TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The militaries of the U.S. and Philippines have carried out joint drills in waters adjacent to the ...

China's annual moratorium covers waters claimed by several countries with ongoing territorial disputes with the East Asian ...

In a new national map released ... to upgrade the island nation’s ability to defend itself. China routinely harasses Philippine fishing boats in parts of the South China Sea, also within the ...

Over the last decade, China has turned remote reefs into fortified islands to assert control over the South China Sea. Despite protests ... man-made islands face a new threat: nature.

THE Philippines on Thursday said that it “rejects and refutes” China’s recent remarks claiming it has “indisputable sovereignty” over Spratly Islands, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Truong Sa is the Vietnamese name for the Spratly Islands ... China claims more than 90% of the potentially energy-rich South China Sea via a U-shaped "nine-dash line" on its maps that stretches ...

The militaries of the US and Philippines have carried out joint drills in waters adjacent to the South China Sea claimed by ...

It is among the island chains, reefs and rocks in the South China Sea where China ... “It’s saying: despite your new defence deals and closer military cooperation, the reality on the ground ...

Vietnam’s protest over a reef in the South China Sea ... Islands Abdul Rahman Yaacob, a research fellow at the Lowy Institute’s Southeast Asia programme, said Sandy Cay was “potentially a ...