China claims sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, potentially bringing it into conflict with neighboring states that have overlapping claims.

WASHINGTON--Vietnam has conducted a major expansion of dredging and landfill work at several of its South China Sea outposts in the second half of this year, signaling an intent to significantly ...

They follow a series of clashes between the two countries’ coastguards over the past year around disputed South China Sea features.

The leaders of the Philippine and United States militaries discussed Tuesday (US time) the expansion of joint exercises and ...

and a recent maritime exercise with the U.S. and the Philippines in the South China Sea - the fifth such publicized exercise - is a move that will likely irk China. The Philippine military said in ...

BEIJING: Beijing said on Monday (Feb 10) that a joint statement by the United States and Japan condemning its "provocative activities" in the contested South China Sea "attacks and smears" China.

“The leaders discussed the importance of reestablishing deterrence in the South China Sea,” and the need to enhance “the capability and capacity” of the Philippine military, according to ...

MANILA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The Philippines and the United States carried out joint maritime exercises for a fifth time in the South China Sea ... allowing the expansion of military bases that ...

MANILA - The Philippines and the United States carried out joint maritime exercises for the fifth time in the South China Sea, said Manila ... allowing the expansion of military bases that ...

Beijing claims sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, which it asserts through a fleet of coast guard and fishing militia that some neighbours accuse of aggression and of disrupting fishing ...