The Latest Breaking News from the South China Sea

Vessel becomes potential flashpoint as Beijing orders Philippines to remove wreck housing marines in South China Sea

Expert warns of ‘significant escalatory potential’ after Chinese coastguards used water cannon on Philippine boat

Move comes after Manila accused Chinese coastguard vessels of blocking and using water cannon against Philippine ships.

Latest in long history of nautical intimidations by Beijing, which lays unrecognised claim to almost all of the South China Sea

Vietnam has banned the new “Barbie” film because it features a map showing China’s claim to the South China Sea.

The South China Sea problem requires a political framework, which can only be created through dialogue, which the ASEAN must recognise

Censors want a ‘cartoonish map’ depicting China’s claim over the South China Sea blurred from the film.

Of all the things that could inflame tensions in a region that could someday be a theatre of war between superpowers, the movie “Barbie” was not an obvious catalyst. Yet here we are.

WASHINGTON: Washington hopes to rally Southeast Asian nations to take tougher action against Myanmar's military junta and to push back on China's actions in the South China Sea as top United States diplomat Antony Blinken heads to the region for meetings next week, a State Department official said on Friday.

Vietnam is investigating the website of Blackpink’s tour organiser, ahead of the K-Pop superstars’ concert in Hanoi, after fans complained that it shows a map of the South China Sea with disputed boundaries.

Studio says the ‘child-like crayon drawing’ in Barbie film was not intended to make a political statement.