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N. Korea cracks down on foreign media, speaking styles

Josh Smith, Reuters
Posted at Jan 20 01:43 PM

North Korea is imposing stiff fines or prison for anyone caught enjoying South Korean entertainment or copying the way South Koreans speak as leader Kim Jong Un steps up a war on outside influences and calls for better homegrown entertainment. Read more »

China’s big battleship building spree to guard its aircraft carriers

Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 10 09:21 AM

It is an aggressive plan and if it works out, China will have a fleet of battleships to match its ambitions for a blue-water navy over the next decade.   Read more »

PBA: Coach Cariaso clarifies contract issue with Vic Manuel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 07:43 PM

Alaska coach Jeff Cariaso said team management has been in touch with Vic Manuel’s camp regarding his contract. Read more »

US warships transit Taiwan Strait for second time this month

Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 09:47 AM

Two US warships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the US Navy said, the second such mission this month and coming almost two weeks after a Chinese aircraft carrier group used the same waterway. Read more »

Government OKs Cagayan, Marikina flood control plans

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 17 04:51 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte and his Cabinet have approved plans to prevent flooding in Marikina and Cagayan, where typhoon Ulysses in November trapped residents on top of their rooftops as they waited for rescue from floods, Malacañang said on Thursday.  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 »

Visit of US defense chief to PH aims to create ‘chaos’ in region - Chinese envoy in Manila

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 05:56 PM

China’s ambassador to the Philippines on Tuesday said the visit of the acting US Secretary of Defense to Manila is aimed to create “chaos and confrontation in the region” in the last days of US President Donald Trump’s administration.  Read more »

China increased patrols in disputed sea during pandemic: report

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 07 08:47 AM

The Chinese Coast Guard increased its frequency of patrols in Scarborough Shoal and other areas in the disputed South China Sea amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a US-based think tank said in a report published Friday.   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 »

PH gov't urged to enhance maritime domain awareness

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 11:33 PM

A retired Philippine Supreme Court magistrate is cautiously optimistic about a possible peaceful resolution regarding the South China Sea dispute.   Read more »

Japan and China to restart business travel, coordinate on East China Sea

Kiyoshi Takenaka and Ju-min Park, Reuters
Posted at Nov 24 10:30 PM

Japan and China agreed on Tuesday to restart coronavirus-hit business travel this month and to continue talks on disputed isles in the East China Sea, in the first high-level dialogue since Japan picked a new leader in September. 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 tells ASEAN: Arbitral win vs China sea claims 'can't be ignored'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 03:38 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday told his fellow Southeast Asian leaders that a 4-year-old arbitral ruling against Beijing's sweeping claims in South China Sea "cannot be diminished nor ignored."    Read more »

21st century colonization? Pangilinan seeks inter-agency probe into Chinese tourist surge

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 10:14 AM

A senator on Thursday urged government to form an inter-agency committee that would look into the surge of Chinese tourists into the country in what he called a "21st century colonization." Read more »

US lodges appeal against WTO ruling in China’s favor over trade war tariffs

Finbarr Bermingham, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 27 02:09 PM

At a World Trade Organization meeting in Geneva on Monday, it was confirmed that the US had lodged an appeal against a disputes court ruling in China’s favor. China had sued the US over the unilateral imposition of two rounds of trade war tariffs, but lack of appeal court means US appeal cannot be heard. Read more »

PH, Japan seek halt in provocations in disputed S. China Sea

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 06:27 PM

The Philippines and Japan on Friday emphasized the need for countries to stop any activities that might generate tension on the disputed South China Sea, saying the declaration of conduct (DOC) negotiated by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China should be upheld.  Read more »

US Coast Guard to tackle China 'illegal' fishing in Pacific

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 24 10:05 AM

The United States said Friday it would deploy Coast Guard patrol ships in the western Pacific to counter "destabilizing and malign" activities by China in disputed fishing grounds of the South China Sea.  Read more »

Ousted Cayetano resigns as Velasco assumes Speakership

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 13 02:57 PM

During a Facebook live outside his residence in Taguig, ousted Speaker Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano said it is time to unite Congress. Read more »

Malaysia detains 60 Chinese nationals, 6 vessels for trespassing

Reuters
Posted at Oct 11 12:34 PM

Malaysia's maritime authorities said on Saturday they had detained 60 Chinese nationals and six Chinese-registered fishing vessels they said were trespassing into the Southeast Asian country's waters. Read more »

Japan sends three vessels to South China Sea in anti-submarine exercise

Reuters
Posted at Oct 10 11:48 AM

TOKYO/BEIJING— Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted anti-submarine drills in the South China Sea on Oct. 9, deploying three vessels including a helicopter aircraft carrier and a submarine, according to the Japanese defense ministry. Read more »