Why millennials see destructive socialism as cool China’s claim to own the South China Sea are “preposterous” and illegal, according to a State Department report made public this week. Beijing’s “maritime claims in the South China Sea, exemplified by the preposterous ‘Nine-Dash Line,’ are unfounded, unlawful and unreasonable,” states the report on U.S. policy […]

  THE Bangkok summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) concluded on Monday with the outbreak of an unseemly diplomatic spat between ASEAN states and the US over the South China Sea. ASEAN heads of state were deeply disappointed that Donald Trump chose not to attend the summit and sent a low-level diplomatic […]

  As part of the ongoing 11th South China Sea International Conference in Hanoi, delegates on November 6 afternoon attended a special session marking the 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and 25 years since Vietnam approved the convention. Hanoi (VNA) […]

  In a move seen as a refusal to reinforce the maritime rights in the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang dismissed the harassment of a Filipino-manned vessel by a Chinese ship even if it happened within Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. The vessel called Green Aura is not Filipino-owned. It came from Greece and carried a flag […]

  President Rodrigo Duterte returned to the country early Tuesday from the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, where he called for collective action to address territorial disputes, transnational crimes, trade-related tensions and climate change. Malacañang said Duterte had a “fruitful” participation in the 35th Asean Summit and Related Summits, […]

  MANILA (UPDATE)—The Philippine immigration bureau announced Wednesday it would resume stamping passports of visiting Chinese nationals, following Manila’s reversal of a 7-year-old policy protesting Beijing’s expansive maritime claim. Immigration officers were instructed to now place arrival and departure stamps next to Philippine visas on Chinese passports, Commissioner Jaime Morente said in a statement. President […]

  BANGKOK—President Du-terte and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed the South China Sea issue, particularly the need for a Code of Conduct, as the way to go to address tensions in the region. Presidential Spokesman and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador S. Panelo said this is one of the key regional and international concerns […]

  BANGKOK: The United States on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) accused China of intimidation in the South China (West Philippine) Sea as it put forward its strongest language yet rejecting Beijing’s claims in the strategic, dispute-rife waters. US National Security advisor Robert O’Brien attends the 14th East Asia Summit in Bangkok on November 4, 2019, […]