South China Sea accounts for a third of the global maritime trade. According to an estimate 80 percent of China's energy imports and 40 percent of China's total trade passes through the disputed South ...

Reports out of the Philippines state that Australia has launched a massive beach invasion drill alongside Philippine forces.

Bigger military budgets would establish deterrence and make Xi Jinping think twice before further menacing the region.

Australia has launched its largest military exercises with Philippine forces, involving over 3,600 personnel in live-fire ...

The Philippine military has blamed China for a collision between two Chinese navy and coast guard ships in disputed waters ...

Japan views the exclusive economic zone as "indispensable" to the country, allowing it to "exclusively develop" mineral resources.

China's defence ministry accused Philippine Coast Guard vessels on Friday of "dangerous manoeuvres" in response to reports of a collision earlier this week between two Chinese vessels near Scarborough ...

A US Navy guided-missile destroyer performed a so-called Freedom of Navigation operation (FONOP) near disputed Scarborough ...