June 17 clash at Second Thomas Shoal, China’s grey-zone activities among Philippines’ challenges as it sought to boost defence in disputed sea.

The South China Sea remains one of the world most volatile geopolitical hotspots with escalating tensions and territorial disputes involving China and its ne ...

In April 2024, a spokesman for former president Rodrigo Duterte suggested that the Philippines and China had entered into an ...

The South China Sea has become one of the world’s most perilous geopolitical hot spots in recent years, with China stepping ...

Hae Kyong Yu PSM, FCPA said Canberra has boosted its bilateral civil-maritime investments to ... including against Philippine vessels at Second Thomas Shoal and Sabina Shoal,” she explained.

China responded by trying to blockade Second Thomas Shoal, resulting in a series of tense incidents in which the CCG rammed and fired water cannons at PCG vessels, injuring several Filipino ...

China and Vietnam convened their first-ever “3+3 strategic dialogue“-a mechanism unprecedented in both nations' diplomacy. </ ...

In Monday’s faceoff at the shoal, Marcos said “we made a conscious ... its oldest treaty ally in Asia, if Filipino forces are attacked, including in the South China Sea. Indonesian forces ...

The US treaty ally is spending billions to arm itself for a conflict over Taiwan or the South China Sea it hopes will never ...

Modest though it may be, and much to the regret of the 387 civilians who call it home, Thitu is now sadly one of the world’s most fiercely contested maritime sites ... from reaching troops based at ...

CHINA has intensified its presence at Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) with the deployment of its largest coast guard vessel, the 12,000-ton China Coast Guard (CCG) 5901. Retired US Air Force ...