China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area.

A Philippine intelligence official says sand from Manila Bay and elsewhere may have been used as landfill for Chinese military outposts.

Territorial issues are rarely resolved quickly or cleanly. But history suggests that when one party unilaterally acts to ...

Taipei Office Having spent years observing geopolitics in East Asia and in particular maritime security, over time one truth ...

China and South Korea have agreed to hold a fourth Maritime Cooperation Dialogue, next time in China, and to continue ...

It is part of what rivals see as an aggressive campaign of expansion and influence buying across the South China Sea and ...

China is ASEAN’s No. 1 trading partner and its third-largest source of foreign investment — a key reason why the bloc has been reluctant to criticize Chinese actions in the South China Sea.

which oversees the South China Sea, said the Philippine warship BRP Emilio Jacinto (PS35) tried to intrude into Chinese territorial waters near Scarborough Shoal – known as Huangyan Island in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Philippines on Monday rejected China’s claim ...

South Korea has expressed deep concern" over China erecting a sea structure off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, Seoul ...

Chinese state media released a photo of coastguard officers on the reef The Chinese coastguard has seized a tiny sandbank in the South China Sea, state media has reported, in an escalation of a ...

Chinese Navy Patrols South China Sea, Says Philippines Creating 'Disturbances' BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) -China's navy conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Tuesday, saying that the ...