Vietnamese construction work in the Spratly Islands continues to move forward, with “potential military structures” including runways taking shape on several of its outposts in the archipelago ...

This piece has been amended to clarify the number of islets controlled by Vietnam in the Spratly Island chain. Vietnam’s progress has been swift and quiet. In the past five months alone ...

SINGAPORE – Abandoned fish farm structures, barges, large wooden planks and even a boat have been found along the shoreline of Pulau Ketam, close to Pulau Ubin. During a visit earlier in October ...

In the past five months alone, it has reclaimed more than 2 sq km (0.8 square miles) in the contested Spratly Islands, according to Beijing-based think tank the South China Sea Probing Initiative.

Two such islands -- Philippine-held Thitu and Loaita in the Spratly archipelago -- became the focus of Manila's war games earlier Wednesday as troops executed a manoeuvre to retake the tiny ...

Vietnam's progress has been swift and quiet. In the past five months alone, it has reclaimed more than 2 sq km (0.8 square miles) in the contested Spratly Islands, according to Beijing-based think ...

Malaysia has sent a complaint letter to Vietnam over its alleged expansion of a South China Sea reef that both countries claim as their own, two officials told Reuters, in a rare bilateral ...

The most contested features are around the Spratly archipelago, where China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and the Philippines all have various claims and degrees of occupation. Malaysia's ...

Less than two months after Sri Lankans elected a new president, they are set to vote in parliamentary elections on November 14. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power ...

The United States has conducted sea and air patrols near artificial islands that China has built in the Spratly chain farther south, including by two B-52 strategic bombers. The HQ-9 has a lower ...