Welcome back to The Asia-Pacific Perspective, that monthly show where James Corbett of corbettreport.com and Broc West of apperspective.net break down all the latest news and headlines from the Asia-Pacific region. This month: the South Korean and US armies prepare to stage the largest drills in the world to stoke tensions with North Korea; Japan's invisible army starts to uncloak; and the Fukushima leak is now (finally) an admitted emergency.Story 1:South Korea, US military drill to fuel tensionshttp://ur1.ca/exnb6South Korea approves S$7.6 million in aid for North Koreahttp://ur1.ca/ey7o2Inter-Korea Kaesong talks break down amid blameshttp://ur1.ca/erqokStory 2:Inside Japan’s invisible armyhttp://ur1.ca/ex1d3Japan launches largest warship since World War IIhttp://ur1.ca/ey7plChina says no rush to sign maritime accordhttp://ur1.ca/ex0xwStory 3:Fukushima radioactive groundwater leak an ‘emergency’ – Japan’s nuclear watchdoghttp://ur1.ca/ey7qnPump and pray: Tepco might have to pour water on Fukushima wreckage foreverhttp://ur1.ca/ey7rkEstimated Fukushima decontamination costs blow out to $50bhttp://ur1.ca/ey7s6Broc West is the editor of the Asia-Pacific Perspective.James Corbett is the editor of the Corbett Report. He produces video reports for GRTV, the video production arm of the Centre for Research on Globalization, and BoilingFrogsPost.com, the website of noted FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds.
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