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

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

Chinese and Philippine forces came head-to-head at multiple maritime features throughout the South China Sea in the most ...

At the same time, Vietnam is quietly building its islands up in preparation for Chinese aggression, betting that its efforts do not cross China’s limit on what Vietnam can do at sea. The 2011 ...

China’s efforts to put more pressure on the Philippines over a disputed atoll in the South China Sea could prove an early ... stepped up patrols around the reef to “resolutely safeguard ...

PCG sent one of its patrol ships and two aircraft to monitor China’s biggest coast guard ship after it was spotted off the ...

China refuses to play by the rules of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which it is a ... including on Panganiban or Mischief Reef just 130 nautical miles from Palawan.

Manila's allegation that the Chinese vessels used lasers to injure its crew is simply baseless. High-energy lasers were developed primarily to strengthen air defense, defend against drones and ...

Being assailed for not toeing the line on the “rules-based international order” in the South China Sea (SCS ... lost to Beijing the Panganiban (Mischief) Reef in the WPS – now turned ...

BEIJING/MANILA - China's coast guard conducted patrols around the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Friday to safeguard China's ... is a triangular coral reef formation which surrounds a ...

According to Commodore Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea ... Panganiban (Mischief) Reef. On July 31, it turned off its automatic identification system (AIS), complicating ...