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 ...

China says its forces have begun live-fire exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin only days after Vietnam announced a new line ...

The Philippines and Japan agreed to increase their defense cooperation amid a “harsh” security environment and China’s ...

Several foreign missions in the Philippines have conveyed concern over the recent incident at the Scarborough Shoal involving a Chinese Navy helicopter that flew as close as 3 meters from a Filipino ...

Journalists on the Philippine government plane captured images of the up-close encounter in the airspace over Scarborough ...

Tensions over Scarborough Shoal have increased markedly since the middle of last year, when Beijing and Manila reached an ...

The Philippines said China's crew flew within 3 metres of its plane in the airspace above Scarborough Shoal on Tuesday. View ...

China has claimed some 90% of the South China Sea as its territory and the Philippines claims the Spratly islands, where Scarborough Shoal is located, as its sovereign territory. In August ...

“The leaders discussed the importance of reestablishing deterrence in the South China Sea, including by working with allies and partners,” Ullyot said. “They also discussed enhancing the capability ...

The joint patrol and air-intercept drills over the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern ... including in the South China Sea.

“We expect them to remain that way,” he added. Scarborough Shoal has been a key flashpoint in the South China Sea, where Beijing asserts sweeping claims under its “nine-dash line”, a ...