The Chinese coast guard on Wednesday said it monitored a Philippine civilian boat delivering daily provisions to the "illegally grounded" warship at the disputed Second Thomas Shoal on Tuesday.

Despite increased Chinese military presence in the South China Sea, Southeast Asian nations remain undeterred in asserting ...

China has accused the Philippines of polluting ... an old warship that was deliberately grounded on Second Thomas Shoal in 1999. CGTN said marines stationed on the ship had been burning refuse ...

The Philippines occupies Second Thomas Shoal but China also claims it, and increasingly hostile clashes at sea have sparked fears of larger conflicts that could involve the United States.

MANILA: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to Asia ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) lashed back at China yesterday following Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent ...

Startlingly, he claimed that Second Thomas Shoal and Scarborough Shoal were ... Vares-Lum on South China Sea tensions between China and the Philippines. Burns said the US was "very concerned ...