The regional bloc ASEAN and China should make headway on a protracted code of conduct for the South China Sea by tackling thorny "milestone issues", including its scope and if it can be legally binding,

Foreign secretary Enrique Manalo says Asean’s vulnerability to climate change should elevate the issue on the bloc’s priority list.

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) discussed developments in the South China Sea (SCS), Myanmar and the Middle East during a retreat in Langkawi, Malaysia on Sunday.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

ASEAN and China are urged to resolve 'milestone issues' in their South China Sea code of conduct talks, including its scope and legal binding status. The Philippines emphasizes the need for substantive discussions,

Southeast Asian foreign ministers hold a closed-doors retreat in Malaysia on Sunday, as the country hosts its first meeting as chair of the regional bloc ASEAN amid an intensifying civil war in Myanmar and confrontations in the South China Sea.

LANGKAWI – Regional bloc Asean and China should make headway on a protracted code of conduct for the South China Sea by tackling thorny “milestone issues”, including its scope and whether it ...

The Status of Visiting Forces Agreement will enable the armed forces of the Philippines and New Zealand to elevate their cooperation activities and conduct exercises in each other’s territories.

The Typhon intermediate-range missile system has been present in the country since join military drills in April 2024.

The newly installed Trump administration has quickly reaffirmed America’s strong support for the Philippines in the face of an increasingly aggressive China in the disputed South China Sea, despite doubts to the contrary voiced by some observers.

Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has reaffirmed the Philippines’ unwavering stance on territorial integrity as he highlighted President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s firm policy on safeguarding Philippine sovereignty.

In response to a US State Department statement claiming new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussing Beijing's "dangerous and destabilizing actions in the South China Sea" with his Philippines counterpart Enrique Manalo over phone and underscoring the "ironclad" US defense commitment to Manila,