In this photo provided by the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro, right, and Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Nong Rong shake hands as they co-chaired the 8th Philippines-China Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea in Shanghai, China on January 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP China … Read more
Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida addresses a special joint session of the Philippine Congress at the House of Representative in Quezon City on November 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday his country, the Philippines and the United States were cooperating to protect the freedom of the South China Sea as he … Read more
Chinese and Southeast Asian diplomats renewed a vow to finalise a nonaggression pact for the South China Sea in three years, two regional diplomats said Thursday. The pledge came during a meeting last week in Beijing, where they expressed alarm over recent confrontations in the disputed waters. The Philippines has protested what it says are … Read more
The United States expects to elevate its diplomatic relations with former foe Vietnam to the top level as President Joe Biden travels to Hanoi in a week, in a move that may irk China and with unclear business implications. Fearful of the potential reaction from its much larger neighbour, Vietnam had initially expressed caution about … Read more
President Joe Biden greets South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right at Camp David. | Photo Credit: AP The United States prevailed on Japan and South Korea on Friday to use their strongest language yet in a joint statement to condemn China’s “dangerous and aggressive actions” in the … Read more
Journalists take pictures of a car with diplomatic plates and Chinese flag leaves the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Philippines on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. The Philippine government summoned the Chinese ambassador on Monday to convey a diplomatic protest over the Chinese coast guard’s use of a water cannon against a Filipino supply … Read more
A Chinese J-16 fighter flys aggressively close to a U.S. RC-135 aircraft flying in international airspace over the South China Sea on Friday, May 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP A Chinese fighter jet carried out an “unnecessarily aggressive” manoeuvre near a U.S. military plane over the South China Sea in international airspace, the United States said on Tuesday. … Read more
This undated photo released by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on May 29, 2023, shows scrap metal and an old cannon shell on a Chinese-registered vessel after detained by MMEA in the waters of east Johor. The MMEA will also investigate if the barge carrier was involved in the looting of two British warship … Read more
The United States Navy on April 10, 2023, said its USS guided-missile destroyer Milius conducted a navigational rights mission in the South China Sea. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States Navy said its USS guided-missile destroyer Milius asserted a navigational rights and freedoms mission in the South China Sea … Read more
March 10, 2023 10:24 pm | Updated 10:24 pm IST – Over the Spratly Islands, Philippines An aerial view taken on March 9, 2023 shows a cargo vessel docked at Thitu Island in the South China Sea. – As a Philippine Coast Guard plane carrying journalists flew over the Spratly Islands in the hotly disputed … Read more