South China Sea

South China Sea

Chinese Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons towards a Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4 on its way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, March 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adrian Portugal/File Photo

Philippines completes first South China Sea resupply mission since deal with Beijing

The Philippines and China last week announced a "provisional agreement" on Manila's resupply missions to its contingent of troops on a naval ship grounded on the Second Thomas Shoal,...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) flag (R) leads the flags of the 10-member countries during the ASEAN Regional Forum meeting in Singapore July 23, 2008. The ASEAN members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Photo: REUTERS/Romeo Gacad/Pool/File Photo

ASEAN seeks to tackle Myanmar crisis, South China Sea tension as ministers meet in Laos

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Vietnam files UN claim to extended continental shelf in South China Sea

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard stand alert as a Chinese Coast Guard vessel blocks their way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, March 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adrian Portugal/File Photo

Philippines, China to set up new channels to handle South China Sea rows, source and document say

Flags of China and Russia are displayed in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/ File Photo

China, Russia kick off live-fire naval exercises in South China Sea

Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Philippine's Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro sign the reciprocal access agreement, at the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, July 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

Philippines, Japan sign defence pact amid South China Sea tensions

Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. looks on as he meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, March 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/File Photo

Philippines needs to 'do more' than protest China's actions in South China Sea, Marcos says

Philippines' Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his working visit in Manila, Philippines, March 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo

Philippines wants to talk with China on South China Sea, foreign minister says

A Philippine flag flutters on BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999, on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea March 29, 2014. Photo: REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo

Philippines accuses China of using 'illegal force' to deliberately disrupt resupply mission

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr delivers a keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore, May 31, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

Philippines not in business of instigating wars, says President Marcos

Members of the media take footage of a Chinese Coast Guard vessel blocking a Philippine Coast Guard vessel on its way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, March 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adrian Portugal/File Photo

In South China Sea dispute, Philippines' bolder hand tests Beijing

Members of the media take footage of a Chinese Coast Guard vessel blocking a Philippine Coast Guard vessel on its way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, March 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adrian Portugal/File Photo

New China rules allow detention of foreigners in South China Sea

Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Commodore Jay Tarriela (left), National Security Council spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (center), and Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Colonel Medel Aguilar speak to the press during a news conference in response to recent aggression of the Chinese Coast Guard against Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Philippines, August 07, 2023. Photo: Ezra Acayan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Philippines urges China to allow scrutiny of disputed shoal