The Latest Breaking News from the South China Sea

It’s been a whirlwind week for Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto. On Nov. 9, he was breaking bread with Chinese leader Xi Jinping; three days later he was sitting down with President Joe Biden in the White House. In between, Subianto found time to reach out to Donald Trump to congratulate…

Recent developments in the South China Sea involving the Philippines, China, and the US raise concerns over potential conflicts and territorial disputes.

Typhoon Toraji has unleashed floods, knocked down trees and caused power outages in the northern Philippines before weakening into a tropical storm and blowing out to the South China Sea

China's publication of baselines for Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea escalates tensions over conflicting territorial claims with the Philippines.

The move from Beijing comes just a day after the Philippines signed two laws defining the country’s maritime zones

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims

Chinese President Xi Jinping met his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto in Beijing on Saturday, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed two laws reaffirming the extent of his country’s maritime territories and right to resources, including in the South China Sea, where the new laws clash with Beijing’s extensive territorial claims

Philippine forces have stage drills that included seizing an island in the South China Sea as Chinese navy ships kept watch from a distance

The Philippine military has opened two weeks of combat drills that will include seizing an island in the disputed South China Sea and likely be frowned upon by China

Tropical Storm Trami left Vietnam for the South China Sea and was bringing heavy rain to part of the Northeast of Thailand on Monday, according to the Meteorological Department.