Philippines defense chief calls out China after note interrupts remarks at Seoul forum: 'Coercion, bullying'

Gilberto C. Teodoro, the Defense Secretary for the Philippines, publicly bashed China after he was handed a note outlining China's position on the South China Sea while he was speaking during the Seoul Defense Dialogue in South Korea on Tuesday. While Teodoro was in the middle of speaking, a man in a white sports coat walked up behind him and placed a sheet of paper on the table beside him. "I have a note here, I think this is from China," Teodoro said, stopping short in his remarks. "And may I