Rising naval tensions in the South China Sea are increasingly posing risks to some of the world’s most vital shipping lanes, ...

The location mentioned suggests that the exercises will take place in the South China Sea. The “Blue Strike-2025” joint naval drills would be held from “late March to early April” near ...

Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines have all attempted to counter Chinese claims to waters within their exclusive economic ...

Chinese and Thai participating naval vessels steam in formation in waters of the South China Sea on March 28, 2025. China-Thailand Blue Strike 2025 joint naval training was held in south China's ...

Other countries could openly side with China and rely on its military aid, as has occurred in Thailand, which is a Southeast Asian power albeit not a claimant to the South China Sea.

China is ASEAN’s No. 1 trading partner and its third-largest source of foreign investment — a key reason why the bloc has been reluctant to criticize Chinese actions in the South China Sea ...

Heavy rain caused severe floods in southern Thailand near the border with Malaysia today. The deluge lashed towns in Hat Yai, Songkhla province, sparking waist-deep torrents of muddy water to surge ...

In particular, Thailand has a much more benign outlook on China’s rise and on its activities in the South China Sea, and although suggestions that Bangkok would dump Washington for Beijing are ...

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia and Thailand have reiterated their common position on issues concerning the South China Sea, urging all parties to respect the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the ...

Beijing has offered to sell its J-10 fighter jets to Jakarta, which could make Indonesia the second country, after Pakistan, to operate them. But such a deal could put Indonesia in a tough spot ...

The West Philippine Sea refers only to the waters in the South China Sea that fall within the Philippine EEZ. This maritime area extends up to 200 nautical miles from the country's coast ...

A Chinese ship has run aground in stormy weather in shallow waters off a Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea, prompting Filipino forces to go on alert.