Taiwan mulls extending runway in Spratlys – report
Taiwan is considering extending the runway on the contested Spratly island in a move that could provoke fresh tensions in the heavily disputed South China Sea, media reported on Sunday.
Taiwan is considering extending the runway on the contested Spratly island in a move that could provoke fresh tensions in the heavily disputed South China Sea, media reported on Sunday.
Southeast Asian nations should give top priority to easing tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea, Cambodia’s premier said Monday, as he stressed the importance of regional stability.
They came, about 150 of them, most in bright yellow T-shirts emblazoned with a map of the Philippines and the disputed specks of land known as the Scarborough Shoals.
China said most domestic travel companies have suspended trips to the Philippines as tensions rise over a disputed island in contested waters.
Five Philippine vessels– the BRP Edsa, a Coast Guard search-and-rescue ship; MCS 3008, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-owned vessel; and three fishing boats – will remain posted at Scarborough Shoal, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Sunday.
The Philippines on Sunday called on other nations to take a stand on China’s new aggressiveness in a simmering territorial dispute over a shoal in the South China Sea.
Southeast Asian leaders on Wednesday pledged to step up efforts to resolve overlapping maritime disputes with China, at the end of a two-day summit which also focused on Myanmar and North Korea.
Southeast Asian leaders on Wednesday called for restraint on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea prepares for a rocket launch that has alarmed countries in the region.
New differences could undercut attempts by Southeast Asian countries and China to forge a pact aimed at preventing territorial conflicts from erupting into violence, diplomats said Tuesday at the start of a regional meeting.
The aftermath of landmark by-elections in former pariah state Myanmar is set to dominate this week’s summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Cambodia – unless a regional maritime row steals the show.
China said Thursday the detention of two Vietnamese fishing boats and 21 crew near the disputed Paracel Islands was lawful, after Hanoi demanded their “immediate and unconditional” release.
Vietnam has asked China to immediately release two Vietnamese boats and 21 crew detained more than two weeks ago while fishing near the disputed Paracel Islands, the foreign ministry said.
