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

In terms of the intensity of activity the thirty years between 1695 and 1725 were the “Golden Age” of piracy afloat. Early modern piracy flourished because it offered material gains rather than being ...

Strategic choke points like the Strait of Malacca, Hormuz, and Bab el-Mandeb, render the region vulnerable to disruptions ranging from piracy and illegal trafficking. This inherent vulnerability ...

Joseph Lim, vice-president of the Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce, noted the railway will help shorten the transportation time for goods from Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park to Port Klang, a ...

Indonesia’s geographic seclusion makes it an ‘offshore balancer’ that typically focuses on domestic development over continental power politics. But offshore balancers may abandon neutrality and ...

“May the friendship between Malaysia and China flow as endlessly as the waves of the Strait of Malacca, carrying forward for generations to come,” he said. The event, hosted in conjunction with Xi’s ...

The British, who controlled key maritime trade routes through Singapore and the Strait of Malacca, viewed any alternative shipping channel with suspicion. They feared that a canal through Thailand ...

Image via Depositphotos. The most widely circulated version of this story involves the HMS Defender, a British submarine reportedly attacked by a giant squid in the Strait of Malacca near the Indian ...

“In the field of security, the JMSDF and the RMN conducted a bilateral exercise named ‘Malpan’ in the Strait of Malacca in February, which shows the close defence cooperation between the two countries ...

The hotel sits along the PD waterfront and offers a beachfront view of the Straits of Malacca. In the video shared by @bradleyshow, he expressed shock at the price of the food that he ordered through ...