Shih Ting (), also known by his English name Ting Joseph Shih, is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician. He was the nation's representative to South Korea from 2014 to 2018, and the Deputy Minister of the

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of the

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from 2013 to 2014.

ROC Foreign Affairs Deputy Ministry

2013 Korean crisis

During the 2013 North Korean crisis, in mid April 2013 Shih said that the ROC government had no plan to immediately evacuate the more than 16,000 Taiwanese citizens then living in

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. He added that the

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had prepared a task force and was ready for any possible scenario.

Taiwanese fisherman shooting incident

After the shooting incident of a Taiwanese fisherman by a

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government vessel on 9 May 2013 in

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in the

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, Shih was told that the shooting was a warning shot to drive the Taiwanese vessel out of the disputed water. However, he rejected that it was warning shooting because the ROC Coast Guard Administration discovered 32 bullet holes in the Taiwanese vessel. He then summoned Antonio Basilio, Philippine Representative to Taiwan, to explain the Philippine stance on the matter. He also demanded the Philippine government officially apologize over the killing instead of only expressing regret.

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