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Philippines pushes bigger defence spending as China spat lingers
Published on 10/07/2024
» The Philippines will continue increasing defence spending as it seeks private sector’s support in safeguarding the nation’s claims in the disputed South China Sea.
Australia, Papua New Guinea announce security deal
AFP, Published on 07/12/2023
» SYDNEY - Australia clinched a security deal with Papua New Guinea on Thursday, bolstering ties to a key Pacific neighbour that has been courted persistently by China.
Fox hunting stirs England's muddy fields
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 05/03/2023
» The SUV trundled along the winding English country road at dawn, its five masked occupants decked head to toe in black as the hills of the Warwickshire countryside rolled past.
UK, Japan sign major defence deal allowing troop deployments
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» LONDON - The British and Japanese prime ministers signed what Downing Street called a "hugely significant" new defence deal allowing UK troops to deploy in Japan as the pair met in London on Wednesday.
'Australia's Guantanamo' looms over Pacific summit
AFP, Published on 02/09/2018
» NAURU: Pacific leaders meet in Nauru to discuss regional challenges this week, with the host nation keen to deflect attention from its Canberra-funded migration detention camp dubbed "Australia's Guantanamo" by critics.
Indonesia renames part of South China Sea
Reuters, Published on 14/07/2017
» JAKARTA -- Indonesia renamed the northern reaches of its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea as the North Natuna Sea on Friday, the latest act of resistance by Southeast Asian nations to China's territorial ambitions in the maritime region.
China aircraft carrier enters Taiwan Strait
New York Times, Published on 12/01/2017
» HONG KONG - Taiwan scrambled F-16 fighter jets and dispatched a frigate to the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday after China sent its sole aircraft carrier into the waterway, Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported.
Beijing's South China Sea anger belies dilemma: analysts
AFP, Published on 13/07/2016
» BEIJING - Beijing's deluge of vitriol against an international tribunal's rejection of its claims in the South China Sea masks a difficult dilemma, analysts say: how to balance the domestic nationalism it fosters with its own diplomatic ambitions and wider interests.
Frantic phone call failed to halt South China Sea territorial spat
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 24/03/2016
» Hours after reports of a confrontation between a Chinese coastguard ship and an Indonesian vessel in the South China Sea, a top Chinese diplomat called an Indonesian government official with a plea: Don't tell the media. We are friends after all.
With typhoon Haiyan, Asean suffers Katrina moment
News, Published on 23/11/2013
» The unfolding international response to Typhoon Haiyan, in the same super-destructive league as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Cyclone Nargis in 2008, and Japan's 2011 triple disaster, has again underscored the importance of the naval dimension to Humanitarian and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations across the Indo-Pacific.