Sandy Cay lies just a few nautical miles from Thitu Island, the largest Philippine military outpost in the Spratly Islands.

This post has been updated with additional information on the movements of Chinese carrier CNS Shandong. The Nimitz Carrier ...

China has frowned on such war drills in or near the disputed South China Sea and in northern Philippine provinces close to ...

South Korean lawmakers held a rare bipartisan parliamentary hearing last month to condemn steel structures installed by Chinese companies in the Yellow Sea, between China and the Korean peninsula.

The code has been stalled for over two decades since ASEAN’s adoption of a non-binding and largely unenforceable Declaration of Conduct (DOC) of Parties in the South China Sea in 2002.

has reportedly discovered a 100 million tonne oilfield in South China Sea, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday. An aerial view shows the BRP Sierra Madre on the contested Second Thomas ...

Frequent and illegal human activities by the Philippines have caused damage to the coral reef ecosystems around Tiexian Reef in the South China Sea, said a report released by the Ministry of ...

The Philippines and China have overlapping claims in the South China Sea, and have had a series of dramatic run-ins between coast guard and civilian vessels alike in the past few years.

Contingency Planning Memoranda identify plausible scenarios that could have serious consequences for U.S. interests and propose measures to both prevent and mitigate them. The risk of conflict in ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China are “politically committed” to conclude a legally binding Code of Conduct in the South China Sea by next ...

Nowhere is this more evident than in the South China Sea, where the already volatile situation faces new uncertainties. As great power competition over maritime strategy becomes a defining feature ...

China on Wednesday accused “outside” countries led by the US of making continued efforts to destabilize the South China Sea through “playing up tensions and providing weapons.” "On the ...