Indonesia and Vietnam have completed their long-negotiated and pending ratification of their maritime boundaries. While this will probably improve maritime security and help prevent illegal fishing, the agreement will likely cause rifts with China because of the latter’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. President Prabowo Subianto said he was mulling ratifying the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) treaty with …

Philippines – The Philippines’ defense chief announced today that a military resupply mission for the country’s troops stationed on an atoll in the South China Sea will begin this week, after it was halted last week due to a Chinese coast guard blockade. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana stated that he has directed the military to return its resupply vessels to …

The retired Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio dared President Duterte to ban China from fishing within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea during his last year in office. They even have one last test. In fact, they will wait for him to say that he has nothing to lose. They even added that …

The arbitral court finds that China abused the sovereign privileges of the Philippines in its Exclusive Economic Zone. The Chinese offenses incorporate meddling with Philippine fishing and hydrocarbon investigation, developing fake islands, and neglecting to forestall their anglers from fishing in the EEZ of the Philippines. Incidentally, the organization of President Rodrigo Duterte wouldn’t guarantee the triumph. All things being …

It’s intriguing that the Department of Foreign Affairs affirmed that it has documented two new discretionary fights against the proceeded with illicit presence of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea. Along with this, The DFA documented the new discretionary notes on April 21, a day after Philippine oceanic law authorization organizations affirmed the proceeded with presence of at any …