Vietnam's progress has been swift and quiet. In the past five months alone, it has reclaimed more than 2 sq km (0.8 square miles) in the contested Spratly Islands, according to Beijing-based think ...

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Beijing says it has "indisputable sovereignty" over the Spratlys Manila recently rejected China's claims of having "indisputable" sovereignty over Second Thomas Shoal The disputed shoal became a focal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Structures on the artificial island built by China in Cuarteron Reef in the Spratly Islands, seen on October 25.Ezra Acayan/Getty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest annual Philippine budget allocated 1.65 billion pesos (US$27 million) to develop the airport as well as 300 million ...

Vietnamese construction work in the Spratly Islands continues to move forward, with “potential military structures” including runways taking shape on several of its outposts in the archipelago, a U.S.

MANILA — The Philippine military is considering developing the disputed Spratly islands into a tourist destination, local news reported Saturday. Military chief General Hermogenes Esperon was quoted ...

Manila and Beijing are engaged in an increasingly heated diplomatic dispute over the status of Chinese forces in the Spratly Islands, which both sides claim. The Spratlys lie within the Philippine EEZ ...

Vietnam has “significantly accelerated” the expansion of its outposts in the Spratly Islands over the last six months, a U.S. think tank said last week, putting Hanoi on pace for a “record year of ...

China has placed at least three new light buoys in the disputed waters of the South China Sea following similar deployments by the Philippines two weeks ago. The light buoys were installed near Irving ...