Recently, the South Korean coast guard seized a 3,000-ton cargo ship bound for Russia from China. What is the origin of this guy? Is it the illegal transportation of some sensitive goods? Or is it a violation of South Korea's sovereignty?
Upon closer inspection, it turns out that things are not as simple as they seem. This ordinary cargo ship not only did not violate any regulations, but became a pawn of the United States against China. The director of this farce turned out to be the United States, which is behind the scenes!
According to reports, the cargo ship, named "German-Italian", is a stateless vessel that was previously registered in China but was reflagged with Togo after being sold in 2022.
The ship last docked at the North Korean port of Nampo and then sailed directly to the port of Shidao in Shandong, China.
It seems to be an ordinary thing, but the political game behind it is not simple. First, why was the ship detained because it did not need to pass through South Korean waters to reach Russia at all, and secondly, why did South Korea take such "unusual" measures against such an inconsequential cargo ship?
All these doubts point to the handiwork of the United States. We know that in the context of the increasingly tense geopolitical landscape in East Asia, the United States has been actively courting South Korea in an attempt to use its power to contain China's influence.
After all, the Chinese cargo ship was detained by South Korea while transiting international waters, which has already seriously violated China's sovereignty.
This may have caused dissatisfaction in the United States, so it wants to use South Korea to "vent" to China and Russia.
More critically, the United States has been trying to further isolate North Korea, but has been repeatedly vetoed by China and Russia. This time, the United States seems to want to find a different way to put pressure on China and Russia by controlling South Korea's foreign policy.
It can be said that this is just another drama of the United States in the East Asian game. They co-opted South Korea in an attempt to use South Korea's sphere of influence to contain the influence of China and Russia.
But is that right? I think it could lead to more geopolitical conflicts.
If South Korea insists on continuing to act openly and recklessly at the instigation of the United States, it will pay a heavy price for its wrong deeds sooner or later.