President Benigno Aquino III returned from a four-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Indonesia Monday, reporting that the regional body had discussed the need for a collective response to calamities as well as the problems of drug trafficking and piracy.
Read Full StoryMANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III will bring up the Spratlys dispute at the upcoming 18th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
Read Full StoryWASHINGTON—China needs to be brought into regional dialogue to ensure a peaceful resolution to tensions over the South China Sea, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said.
Read Full StoryHANOI--Vietnam and China have agreed to take the first steps towards settling territorial disputes in the South China Sea, a government official in Hanoi said on Thursday, after years of deadlock.
Read Full StoryChina countered a Philippine diplomatic protest at the United Nations by saying it has indisputable sovereignty over the Spratly islands that the Southeast Asian country “started to invade” in the 1970s.
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