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Former president Duterte’s purported verbal pact with Xi intended to mitigate South China Sea disputes, yet China’s renewed hostility prompts scrutiny
Tourism Board touts efforts to lure visitors through influencers in target market countries amid slower-than-expected return of mainland Chinese.
Senior diplomat Liu Zhenmin tells Boao Forum in Hainan countries should resolve their disputes on a regional basis and warns outsiders not to ‘fan the flames’.
The timing of the vermin outbreak led to speculation it could have been engineered in response to news of the airport’s privatisation, or an attempt to discredit the current government.
The Philippines has been furious over what it calls repeated aggression by China’s coastguard and allied fishing vessels around disputed features located inside Manila’s exclusive economic zone.
#JusticeforKillua went viral after a golden retriever named Killua was found dead by its owner after a neighbour allegedly bludgeoned it to death.
Mobile payments made through 16 wallets supported by Alipay+ now account for 10 per cent of total tourist spending in Japan, unit president Douglas Feagin says.
Taiwan launched its newly renovated pier on Taiping islet in the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday but Tsai Ing-wen’s absence was noted by the opposition.
Manila cannot win on its own, and the US is not interested in getting directly involved, South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative says in latest annual report.
The Philippine flotilla was outnumbered and “surrounded by Chinese ships” during the supply mission, a reporter says.
‘If China is not afraid to state its claims to the world, then why don’t we arbitrate under international law?’ said the Philippines’ defence minister on Monday following a weekend stand-off at Second Thomas Shoal.
Jaemark Tordecilla has created an AI tool to help investigative reporters uncover wrongdoing in Philippine government audit reports, in what could mark a sea change for journalism in the Global South.
Video clips of the attack near Second Thomas Shoal showed a white ship repeatedly dousing another vessel sailing alongside it with a water cannon.
Critics say the costs of implementing the Reserve Officers Training Corps bill and doubts over its strategic impact mean efforts are better redirected towards modernising the military
The Web3 video gaming unicorn has signed an MOU with Saudi Arabia’s state-backed science park, months after a US$50 million investment in its Neom smart city.
US involvement in the Batanes port could have stoked tension amid growing friction with China and Washington’s push to step up defence engagements with the Philippines.
A brief statement from Beijing provides few details beyond saying the Chinese coastguard had ‘handled the incident’.
Manila looks likely to pass a law outlining its claims to the disputed waters in the hope of strengthening its hand following a series of clashes.
The video shows a transgender student having the haircut in school after she was threatened with a denial of enrolment.
The US has been stepping up bilateral and trilateral defence cooperation with Japan and the Philippines to counter China’s territorial claims and military build-up.
On the same day, Chinese embassy in the Philippines says Washington should refrain from ‘instigating trouble’ in the South China Sea.
The threat from Beijing’s sweeping South China Sea claims is growing, the Philippine president said in an interview – but he hopes ‘the time never comes’ that he has to invoke a mutual defence treaty with the US.
Nearly 40 per cent of respondents said Indonesia and other Asean states should form an alliance to defend Jakarta’s sovereignty in the South China Sea.
More than 99 per cent of Vietnam’s durian exports went to China last year, and the Southeast Asian country is expected to ship US$3.5 billion of the fruit in 2024.
US President Joe Biden’s press secretary confirmed the April 11 meeting with Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and Fumio Kishida to ‘advance a trilateral partnership built on deep historical ties of friendship’.
Biden, Kishida and Marcos Jnr are set to meet next month in a landmark summit over the issue deemed by Manila to be the top ‘flashpoint’.