
South China Sea Power Clash: ASEAN Demands Peace, China Edges Closer to Nuclear-Free Deal,Trade Pact
Tensions simmer in the South China Sea as ASEAN pushes forward with a long-delayed Code of Conduct aimed at preventing conflict in..
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Philippines, and in the south by Borneo, eastern Sumatra and the Bangka Belitung Islands, encompassing an area of around 3,500,000 km2 (1,400,000 sq mi). It communicates with the East China Sea via the Taiwan Strait, the Philippine Sea via the Luzon Strait, the Sulu Sea via the straits around Palawan, the Java Sea via the Karimata and Bangka Straits and directly with Gulf of Thailand. The Gulf of Tonkin is part of the South China Sea.
Tensions simmer in the South China Sea as ASEAN pushes forward with a long-delayed Code of Conduct aimed at preventing conflict in..
The EU and the Philippines have initiated a groundbreaking security and defense dialogue aimed at strengthening cooperation in the..
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry detected eight PLA Navy ships operating near its waters, signaling a show of force by China. In..
On Day 1 of the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued an urgent call for the swift..