MANILA – National Security Adviser Eduardo Año on Tuesday said China was “creating unnecessary tensions” with the Philippines and was “overhyping” a recent incident where a Philippine Navy ship entered the waters of Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine...
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) needs to acquire big-ticket naval assets such as a submarine to help the country build a credible defense posture in light of the territorial and maritime issues in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). AFP spokesperson Col. Medel...
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MANILA, Philippines — The South China Sea issue will remain high on the agenda for President Marcos, who is joining the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit today in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he would again push for a rules-based order in the...
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The Philippine Navy (PN) and United States Navy (USN) are holding a bilateral sail in the waters west of Palawan nearly a month after the tense water cannon attack by China Coast Guard (CCG) on Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The Armed Forces of...
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China’s Ministry of Natural Resources has released its updated “China Standard Map,” and its new contours are creating a stir among neighbors in the South China Sea. Under its “nine-dash line” policy, China claims virtually all of the...
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military said it had recently held intensive anti-submarine exercises in the strategically important South China Sea as part of efforts to hone its capabilities amid rising maritime tensions with its neighbors and their allies....
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The Philippines has rejected the 2023 standard map of China, which includes the West Philippine Sea as part of its territory, and become the third nation to ward off Beijing’s attempt to assert its purported sovereignty over territories it claims as its own....
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Cargo ship DAI CAT 06 on Jan 9 is reported missing in South China sea, no communications during last 10 days. Last AIS position is dated Jan 3, South China sea, 120 nm NE of Singapore. Ship’s Emergency Position Indicator Radio Beacon (EPIRB) was found some 30 nm NW of...
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The Chinese military held large-scale joint combat strike drills starting Sunday, sending war planes and navy vessels toward Taiwan, both the Chinese and Taiwanese defense ministries said. The exercises coincided with the visit of a group...
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JAPAN International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Coast Guard (JCG) and Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) are collaborating on a Maritime Law Enforcement workshop on the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Japan’s ambassador in...
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KEY POINTS The drone flew near Okinawa and other outlying Japanese islands Tokyo announced plans to deploy a surface-to-air missile defense unit on Yonaguni island China used WZ-7 in Tibet to carry out surveillance missions over the border with Indi Amid...
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SEOUL, South Korea — Seoul and Washington are discussing joint planning and exercises involving US nuclear assets to counter growing threats from the North, South Korea’s presidential office said Tuesday, after US President Joe Biden said there would be no such...
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