Vietnam is following in the footsteps of rival Spratly Islands claimant China in building military-purposed infrastructure, ...

Mischief and Subi reefs are among the artificial islands China has used to expand its offensive capabilities in the region.

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative estimates that Hanoi has created 641 new acres of land in the disputed Spratly ...

It's Beijing's latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea, satellite images ...

And fourth, Vietnam has a history of accepting risk and even casualties in the South China Sea when it deems something a strategic necessity. Beijing likely realizes that grey zone coercion will not ...

bleached fragments at the bottom of the South China Sea. The footage, shared with the media by the Philippine Coast Guard in mid-2024, painted a grim picture of an underwater wasteland where life ...

However, his geopolitical stance on the South China Sea (SCS) remains ambiguous ... was deployed to Luzon Island for joint military exercises. In March 2025, the US defence secretary announced ...

The United States increased its activity in the South China Sea last year to “varying levels ... the number of “island-intrusive” freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) and transits ...

Deep beneath the South China Sea, researchers in China identified massive deposits of potent methane hydrates, or “flammable ice,” in 2015. Three years later, a Chinese mission successfully ...

The Philippines is considering converting two strategically located islands in Subic Bay into military reservations – a step analysts say would fortify its position in the South China Sea amid ...