Category: Maritime

The Philippine Coast Guard said Thursday it will participate for the first time in an annual joint military exercise conducted by the Southeast Asian country and the United States. More than 16,700 Filipino and American troops will take part in this ...

Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan issued a sober warning in Manila Tuesday about the devastating consequences that a war in the South China Sea between the Philippines and China would have on Southeast Asia and across Asia. “The moment you have ...

The United States and China both sent strong signals to one another that neither side has any plans to back down from their increasingly contentious duel in the South China Sea. In Washington, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan briefed the media ...

A video of a China Coast Guard ship stalking a small Malaysian fishing craft went viral on Tuesday on both Facebook and X. The undated video was purportedly shot within Malaysia's exclusive economic zone near Terumbu Sahap in South Luconia Shoals, ...

The U.S. military will reportedly introduce joint combat training with the Philippines in June. Major General Marcus Evans, commander of the U.S. 25th Infantry Division, told the Associated Press that the training would increase the Philippine army’s ability to fight in challenging jungle conditions.

While states compete in territorial disputes in the South China Sea, a hidden crisis is unfolding beneath the surface. The region’s shallow coral reefs are being devastated by industrial overfishing, rampant island-building, and reckless giant clam harvesting, with China and Vietnam ...

Warships from the U.S., Japan, and Australia joined the Philippine Navy on Sunday for maritime exercises intended to facilitate improved naval cooperation among the four countries and to send a clear message to China. This was the first time these four ...

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to use this week's unprecedented trilateral summit with the leaders of the Philippines and Japan to send a clear warning to China not to push too far in the South China Sea, according to an exclusive report by Financial Times correspondent Demetri ...

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone for almost two hours with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Tuesday. The conversation covered all the current hot spots in the increasingly acrimonious relationship between the two countries. While bilateral issues dominated the discussion, ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, provided fresh assurances to his Filipino counterpart Gilberto Teodoro Jr. that Washington stands ready to support Manila should tensions escalate with Beijing over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The two defense chiefs ...

Three of the largest, most powerful governments in the Asia-Pacific region weighed in on Tuesday on the deteriorating security situation in the South China Sea, and condemned Beijing for its use of force against Filipino vessels. South Korea and Australia issued ...

The Chinese and Philippines governments each lodged official protests with one another over last Saturday's confrontation in the South China Sea when China Coast Guard vessels used high-powered water canons against a small Filipino boat conducting a resupply mission. On Monday,