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China envoy confirms delivery of Sinovac vaccines in PH 'as early as next month'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 06:32 PM

COVID-19 vaccines developed by China-backed pharmaceutical company Sinovac may arrive "as early as next month," Beijing's envoy confirmed Friday, as he cited "new era of partnership" between the two countries amid the pandemic.  Read more »

South Korean court orders Japan to compensate former sex slaves: Yonhap

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 10:40 AM

A South Korean court on Friday ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to 12 World War II sex slaves or their families, in an unprecedented ruling likely to infuriate Tokyo. Read more »

BTS hit Dynamite on Beijing radio brings hope of further thaw in China-S. Korea relations

Tamar Herman, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Dec 23 03:46 PM

A long time coming, Metro Radio’s first playing of Dynamite, the new single from K-pop supergroup BTS, is taken as a sign of Sino-Korean cultural thaw. An academic based in China, meanwhile, noted that popular interest there in Korean pop music and dramas has never dimmed despite the countries’ frosty relations. Read more »

Locsin, Pompeo hold talks on boosting PH-US alliance, upholding S. China Sea arbitral ruling

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 19 04:39 PM

The United States and the Philippines have recently discussed possibilities to improve the two nations’ alliance, including ways to uphold the 2016 arbitral win invalidating China’s claim to sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, the US State Department has said.  Read more »

Duterte, Japan's Suga talk about S. China Sea, aid, pandemic

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 04:57 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte and Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide this week discussed various issues including the South China Sea, diplomatic aid, and the COVID-19 in a telephone conversation, the Filipino leader's office said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Duterte welcomes new Vatican, Japan envoys to Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 09:37 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday welcomed the new envoys to the country of the Vatican and Japan.  Read more »

Arrest warrant vs Joma Sison won't be enforced inside PH embassies: Locsin

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 05:25 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday said he was not inclined to have Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison should he visit the Philippine embassy in the Netherlands. Read more »

China summons US diplomat over sanctions, vows retaliation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 09:32 PM

BEIJING - China summoned the acting top US diplomat in Beijing on Tuesday to protest US sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong, and vowed to take "reciprocal" retaliation.   Read more »

Duterte thanks 'close partner' Australia for 'upholding law' in S. China Sea

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 08:59 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday thanked Australia, Manila's "close partner", for "upholding international law" following its rejection of Beijing's territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea. Read more »

Palace: Philippines wants no part in US-China power struggle

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 03:58 PM

The Philippines does "not want to take part" in a power struggle between the US and China, Malacañang said Tuesday, after Beijing accused Washington of "creating chaos" in Asia.    Read more »

Duterte attends APEC Summit, eyeing economic boost from pandemic fallout

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 03:25 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday attended a virtual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, seeking to boost the Philippines' pandemic-battered economy.  Read more »

Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s nuclear arsenal add to Joe Biden’s list of presidential challenges

Jacob Fromer, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 20 01:47 PM

Analysts are skeptical that a Biden administration will succeed where previous ones, from both political parties, have failed. Pyongyang, meanwhile, has said it will never abandon its nuclear weapons as long as the US remains ‘hostile’ to it Read more »

China thanks Philippines for backing Chinese candidate in Int'l Court of Justice

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 12:29 PM

The Chinese Embassy on Friday thanked Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. for expressing support for the Chinese candidate for one of the vacant posts in the International Court of Justice.  Read more »

LIST: Countries that sent condolences, aid to PH after super typhoon Rolly devastation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 03:44 PM

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) — Some countries sent their condolences and pledged aid to the Philippines after typhoon Rolly, the world's strongest storm this year, wreaked havoc in parts of the country.  Read more »

Incoming Russian envoy discusses possible COVID-19 vaccine distribution in PH with counterpart

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 09:30 PM

MANILA — Russia's incoming envoy to Manila discussed the possible distribution of his country's COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines in a meeting recently with his Filipino counterpart, the Philippine Embassy in Russia said. Read more »

Japan, China may agree to restart mutual business travel in October

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 20 12:34 PM

China and Japan are looking to revive their coronavirus pandemic-hit economies, the world's second and third largest, through a restart of 2-way business travel.   Read more »

Oil exploration in West PH Sea 'an exercise of sovereign rights' - Energy chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 19 05:54 PM

The government's decision to lift a 6-year-old moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea is "an exercise of our sovereign rights" that "in no way" weakens Manila's maritime claims against China, an official said Monday. Read more »

Palace cites 'very close' ties with China for resuming West PH Sea energy projects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 01:08 PM

Malacañang on Friday cited a "very close friendship" with Beijing following President Rodrigo Duterte's move to lift a moratorium on petroleum exploration in the West Philippine Sea, paving the way for 3 projects to resume, including a possible joint venture with China.    Read more »

Locsin scorns Southeast Asian countries' 'patronizing attitude' on PH's Sabah claim

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 09 12:50 AM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday scoffed at other Southeast Asian nations' "patronizing attitude" when it comes to the Philippines' claim in Sabah, saying neighboring countries should treat Filipinos "with more respect."   Read more »

2021 budget of panel overseeing VFA implementation cut by more than half: Locsin

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 08:16 PM

The 2021 budget of the commission overseeing the implementation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States has been slashed by more than half even if the Philippines suspended the abrogation of the accord, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., said Thursday. Read more »