MANILA, Philippines — The new Philippine foreign secretary made sensitive remarks Thursday about territorial disputes in the South China Sea that were broadcast live by the state-run TV network before it abruptly cut away from its coverage of the new president’s first Cabinet meeting. Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay’s remarks during the meeting touched on how […]

In this Friday, June 10, 2016, file photo, a protester has her cheek painted with a slogan outside the Chinese Consulate during a protest against China’s occupation and island-building in the disputed Spratly Island group in the South China Sea, in Makati city’s financial district east of Manila, Philippines. A case brought by the Philippines […]

There’s a major Asian power that refuses to compromise in its far-reaching territorial claims in oil-rich waters, despite appeals from its smaller neighbor to resolve the dispute in an international court. But it’s not China throwing its weight around in this case. According to the tiny nation of Timor-Leste, Australia has steadfastly rejected attempts to […]

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Deputy chairman of the Commission I of the House of Parliament Hanafi Rais asks the government to maintain intensive communications with other ASEAN countries on developments in South China Sea. “Indonesia has to protect its sovereignty over its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in South China Sea and for that purpose intensive […]

China remained defiant on Thursday over a looming ruling on territorial claims in the South China Sea, repeating that it would not accept an international tribunal’s decision set to be handed down later this month. The Permanent Court of ­Arbitration in The Hague said on Wednesday that it would deliver its findings on July 12. […]

An arbitration court’s ruling on China and the Philippines’ dispute over the South China Sea is imminent. An arbitration court hearing the dispute between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea will deliver its decision on July 12, it says. The Philippines has asked the Netherlands-based court to rule in the case, which […]

A combined formation of aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 pass in formation above the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Philippine Sea on June 18, 2016. Reuters WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told Chinese officials that Washington will […]

In his first cabinet meeting after taking his oath as president on June 30, Rodrigo Duterte slid into his most comfortable mode: rambling on about ways to cut red tape for the poor and setting up a 24-hour hotline for complaints that would directly come to his attention. But Duterte was upstaged by his foreign […]

lurking behind China’s contempt of both the Philippines’ case and increased U.S. support for its long time mutual defense treaty partner and former Commonwealth is a disdain for U.S. hegemony. The Chinese government has created a no-win situation for itself in the South China Sea from which there will be little retreat. Hong reiterated that […]

MANILA, Philippines – It was not an easy decision for Philippine President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, leader of a developing country heavily dependent on China when it comes to trade. China, after all, is the Philippines’ second biggest trading partner, based on the latest government statistics released in September 2015.  China, too, is the […]