The Philippines has installed buoys and opened some command posts to mark out and assert its sovereignty in waters and islets it claims in the contested South China Sea, the country’s coast guard chief said Friday. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) set up five navigational buoys, each one 30-feet long and bearing the national flag,
China and countries from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will conduct face-to-face consultations on a Code of Conduct (COC) in the disputed South China Sea later this month in Cambodia, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters in Beijing that the consultations will be done in person “in the
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of their conference at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi, India, March 19, 2022. Credit: Reuters Japan prepares to hold so-called “two-plus-two” meetings with the Philippines and India to talk about maritime security consisting of in the South China Sea, a relocation analysts say
s territorial growth in the South China Sea.” [To solve] intricate problems like this, its really useful to have a multilateral technique and cumulative security that permits free and open Indo-Pacific (waters),” Gen. Charles Flynn, the U.S. Army leader in the Pacific, informed press reporters in Kuala Lumpur.” I believe training workouts and the ability
A file photo revealing ocean surveillance ship USNS Effective sitting in dry dock at Yokosuka, Japan, Sept. 13, 2007. The ship is currently deployed to the South China Sea. Credit: U.S. Navy Spy ships The USNS Bowditch is a Pathfinder-class survey ship that has typically been deployed in the South China Sea. The USNS Effective
