The island-building efforts strengthen Vietnam's control in a strategic sea lane. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The contested South China Sea boasts rich oil and gas reserves and could play a key role in a conflict over Taiwan.

Hegseth said he raised concerns about China’s actions towards US' regional allies and partners. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urges Southeast Asian nations to strengthen their maritime forces to counter China's actions in the South China Sea

Periodic bomber deployments to Woody Island—spotted by U.S. satellite company Maxar Technologies and verified by open-source intelligence analysts—have been interpreted as a demonstration of China's expanding operational range in the South China Sea.

Vietnam is on a South China Sea island-building binge that will likely see it soon surpass the area China has reclaimed in the strategic and contested Spratly Islands, according to a new report from the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative. Since the ...

CHINA MAY be preparing for island-building at Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, in a move that could bolster its sweeping claims over the waterway and heighten regional tensions, analysts said over the weekend.

China has become more aggressive in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the South Pacific and beyond with its accelerating military buildup and acquisition of larger fleets of ships and submarine

A helicopter and a fighter jet went down in separate incidents while operating from a U.S. aircraft carrier on Sunday, the Navy said. The crews were rescued.