— While speaking in public during the Seoul Defense Dialogue, Philippines Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro was given a note reportedly written by the Chinese delegation defending the Chinese position regarding its right in the South China Sea. The note, which was read out loud by Teodoro, criticized the 2016 decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration regarding China's claim in the South China Sea, which was deemed illegal under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
While reading it, Secretary Teodoro actively criticized and mocked China's lack of professionalism and responded to every point highlighted on the note.
