This year, Manila expressed concern about the Chinese coast guard ships patrolling shut to its coastline. Iwaya told writers,” I’m very worried that behavior that are escalating the South China Sea are being repeated.” Because it “directly relates to local peace and stability,” he continued, this was a “legitimate issueContinue Reading
After Beijing sent its largest beach guard vessel into Manila’s sea territory on Tuesday ( Jan 14), the Philippines accused China of intimidating its fishing at a contested South China Sea reef and normalizing an “illegal presence” there. The decision comes in response to rising tensions between Beijing and theContinue Reading
VIENTIANE:  , US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Beijing’s “increasingly dangerous” actions in the South China Sea as he met leaders of the ASEAN bloc in Laos on Friday ( Oct 11 ). In recent months, China has deployed military and coast guard ships to release the Philippines fromContinue Reading
On Wednesday, marine warships from New Zealand and Australia sailed through the Taiwan Strait, part of the South China Sea, a maneuver Australia’s Department of Defence said showed the government’s commitment to an open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific. China asserts that Taiwan is its own, claims to be the onlyContinue Reading
MANILA:  , China is the “biggest disruptor” of peace in Southeast Asia, the Philippine defence chief said on Tuesday ( Aug 27 ), as tensions between Manila and Beijing over disputed reefs and waters in the South China Sea escalate. Following numerous incidents of Philippine and Chinese vessels fighting eachContinue Reading
Following a string of clashes and incidents on air and at sea over the past week, the Philippine government criticized China on Monday ( Aug 26 ) for its “repeated aggressive, unprofessional, and illegal” actions in the South China Sea. Chinese aircraft engaged in risky maneuvers against a civil aircraftContinue Reading
Beijing: China’s military announced on Monday ( Aug 26 ) that it had organized army units and joint air-ground police patrols close to its border with Myanmar to maintain security and stability as fighting between Myanmar’s ruling junta and rebel forces gets worse. According to a statement from the defense,Continue Reading
Southeast Asia is one of the nations most susceptible to natural disasters, but a new analysis released on Thursday ( Aug 15 ) reveals that its citizens also feel the most prepared to deal with them. It seems reasonable that the countries in and around the Pacific Ring of Fire,Continue Reading
The spokesperson for the Spanish military said in a split statement on Sunday that the country” will exhaust all methods before asking for international action” in its supplies missions. In the South China Sea, Manila and Washington are bound by the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1951, a agreement that canContinue Reading
Mongolians cast ballots in parliamentary elections on Friday ( Jun 28 ), with the ruling party widely anticipated to win despite growing public apprehensions about corruption and the state of the economy. across the tiny, lightly crowded country of 3. 4 million, sandwiched between China and Russia, are voting toContinue Reading