Indonesia lacks the industrial capacity to build or maintain an aircraft carrier fleet—but it has thousands of islands across ...

Confrontation, militarisation and US–China rivalry made for choppy waters in the South China Sea in 2025, complicating prospects for an ASEAN–China Code of Conduct.

The South China Sea is of major geopolitical and economic importance due to its strategic location, natural resources and position as a conduit for international trade. Nearly one-third of global ...

At least two sailors have died and 15 others have been rescued after a Singapore-flagged cargo vessel with 21 Filipinos on board capsized in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, leaving four ...

As 2026 Asean chair, Manila has highlighted its push to finalise within its term a code of conduct covering the contested waters ...