forum-coercion-bullying#u63699Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:11:39 +0000Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro publicly confronted China during a security forum in Seoul after receiving an unexpected audience note challenging the 2016 South China Sea ruling. Teodoro stopped his remarks to read the note aloud to attendees, denouncing Beijing's actions as coercion and bullying while asking how nations should deal with such behavior. The incident escalated an ongoing war of words between Manila and Beijing regarding competing maritime claims in the region. Beijing subsequently told Manila to stop lying following the public exposure of the diplomatic note.