Vietnam is following in the footsteps of rival Spratly Islands claimant China in building military-purposed infrastructure, ...

Mischief and Subi reefs are among the artificial islands China has used to expand its offensive capabilities in the region.

Despite these upgrades, it remains unlikely that Vietnam could hold the islands against a concerted Chinese ... major impact on negotiations for the ASEAN–China Code of Conduct (COC) on the South ...

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative estimates that Hanoi has created 641 new acres of land in the disputed Spratly Islands since June.

Signed in 2002 by China and the ten ASEAN member states, the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties (DOC) in the South China ...

It's Beijing's latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea, satellite images ...

Espionage accusations between China and the Philippines risk escalating bilateral tensions, with fallout expected to spill into economic ties and dampen Chinese investment in the Southeast Asian ...

The United States, Japan and the Philippines have staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South ...

The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

Since then, the state has grown steadily more risk-tolerant in efforts to “reclaim” the islands and waters of the South China Sea as a necessary part of the “Great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” ...

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Philippine Coast Guard personnel documents a Chinese Coast Guard vessel shadowing the Philippine's resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea 32,420 people played the daily ...