In the explanatory note of the bill, Abante said “lawmakers and regulators in the West have increasingly expressed concern that TikTok and its [Beijing-based] parent company ByteDance may put sensitive …
Matthew Trickett covers his face as he leaves Westminster Magistrates’ Court on May 13. Photo: AP The death of a British security consultant charged as part of Hong Kong’s spying …
Philippine defence secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Thursday that there is a “very strong possibility” for his country and Japan to sign an agreement allowing their defence forces to train …
Funded by an Official Development Aid loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency, the US$507 million deal is Tokyo’s largest to date with the Philippines’ maritime law enforcement agency. Japan’s Prime …
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday his country does not have a “China-phobia” policy and wants to engage both Beijing and Washington, expressing hopes for both powers to …
The Philippines has vowed not to allow China’s coastguard to arrest Filipino fishermen accused of trespassing in its maritime territory, warning it will lodge a diplomatic protest should Beijing proceed …
He claimed the deal had been agreed to by former defence secretary Voltaire Gazmin and then-Chinese ambassador to the Philippines Ma Keqing. Medialdea suggested this agreement continued during Duterte’s administration …
Carlos’ removal from his post as commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Western Command was announced on Saturday by Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro. Carlos was replaced two weeks …
But Vietnam has embarked on major dredging and landfill works in recent years and expanded the reclaimed area several times compared with the original 0.7 sq km (173 acres) of …
But China’s growing economic and military strength is outpacing facilities on the islands, which are feeling the pinch of overcrowding, according to the Ocean University of China research team, led …