The incident marks the second confrontation this week between Manila and Beijing over disputed South China Sea islands.

The islands themselves have not seen more than modest new ... likeley encompasses most of the fleet. 6 The Spratly Backbone Fishing Vessels, by comparison, are civilians which are ordered by ...

Philippines — Five fishermen were rescued in the vicinity waters of the Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea after an unknown vessel rammed their boat on January 30. In a report on Thursday, the ...

Island (Brigade 146 under the Naval Region 4 Command) on March 10 gave treatment to 43-year-old fisherman Huynh Con of ...

MANILA, Philippines — The identity of the vessel which rammed a Philippine fishing boat on Jan. 30 in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands remains unknown, according to the Philippine Coast Guard.

Chinese fishing vessels navigate past a beacon in the Zhubi Reef off Spratly Islands in South China Sea, on July 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Cunfu, File) SEOUL, South Korea (AP ...

FILE - Chinese fishing vessels navigate past a beacon in the Zhubi Reef off Spratly Islands in South China Sea, July 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Cunfu, File) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fleet of ...

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is searching for three Filipino fishermen whose boat was rammed by an unidentified vessel near the Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea. The PCG reported that at ...

From the sacrifice at Gac Ma in 1988 to chairing the 2025 UNCLOS members’ meeting, Vietnam has solidified its role in ...

Chinese fishing vessels sail past a beacon off the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on July 18, 2012. Photo: AP “This would constitute forced labor of a magnitude that surpasses much of that ...