The new South Korean president, Lee Jae-myung, calls himself a foreign policy "pragmatist". He says he is driven by South ...

China has deployed naval vessels beyond an island chain in the Western Pacific—a strategic barrier to contain its forces—passing through waterways near Japan, a close United States ally.Japan, Taiwan ...

Drills in East Asia this summer by the U.S. military body charged with moving munitions and equipment will help it better ...

As a condition of embedding on the mission, USNI News has agreed to identify crew members with nicknames related to their ...

US performs 'freedom of navigation' operation near the Spratly Islands, a cluster of islands off the coast of the Philippines ...

The Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System — NMESIS — made its Philippines debut in April and is operating in the ...

A U.S. Navy destroyer recently carried out a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea, according to a statement ...

China's foreign and defense ministries issued angry statements after Hegseth called the People's Republic a "threat" at a ...

China's sovereignty claims cover most of the South China Sea, overlapping with those of other regional powers.

“Hegseth deliberately ignored the call for peace and development by countries in the region, and instead touted the Cold War ...

China has claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, overlapping the territorial claims of other regional ...

China issued a blistering response after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said "the threat China poses is real." ...