The United States, Japan and the Philippines have staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South ...

South Korea has deployed a large stationary floating platform in a disputed section of the Yellow Sea, escalating tensions ...

The newly found Huizhou 19-6 oilfield is not in a disputed part of the South China Sea and lies within China's Exclusive Economic Zone, which runs for 200 nautical miles or 370 km from its coast.

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine defense chief on Monday called China's expansive claims in the South China Sea “the biggest ... a hotly disputed fishing atoll in the disputed waterway.