Maritime Southeast Asia
Philippine’s Duterte Pulls Back From Spratlys Flag Vow
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday pulled back from a vow to place his country's flag on an island in...
Indonesian Men Face Caning For Gay Sex
Indonesia's Aceh looks set to cane two men who admitted having sex in contravention of Islamic laws, an official said...
Philippine Military To Upgrade Island Facilities, Not Launch Land Grab
The Philippines' military said Friday that it plans to upgrade and improve facilities on islands it already occupies in...
Duterte Orders Philippine Troops To South China Sea Reefs
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered Filipino troops to deploy on unoccupied South China Sea...
Duterte Orders Philippine Troops To South China Sea Reefs
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered Filipino troops to deploy on unoccupied South China Sea...
Japan Loans Manila Military Planes For South China Sea
The Philippines Monday took delivery of two Japanese military surveillance aircraft to help it patrol vital sea lanes...
Philippines’ Duterte Says Can’t Stop China Developing Shoal
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday he could not stop China from building on a disputed shoal near his...
Bali Won’t Cover Up Statues For Saudi King
Indonesia's Hindu resort island of Bali on Wednesday defended a decision not to cover up any of its ubiquitous statues...
China Defence Spending To Rise ‘around 7%’
China will raise defence spending by "around seven percent" this year as it guards against "outside meddling" in its...
Bali Gears Up For Saudi King’s Extravagant Visit
Luxury hotels have been booked out and security forces deployed across Bali as the resort island geared up Friday for...
Indonesian Collapses After Caning For Breaking Islamic Law
An Indonesian man collapsed while being publicly caned Monday for spending time with a woman who is not his wife in...
China Continues ‘steady Pattern’ of S.China Sea Militarization
Recent satellite imagery appears to show China is completing structures intended to house surface-to-air missiles...
Prosecutors Want Briton, Australian Jailed For 8 Years Over Cop Death
An Australian woman and her British boyfriend accused of beating to death a policeman on Indonesia's resort island of...
Pirates Kill Vietnamese Sailor, Kidnap Six Others
Pirates have attacked a Vietnamese-flagged cargo ship off the southern Philippines, killing one seaman and abducting at...
South China Sea: US Navy Begins Patrols
US aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, has started what it calls “routine operations” in the South China Sea,...
WWII Shipwrecks Off Malaysia Broken For Scrap
Three World War II shipwrecks off the coast of Malaysia -- the final resting place of dozens of seamen -- have almost...
Over One Million People In Papua New Guinea To Get Access To Internet
A rural telecommunications project in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will give 1.2 million people access to the internet, the...
China Seizes US Naval Drone In South China Sea
A Chinese Navy warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by an American oceanographic vessel in international...
Many Dead and Dozens of Buildings Collapse
An undersea earthquake off Indonesia’s Aceh province has killed at least 24 people, with dozens feared trapped in...