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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te continues to lead in the polls. The polls that Formosa and ETtoday released between December 20 through December 24 showed that Lai has a roughly 5% lead over Kuomintang (KMT)

The Chinese government is displeased with the Philippines' insistence on conducting patrol and resupply operations within the Philippine exclusive...

One hundred and twenty miles off the coast of Palawan in the Philippines sits the Sierra Madre, a rusting World War II-era landing vessel that hosts a small contingent of Philippine marines and serves as the infrastructural backbone of an atoll called the Second Thomas Shoal.

US makes a ‘once in a generation effort’ to boost military, diplomatic ties in Asia as it seeks to compete with China.

A military spokesperson for the Philippines said the country is not inciting hostilities in the South China Sea

The director of SeaLight says Beijing is like an "arsonist who lights fires, then blames its victims and demands they put them out at their own expense."

The Philippine president’s approval rating jumped 15 points in the September-October survey compared to July.

Respect, sincerity are key to sea row dialogue: Philippines to China Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

Although now crumbling with rust, the BRP Sierra Madre on Second Thomas Shoal remains an actively commissioned Philippine navy ship, meaning an attack on it would be an act of war.

The Philippines is not provoking conflict in the South China Sea, its military spokesperson said on Tuesday, responding to China's accusationthat Manila was encroaching on Beijing's territory. It was the latest salvo amid rising tension as the two have traded accusations in recent months over a series of maritime run-ins, including China allegedly ramming a…