China claims much of the South China Sea despite overlapping claims by other countries. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Under Marcos, the Philippines has given U.S. troops more access to its military bases and conducted joint naval exercises. Manila is also aiming to buy midrange missiles from Washington to bolster its ...

The Philippines, under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has enacted two new maritime laws designed to safeguard the nation contested territory in the South Chi ...

President Marcos brushed aside China’s protests to the Philippines’ new maritime and archipelagic sea lanes legislation as he ...

The Chinese coastguard patrolled around a contested Sea shoal on Thursday, a day after the country's military mounted a joint sea and air patrol in the area. "The China Coast Guard conducted law ...

Countries surrounding the South China Sea have built more than 90 outposts on around 70 islands, rocks and reefs in the ...

China on Wednesday (Nov. 13) held sea and air combat drills at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. China ...

The Philippines has protested China's drawing of baselines around the contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, claiming it violates international law and Philippine sovereignty. This ...

Sansha, China’s southernmost city in Hainan established in 2012, oversees disputed South China Sea territories also claimed ...

On 13, China put its military on alert to patrol the disputed waters around Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal) in the South China Sea. This move follows the Philippines' implementation of a new ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) filed its 189th diplomatic protest against China in less than two years, this time ...

The Philippines' foreign ministry said on Wednesday it summoned China's ambassador to protest Beijing's drawing of baselines ...