The de facto Philippines embassy in Taiwan on Monday called for calm in the wake of a recent controversial statement by Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) in which he referred to Filipinos as "Marias," considered by many to be a racial slur, followed by an apology.
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