The South China Sea Throughflow (SCSTF) serves as a critical oceanic conveyor belt for heat and freshwater, mediating water ...

The navies of the Philippines, the U.S. and Japan trained alongside each other in the South China Sea this week to ramp up cooperation among the military allies, the Philippines' armed forces said on ...

Confrontation, militarisation and US–China rivalry made for choppy waters in the South China Sea in 2025, complicating prospects for an ASEAN–China Code of Conduct.

Military attaches and security analysts scrutinizing the operations say the flights represent a step-change in China's grey-zone tactics in the contested South China Sea.

Senator Rodante Marcoleta on Tuesday questioned whether the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is teaching what he described as a “distorted” ...

Filipino leaders from Kalayaan and Chinese embassy officials in Manila have clashed over entry bans for personnel on either side.

Although the border question has been largely solved, the dynamics of interaction along it have continued to evolve to this day. Today, China has assumed the role of both an investor and a source of ...

Philippine lawmakers have hurled accusations against some of their colleagues for allegedly taking a pro-China stand on the issue of the South China Sea. In January, the Chinese embassy in Manila ...

This continued expansion comes more than a decade after Chinese officials stated that land reclamation efforts had ceased. Observations collected between 2023 and late 2025 by the Asia Maritime ...

MANILA, Philippines — It’s exactly 10 years since the Philippines’ landmark unanimous 2016 win against China over the West ...

Both leaders gave versions of what they discussed, but the Chinese president’s take made clear the issue of the island was front and center. By Erica L. Green Erica L. Green is a White House ...

This sagging seawall at Debordieu, an upscale beach in Georgetown County, is part of a long-running concern by property owners worried that the ocean will flood their houses. Since this photo was ...