Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines have all attempted to counter Chinese claims to waters within their exclusive economic ...

On Thitu, the largest Philippines-claimed island, which lies west of West York, civilians have thrived for decades in a small fishing village alongside the military forces.

The recent incident involving a Chinese maritime militia vessel with bow number 16838 happened on June 7, just one nautical mile from Pagasa Island (Thitu Island), the largest land mass in the ...

Manila says this ship, suspected to belong to China's so-called Maritime Militia, briefly ran aground at a sandbar near Thitu Island in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands.

THITU ISLAND (South China Sea): Every morning at 7am, Filipino government worker Elmer Bania steps into his office and looks out the window facing the sea. Just beyond the horizon, he spots the ...

Filipino forces and villagers have been struggling to live in Beijing's shadow in the disputed South China while fighting isolation on remote islands. Beijing claims virtually the entire waterway, ...

On Thitu, the largest Philippines-claimed island, which lies west of West York, civilians have thrived for decades in a small fishing village alongside the military forces.

On Thitu, the largest Philippines-claimed island, which lies west of West York, civilians have thrived for decades in a small fishing village alongside the military forces.

On Thitu, the largest Philippines-claimed island, which lies west of West York, civilians have thrived for decades in a small fishing village alongside the military forces.

Amid growing tensions in the South China Sea, Filipino civilians and soldiers on Thitu Island - known locally as Pag-asa - live quietly under the gaze of Chinese vessels. Their daily lives are a ...