The Philippines inaugurated a beaching ramp on Pag-asa Island on Tuesday, with authorities explaining it as the first of numerous upgrades on the area that Manila claims in South China Sea waters near where Beijing has actually developed military stations. The ramp is a concrete pier that will enable ships to dock on Pag-asa, Philippine […]

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Geopolitical stress in the middle of a global pandemic led Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to keep a secret military pact with the United States undamaged in the meantime, Manila’s leading diplomat and other federal government officials stated Wednesday. The Philippines was seeking to renew bilateral ties with its earliest ally by holding back for a […]

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Indonesia added its weight to current diplomatic relocations by ASEAN members opposing Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, sending out an unusual diplomatic note to the head of the United Nations previously today. The letter, sent out to U.N. Secretary- General António Guterres on Tuesday, defined the Indonesian federal government’s assistance for a 2016 […]

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Fishermen’s associations in Vietnam and the Philippines objected Monday China’s yearly summer season fishing ban in the South China Sea and required their national federal governments to oppose it, amidst the danger of rigorous enforcement by the China Coast Guard. ” Vietnamese fishermen have total rights to fish in waters under their sovereignty,” the Vietnam […]

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The Philippines on Thursday “strongly” opposed China’s development of two districts in the challenged South China Sea, stating Beijing’s relocation breached the Southeast Asian country’s territorial sovereignty. Manila had actually been opposing Beijing’s self-declared Sansha City “and the extent of its administrative jurisdiction” considering that 2012, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) stated in a […]

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The Philippines ought to search joint patrols with Vietnam and Malaysia within the South China Sea to discourage Chinese language aggression within the disputed area, a former Supreme Courtroom justice informed reporters in Manila on Monday. Antonio Carpio stated Beijing seemed to be profiting from the COVID-19 pandemic to push its presence within the energy-rich […]

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Southeast Asian leaders concurred at an unique online top on Tuesday to ensure a social safety net for the area’s susceptible populations and backed reallocating funds towards battling the COVID-19 break out. The leaders of the 10- member Association of Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN) later on in the day held a different online top with […]

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China has actually released a patrol vessel from its Coast Guard to the Scarborough Shoal, the current salvo in its continual pressure campaign versus Philippine-claimed features in the challenged South China Sea, ship-tracking information shows. The China Coast Guard (CCG) ship 3302 was at Scarborough Shoal since Wednesday, Radio Free Asia can verify. It left […]

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to terminate a lynchpin military pact with long time treaty ally the United States– if executed– might not just shake Manila’s defense policy however effect the fragile balance in ties in between Southeast Asia and U.S. and China, experts state. The Going To Forces Contract (VFA) that Duterte strategies to […]

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