Any Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea (SCS) must not supersede the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), ...

The militaries of the U.S. and Philippines have carried out joint drills in waters adjacent to the South China Sea claimed by Beijing ...

Coast Guard vessels of the Philippines and the United States have taken part for the first time in joint maritime exercises with naval and air force units in the contested South China Sea, Manila's ...

The Philippines and China gave conflicting versions on Thursday of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea, the latest incident in a longstanding dispute between the ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ... The latest maritime dispute surfaced last week, when China ...

The Philippines and China have each unfurled their flags on a disputed reef claimed by both nations in the South China Sea, escalating tensions and reigniting hostilities over Beijing’s ...

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