Thitu Island is home to the Philippines' largest military outpost in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands archipelago.

TALKS between the Philippines and China on their South China Sea dispute must be built on mutual trust to ensure progress, Manila’s defense chief said on Sunday, stressing that Beijing must first ...

THE Philippines on Thursday said that it “rejects and refutes” China’s recent remarks claiming it has “indisputable sovereignty” over Spratly Islands, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

The bases are expected to help grow the Philippines' infrastructure as it acquires more warships for its arsenal The ...

Atin Ito (This is Ours) coalition of civilian volunteers embarked on its third mission under escort by the Philippine coast ...

In a vast storage room at a nickel plant in Hachinohe, northern Japan, a group of men in suits and hard hats are squatting on the floor admiring a row of trays. One contains a jet-black, rubble-like ...

Tensions continue in the South China Sea, most recently between China and the Philippines. China has been extending its reach in the South China Sea by building artificial islands atop reefs.

Each time China sends its warplanes and navy vessels to encircle Taiwan in alarming war games, the world is forced to confront the chilling prospect of a blockade or even full-blown invasion of ...

A map showing the locationn of Sandy Cay in the South China Sea. Ties between China and the ... nine features the Philippines occupies in the Spratly archipelago, where Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan ...

Chinese activities in the South China Sea have remained a focal point ... the East Asian power constructed seven artificial islands in the Spratly archipelago, a cluster claimed by five other ...

Crewmembers of a Vietnamese coast guard patrol ship monitor an approaching China Maritime Safety Administration patrol ship near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, July 15, 2014 (Kyodo ...

China's military said it had expelled three Philippine aircraft from the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Thursday, marking the latest in a series of dangerous aerial encounters ...