The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is "open to other sources of funding" although Transport Secretary Jaime J. Bautista has recently agreed to re-negotiate Chinese financing for major transport projects. "We are not limiting our options to China. We want to have different options. We are also...
TOKYO, Japan -- Two Japanese ministers paid respects Monday at a controversial war shrine, infuriating China and South Korea where the site is seen as a symbol of past militarism, especially during World War II. People visit the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on August 15, 2022, to mark the 77th...
BEIJING, China -- China said Monday it had organised fresh military drills around Taiwan, as a delegation of visiting United States lawmakers were set to meet the island's leader just weeks after a similar trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heightened fears of conflict. This handout picture taken...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand and China kicked off a joint air force exercise on Sunday, the kingdom's military said, the first such drills in years following a pause forced by Covid-19. This screen grab made from video released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV shows a Chinese military jet flying...
BEIJING, China -- Dozens of people in China have fallen ill with a new virus that is also found in shrews, a report has said, but there is so far no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The infections were found in China's eastern Shandong and central Henan provinces, affecting 35 people,...
Discussions among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China over the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea are not yet over. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary for ASEAN Affairs Daniel Espiritu gave the update on Thursday as he said matters...
The Department of National Defense (DND) is prepared to repatriate the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos in Taiwan should its tension with China escalate. During the organizational meeting of the Senate Committee on National Defense on Wednesday, DND Officer-In-Charge Jose Faustino said the...
BEIJING, China -- China on Wednesday vowed zero tolerance for "separatist activities" in Taiwan and reaffirmed that it would take the self-ruled island by force if necessary. A man reads a newspaper about China's military exercises encircling Taiwan, along a street in Beijing on August 8, 2022....
The Philippines is committed to address concerns related to the South China Sea ​with​ its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) neighbors and other countries from outside the bloc as it asserted again its position over the disputed waters. During the 55th ASEAN Foreign...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan will hold live-fire military drills this week simulating a defence of the island against a Chinese invasion, officials said Monday, as Beijing carries out fresh exercises around its neighbour. Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland China's...
The Philippines and the US will probably have more joint military activities in the coming years under the Marcos administration. Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez on Monday, August 8, raised this possibility, which could include joint maritime patrols, as he said the US...
BEIJING, China -- China on Sunday shortened its suspension period for inbound international flights carrying Covid-positive passengers, signalling that Beijing could soon ease its strict border controls. general view of Hongqiao International Airport during the sunset, in Shanghai, on August 2,...
