BEIJING: China's National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) said Monday (March 31) it has discovered a major oilfield in the eastern South China Sea, with proven reserves exceeding 100 million tonnes.
Beijing accused the Philippines on Friday of "illegally" sending three aircraft into airspace over the disputed South China Sea, adding to longstanding territorial tensions between the two countries.
BANGKOK: Palang Pracharath Party leader, General Prawit Wongsuwan, launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Monday (March 24), blaming her inexperience and inability for Thailand's sluggish economy
The Philippines launched a comic book on Friday to counter what the country says is China’s disinformation campaign to push its expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of WWII.
Japan and China held their first economic dialogue in six years in Tokyo on Saturday, an event aimed at reducing tensions between the Asian giants as they face trade pressure from the US.
TOKYO: Japan, South Korea and China agreed Saturday (March 22) that peace on the Korean peninsula was a shared responsibility, Seoul's foreign minister said, in a meeting of the three countries' top diplomats in which they pledged to promote cooperation.
Taiwan named a former head of the Japanese defense forces as an adviser, according to officials in the archipelago's government, a move coming as the two governments deal with China's increasing assertiveness.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government agrees that Malaysia must go beyond issuing protest notes to address the South China Sea territorial dispute with other countries.
South-East Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc's new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
China and the Philippines reached a deal they hope will end confrontations at the most fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, the Philippine government said.
KOTA KINABALU: Security agencies in Sabah remain vigilant against any potential threat amid territorial disputes of Malaysian territory.
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government will establish a select committee to review territorial security issues, particularly those affecting the state, says Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister Datuk Abidin Madingkir.
Philippines’ bid for UN recognition of extended continental shelf claim could encourage similar moves, adding complexity to tangled disputes: observers
MANILA: The Philippine navy transported food and other supplies to a territorial ship outpost in a shoal in the South China Sea without any confrontation with Chinese forces guarding the disputed area, officials said on Friday (Npv 15).
The Philippine navy transported food and other supplies to a territorial ship outpost in a shoal in the South China Sea without any confrontation with Chinese forces guarding the disputed area, officials said Friday.
The Philippines and its security allies would take measures to counter any attempt by China to impose an air defence zone or restrict freedom of flights over the South China Sea, Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Wednesday (March 6), following confrontations between Chinese aircraft and those of his country, Australia and the United States.
GEORGE TOWN: Malaysia will propose stronger regional cooperation to address maritime security challenges, particularly amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the resource-rich South China Sea, says the Defence Ministry.
PARAMARIBO (Reuters) -The Organization of American States on Monday elected Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin as its new secretary general through 2030, taking over from Uruguayan diplomat Luis Almagro and marking the body's first Caribbean leader.
Chinese authorities said they began live-fire exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin on Monday, only days after Vietnam announced a new line marking what it considers its territory in the body of water between the two countries.