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MANILA, Philippines — A US mid-range missile system deployed in the Philippines for annual joint military exercises -- to the annoyance of China -- will be pulled out of the country, a Philippine Army spokesman said Thursday.
On June 18, the Chinese Coast Guard seized two Philippine rubber boats resupplying the Sierra Madre in a brazen act of escalation in the maritime domain. The action injured several Filipino military personnel–one sailor even lost a thumb.
UNITED NATIONS, United States — Washington and its allies challenged North Korea at the United Nations on Friday over claims Pyongyang is breaching arms control measures by supplying weapons to Russia to use in its war in Ukraine.
China urged the United States on Friday to stop tolerating and supporting "provocations" by the Philippines, after Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell expressed concern about Beijing's "destabilizing actions in the South China Sea". China and the Philippines have recently traded accusations over "dangerous and illegal maneuvers" affecting their respective vessels in the area around the Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed atoll in the busy waterway.
(UPDATES) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday the Philippines needs to do more than protest Beijing's «illegal actions» in the South China Sea.
MANILA, Philippines — The Chinese Embassy in Manila has called upon the United States Embassy to address accusations of a covert campaign to reportedly incite fears of China-made vaccines among Filipinos at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
MANILA: Japan and the Philippines will hold high-level defence talks next month, Manila said Friday, as the two countries seek to boost ties in the face of an increasingly confrontational China.Japanese defence minister Minoru Kihara and foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa will discuss "bilateral and defence and security issues affecting the region" at the July 8 meeting in Manila, a Philippine foreign affairs department statement said.
China not only is grabbing our seas. It’s also targeting our land territory by coopting the government.