It's hoped that scientists can track methane emissions to understand their impact on climate change, and explore underwater ...

Indonesia's parliament is set to agree next week to ratify an agreement made with Vietnam that sets the boundaries of their ...

China and the Philippines each raised flags on Sandy Cay days apart, asserting rival claims. Analysts say Beijing aimed to ...

THE CHINESE coastguard has seized control of a reef near a Philippine military base, threatening to inflame tensions in the ...

The standoff over Sandy Cay, which lies close to military outposts built by both Beijing and Manila, was the latest between ...

China claims the South China Sea almost in its entirety ... The Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei all claim part of the strategically located sea and some islands and reefs ...

Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have also been involved ... hostile faceoffs with the Chinese coast guard in the South China Sea and was damaged in one tense encounter last year in the disputed ...

There have been wrangles over territory in the South China Sea for centuries ... Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei have staked claims on islands and various zones in the sea.

The Philippines has signed a military pact with New Zealand, allowing their forces to hold joint exercises as Manila ...

MANILA: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is travelling to the Philippines on Tuesday (April 29) seeking to further ...

The Philippines sent navy, coastguard and maritime police officers to Sandy Cay and two neighbouring sandbanks in the Spratly ...