The Philippines and the United States will collaborate to counter China’s “false narratives” on the West Philippine Sea, Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said on Wednesday.
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A politician has called for the introduction of US-style laws that allow home owners to use deadly force against intruders.
Despite the decrease in cases of extrajudicial killings, there were no significant changes in the human rights situation in the Philippines last year, according to the US State Department.
The unemployment rate in Japan was a seasonally adjusted 2.6 percent in March, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Tuesday. That was unchanged from the February reading, although it missed forecasts for 2.5 percent. The jobs-to-applicant ratio was 1.28, which exceeded
Driven by their common perception that North Korea and China posed growing threats to their nations’ security, U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed at last August’s summit at Camp David to elevate trilateral military ties to an unprecedented level. They have been demonstrating this commitment everyday since, some say to the detriment of stabilizing relations with Pyongyang and Beijing.In recent years, North Korea has...
Smartphone activations in the US are seeing the lowest share of iPhones in six years, according to data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP). The analysts report the numbers each quarter but use a 12-month period to eliminate seasonality (iPhone sales are always the weakest just before the new generation launches and the strongest just after). For most of 2023, Apple held steady at around 40%. However, it share began to slip at the end of the year and is now down to 33% at the...
The Philippines plans maritime militia with fishermen to “defend sovereignty” amid China tensions. Are Filipino fishermen willing to join?
Rapid escalations in Myanmar’s civil war are creating a rare opening for potential cooperation between the U.S. and China, with the chaos and violence in Southeast Asia posing a threat to both coun
The deployment of the Mid-Range Capability system in recent live-fire drills is the first in the Asia-Pacific.
The “Balikatan” drills will take place for the first time in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday called close US ally Japan “xenophobic” at a Washington, D.C., fundraiser, just weeks after lauding the US-Japan alliance at a state dinner. The president made the remark while arguing that Japan, along with Russia and China, would perform better economically if the countries embraced immigration more. “You know, one of the reasons why our economy is growing is because of you and many others. Why? Because we welcome immigrants,” Biden said, according to reporters...