FILE - A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 ...

Countries surrounding the South China Sea have built more than 90 outposts on around 70 islands, rocks and reefs in the ...

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. said Thursday the Philippines will continue to defend its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea amid China’s protest to new laws giving more teeth to Manila’s ...

Palau, a nation of about 18,000 people, has drawn China's anger by refusing to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

Over the past two years, Philippine coastguard and navy vessels have skirmished with their Chinese counterparts over mostly ...

This area includes much of China’s nine-dash line claims, encompassing the Paracel, Spratly and Zhongsha Islands and commonly ...

The Chinese military on Wednesday said it has conducted combat readiness patrols over waters and airspace surrounding the ...

Sansha, set up to assert China’s claims in contested waters, gets new map and postcodes days after Manila enacts laws on ...

Palau's president has accused China of flouting the Pacific nation's maritime borders, raising concerns about research vessels lurking "uninvited" within its waters.

Taiwan has rejected renewed sovereignty claims over the South China Sea by the Philippines and China by reaffirming its sovereignty and rights under international law over the disputed area. “The ...

What China termed "legitimate" measures involved the PLA ... Those primarily include the Xisha Archipelago (the Paracel ...

A Philippine senator says sanctions of up to US$1 million are possible under new maritime laws, but analysts doubts they are ...