Beijing appears to be lowering the threshold for direct military confrontation while reinforcing its claims through civilian ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen their maritime ...

Vietnam is accelerating construction on artificial islands in the South China Sea, intensifying a long-running territorial ...

The Philippines is the third country to sign a reciprocal access agreement with Japan, after Australia and the United Kingdom ...

Manila also aims to improve maritime coordination among Philippine agencies in disputed areas such as the Scarborough Shoal.

The Chinese coastguard patrolled around disputed sites controlled by Vietnam in the South China Sea last week, vessel tracking information shows. Three patrol ships left a Chinese base on Mischief ...

While pushing for economic cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Beijing, President ...

More Australians are being targeted for espionage and foreign interference than ever before,’ ASIO head Mike Burgess says.

The chief of the Philippine military said the goal was to hold the line for "at least 20 days" in a wartime scenario.

President Xi Jinping officially commissioned China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, that has electromagnetic catapults ...

MANILA/BEIJING, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The Philippines energy secretary said on Friday the government's decision to lift a six-year-old moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea was a ...