Chinese authorities say two people are dead and four are missing after a boat with 21 Filipinos on board capsized in the South China Sea.

MANILA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The Philippines, as ASEAN chair, will insist that a long-delayed Code of Conduct with China on the South China Sea explicitly references the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as it works to complete the document by this year,

A Singapore-flagged cargo vessel carrying iron ore from the Philippines to China capsized in the South China Sea on January 23, triggering a multinational search and rescue operation in one of Asia's most contested waters.

The Philippines and China have reached a “preliminary consensus” for the creation of a roadmap that would help manage tensions in the South China Sea, Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan disclosed Tuesday night.

The Philippines is strengthening its military to defend its archipelagic territory amid China's presence in the South China Sea.

THE Chinese Embassy in Manila has sternly rejected what it called “groundless accusations” in the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) annual report of an increased presence of Chinese maritime forces near Bajo de Masinloc in Zambales.

China’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Philippine ambassador to Beijing over what it termed "inflammatory and misleading" remarks made by a

China's military claimed it drove off a Philippine coast guard plane and called on Manila to cease its "provocations."

On January 23, China Coast Guard continued search and rescue operations for crew members who fell into the water after a foreign cargo vessel capsized near China's Huangyan Dao. Four crew members remain unaccounted for,