The contested South China Sea boasts rich oil and gas reserves and could play a key role in a conflict over Taiwan.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's military said it warned and drove away three Philippine aircraft that "illegally intruded" into the airspace near the Spratly Islands on Thursday. There was no immediate ...

A brewing battle over contested islands in the South China Sea is intensifying as multiple nations compete for dominance in the Indo-Pacific theater. The Spratly Islands consist of a scattered ...

The island-building efforts strengthen Vietnam's control in a strategic sea lane. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Vietnam is on a South China Sea island-building binge that will likely see it soon surpass the area China has reclaimed in the strategic and contested Spratly Islands, according to a new report from ...

Periodic bomber deployments to Woody Island—spotted by U.S. satellite company Maxar Technologies and verified by open-source intelligence analysts—have been interpreted as a demonstration of China's ...

Three ships circled land features, including some where Vietnam has built facilities, last week, according to maritime ...

Philippine forces trained last week to defend Balabac, a strategic island in Palawan that is set to host a new military base ...

The huge aircraft was seen on the airstrip on the militarised reef in the Spratly Islands but was not observed loading or ... Detected by DeepCore AI/ML,” he said. A Chinese military source confirmed ...

25 years ago: ASEAN meets in Manila, Philippines over the contested Spratly and Paracels islands The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) met November 29-30 in Manila, Philippines to ...