Chinese delegate questions US general's remark that South Korea is 'dagger in heart of Asia'

This is the moment a Chinese delegate at the Shangri-La Dialogue asked US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about a remark that US Forces Korea Commander General Xavier Brunson had made in a podcast, likening South Korea to "the dagger in the heart of Asia", aimed at China. The US general who was in the room for Hegseth's plenary speech stood up to address the Chinese delegate. "We have to remember that context will always be king and we have to take remarks contextually," he said. Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia