KUALA LUMPUR: Four Indian front line warships on an operational deployment to the South China Sea and the Western Pacific has made port calls in Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, seeking to strengthen bilateral maritime… Continue reading
China’s navy has carried out a rare joint exercise, involving its three fleets, in the south China sea as regional tensions over territorial disputes mount. The combined drill was carried out in southern… Continue reading
China has commissioned a satellite data receiving station to observe the disputed South China Sea, where Beijing was involved in maritime disputes with a number of South East Asian countries. South China Sea… Continue reading
MANILA, Philippines — China has continued to erect structures on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, also called Bajo de Masinloc for the Zambales town to which the disputed maritime territory belongs, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin… Continue reading
MANILA, Philippines – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed support over the Philippines’s initiation of arbitral proceedings to clarify maritime zones in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported… Continue reading
Manila: The Philippines vowed Thursday to fight China “to the last man standing”, as a Chinese warship patrolled around a remote reef occupied by a handful of Filipino marines in disputed waters. In… Continue reading
FORT SAN FELIPE, Cavite City – The Navy is expected to receive this December three new helicopters that are seen to boost its maritime security capabilities. Navy chief Vice Adm. Jose Luis Alano… Continue reading
The US Navy’s first littoral combat ship USS Freedom arrived in Singapore on May 16, to begin its eight-month deployment in Southeast Asia. It was welcomed by US Ambassador to Singapore David Adelman… Continue reading
By Richard Javad Heydarian MANILA – After three years of inconclusive bilateral negotiations with China and a year of precarious diplomatic brinkmanship under Cambodia’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),… Continue reading
MANILA – The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan’s allegations that its coast guard had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat. Hong Shi-cheng, a 65-year-old fisherman, was… Continue reading
