Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. pointed to China as the one escalating maritime tension in the South China Sea, ...

A scientific survey by Philippine fisheries in the South China Sea was halted after Chinese coast guard ships and a naval helicopter intervened. The incident, near Sandy Cay, highlights ongoing ...

The Philippine coast guard says Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine ...

The Philippines said on Saturday it has suspended a scientific survey in the South China Sea after two of its fisheries ...

Chinese coast guard ships and a navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific ...

Ties between the Philippines and China have soured in the past few years over increasingly frequent confrontations in the contested South China Sea, or the West Philippine Sea – the name Manila ...

The Philippines’ vow to maintain its strategy of openly challenging Chinese activities in the South China Sea while avoiding direct conflict has sparked calls for stronger measures, with a ...

Hu also expects the Philippines to continue to challenge China at multiple spots in the South China Sea regardless of changes in policy from the United States, a treaty ally. However, Manila lacks ...

China has accused the Philippines of repeated encroachment in its waters. China claims most of the South China Sea, a key conduit for $3 trillion of annual ship-borne trade, as its own territory, with ...

The Philippines has accused a giant Chinese coast ... economic zone as Beijing ramps up activities in the disputed South China Sea. Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Jay Tarriela said in a post ...

Contingency Planning Memoranda identify plausible scenarios that could have serious consequences for U.S. interests and propose measures to both prevent and mitigate them. The risk of conflict in ...