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’ defense chief on Tuesday minimized Beijing’s most current aggressive relocation in the South China Sea, stating it appeared that Chinese sailors had no real objective of injuring Filipinos when they pointed a laser weapon at a Philippine navy ship. Although the Chinese relocation was viewed as aggressive, it likely was suggested to impose […]

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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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The United States appealed to Southeast Asian countries Thursday to closed down all wet markets unlawfully offering wildlife, stating such trading locations had actually been connected to animal illness communicable to people, as Washington revealed it had actually launched $353 million in local help to battle the coronavirus break out. U.S. Secretary of State Mike […]

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China has actually upped the ante amidst increasing stress in the South China Sea by stating 2 new administrative districts for the objected to area and launching a new map calling all the reefs and islands it declares. The intriguing relocations come as Beijing deals with diplomatic pushback from a few of its Southeast Asian […]

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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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The Philippines revealed “deep concern” Wednesday over a Chinese coast guard ship’s supposed sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat in the challenged South China Sea recently, as Manila signed up with Hanoi and Washington in slamming Beijing over the occurrence. The Philippine foreign office provided what it called a “statement of solidarity” with Hanoi. The […]

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The coronavirus pandemic is leaving lots of workers in Vietnam and Laos jobless as organisations have actually been closed down to avoid the spread of the lethal infection, while Myanmar has a hard time to handle great deals of returning migrant workers who lost their tasks in surrounding Thailand and China. Southeast Asia had actually […]

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China on Tuesday contributed truckloads of medical materials to Laos, where healthcare facilities battled with lacks of equipment, while Vietnam enforced social distancing cops and relocated to unwind constraints on rice exports it had actually previously made to ensure food security throughout COVID-19 the crisis. While Laos was among couple of countries that had actually […]

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