Can a Philippine-led maritime hub succeed? Observers say the plan touches on a dispute other members are loath to broach.

An audible click preceded the plumes of exhaust that the two Japanese anti-ship missiles left in their wake. The Type 88 ...

Vietnam has expanded its outposts in the South China Sea by hundreds of acres over the past year, according to a new report, ...

Off China's southern coast, hundreds of fishing boats sit idle. The crews aren't there to fish, but rather to "maintain ...

Instead, Antelope Reef, as this cay is known, is beginning to look a lot like China’s large military airbase at Mischief Reef ...

Manila has accused China of poisoning waters around a ship where it has marines stationed, but Beijing has dismissed the allegations.

China accused the Philippines of landing personnel on a disputed reef in the South China Sea on Sunday as Manila said it ...

Beijing has repeatedly expressed alarm over the installation in the northern Philippines of a U.S. mid-range missile system.

China is employing ships and a barrier to tighten control of the entrance to the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea ...

Beneath the surface of the world’s most contested waterway lies a battlefield that remains largely invisible to the naked eye. The South China Sea, traversed by over $3 trillion in annual trade and ...

The expansion brings its total reclaimed area to roughly 11 square km, according to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative ...

An aerial drone photo taken on May 12, 2026 shows a view of China's Huangyan Dao in the South China Sea. (Xinhua/Chen Bin) ...