The U.S. Coast Guard previously told Newsweek that its missions in the western Pacific aim to strengthen maritime governance.

The Philippines on Saturday marked the ninth anniversary of its landmark legal victory over China in the South China Sea, ...

Just a few nautical miles from China's aggression near Scarborough Shoal, teachers of Masinloc, Zambales face questions even ...

The militaries of the U.S. and Philippines have carried out joint drills in waters adjacent to the South China Sea claimed by Beijing, amid a rising number of incidents between China and the ...

China has accused the U.S. of sowing discord in the region. China claims almost the entire South China Sea, despite overlapping claims by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Scarborough Shoal has reemerged as the focal point of tensions between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea, according to a report released Monday by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative.

AFP journalists who visited Google Maps last year discovered the name West Philippine Sea was visible only if searched by name but invisible to those who simply scrolled over the area otherwise.

MANILA, Philippines – Google recently implemented a change to its Google Maps information, making the named location reference “West Philippine Sea” more readily visible and easier to spot ...

China claims more than 90% of the potentially energy-rich South China Sea via a U-shaped "nine-dash line" on its maps that stretches into Southeast Asia and cuts into the exclusive economic zones ...

MANILA, Philippines — Social media had been abuzz since Monday as netizens noticed that “West Philippine Sea” (WPS) was appearing prominently on Google Maps to mark the stretch of water west of the ...

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users -- the West Philippine Sea.