The contested South China Sea boasts rich oil and gas reserves and could play a key role in a conflict over Taiwan.

U.K. fleet oiler RFA Tidespring (A136) conducted a freedom of navigation passage through the South China Sea’s Spratly ...

Vietnam has built a total of 21 independent artificial islands in the South China Sea over the past four years in response to ...

Vietnam is on a South China Sea island-building binge that will likely see it soon surpass the area China has reclaimed in the strategic and contested Spratly Islands, according to a new report from ...

The island-building efforts strengthen Vietnam's control in a strategic sea lane. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Three ships circled land features, including some where Vietnam has built facilities, last week, according to maritime ...

Typhoon Kalmaegi has intensified as it is moving rapidly towards the central East Sea (aka South China Sea), bringing the ...

WASHINGTON — New satellite images show China has rapidly expanded several artificial islands it is building atop disputed reefs in the South China Sea, raising fresh concerns across the region and in ...

Map of where the Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands are located in the South China Sea.Business Insider Tensions continue in the South China Sea, most recently between China and the Philippines.

The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea between Vietnam, the Philippines, China, Malaysia and Brunei. They comprise less than ...

The Chinese military accused an American warship of trespassing in disputed waters in the South China Sea on Tuesday after the U.S. actively challenged China's contentious claims for the third time ...

Many analysts believe these weapons systems explicitly violate President Xi’s September 2015 pledge that China would not militarize the Spratlys and make the South China Sea dispute more dangerous and ...