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Philippine defence chief rips China officials in testy exchange
Published on 01/06/2025
» Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro engaged in a testy back-and-forth with Chinese officials at a Singapore security forum on Sunday, accusing leaders in Beijing of grabbing territory in disputed waters and repressing their own people.
Manila: China needs to overcome ‘deficit of trust’
Published on 31/05/2025
» SINGAPORE - China has a “deficit of trust and credibility” that it needs to overcome in order to mend its fraught defence ties with the Philippines, though any breakthrough in the near term remains unlikely, Manila’s top defence official said on Saturday.
Pentagon chief warns China 'preparing' to use military force in Asia
AFP, Published on 31/05/2025
» SINGAPORE - US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned Saturday that China was "credibly preparing" to use military force to upend the balance of power in Asia, vowing the United States was "here to stay" in the Indo-Pacific region.
Manila says Chinese vessel ‘sideswiped’ research craft
Published on 22/05/2025
» MANILA - The Philippine fisheries bureau said the lives of a civilian crew were put at risk when the Chinese Coast Guard fired water cannons and sideswiped one of its vessels while it conducted marine research around a disputed reef in the South China Sea.
India and Pakistan edge closer to war
Oped, Published on 08/05/2025
» Yesterday, India launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir, two weeks after a terrorist attack. The situation follows a long-smouldering fuse which has reignited in the wake of the terrible terrorist attack killing 27 tourists in a region of disputed Kashmir, part of India's territory. Some 25 Indian civilians were apparently targeted because of their Hindu religion.
Warnings as PM visits Cambodia
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 21/04/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will pay an official visit to Cambodia on Wednesday and Thursday.
Thai crew members released by Myanmar return home after pardon
Online Reporters, Published on 29/03/2025
» Four Thai crew members detained by Myanmar authorities since November last year arrived in Ranong province on Saturday afternoon.
Thai trawler crew set to return following pardon
News, Published on 29/03/2025
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will coordinate with Myanmar to repatriate four Thai trawler crew members arrested after Thai fishing boats were attacked off Ranong's coast last November.
Myanmar pardons 4 Thai fishermen arrested in November
Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 28/03/2025
» The Myanmar government has granted pardon to four Thai trawler crew members following repeated efforts by Thailand to secure their release after their arrest in November last year.
US defence chief visits Philippines dogged by scandal at home
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» MANILA — US defence chief Pete Hegseth met Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Friday, saying the two countries must stand "shoulder to shoulder" in the face of the threat represented by China.