Malaysia is proposing a joint peacekeeping force to help rebuild trust among Southeast Asian countries after bitter arguments over their handling of China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
... te in the sea for every three tons of fish. "Given all this, it seems to me, as I am sure it does to all of you, that something must be done urgently to stem the tide of plastic entering the oceans," ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
... with the ASEAN nations for a free-trade pact. The city has already established close trading ties with these nations, with the ASEAN bloc now its second largest trading partner. And Hong Kong also act ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
The search for remaining bodies from a plane crash in the Java Sea ended Tuesday night. The ships involved in the search will be pulled out on Wednesday, Bambang Soelistyo, the head of Indonesia's res ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
... ast China Sea while South Korea and Japan have a separate dispute over tiny islands. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... into the sea and damaging corals. They are blaming the visitors for the deaths of some marine life in Jellyfish Lake. Foreign tourists were up 34 percent last year to 141,000, mainly thanks to Chine ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... described sea surges of up to 8 meters (26 feet) and widespread flooding as the category 5 cyclone hit. Residents said the storm sounded like a freight train. Port Vila was strewn with debris and look ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-16
... from the sea in the 1850s. Although it has grown dramatically over the years, it has retained its character, with new developments largely confined to areas near the harbor. You could say Hung Hom st ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-11
... fruitless search for the jetliner, Reuters reported Monday, citing lawyers for the victims' families. United States law firm Kreindler & Kreindler LP, which is representing about 20 families, said ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
... ulnerable sea lanes. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China will begin building the eastern gas line and sign a co-operation agreement for the western line. During a visit to Beijing in November, ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
... ed to the search for the missing jetliner. "The disappearance of MH370 is without precedent, and so too is the search - by far the most complex and technically challenging in aviation history," Najib ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
China is defending its efforts to reclaim and develop land in disputed waters in the South China Sea, saying these pose no threat to other nations. Satellite images show China has significantly expand ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
... ast China Sea controlled by Japan but claimed by China, the newspaper said. The islands are known as the Diaoyu in Chinese and the Senkakus in Japanese. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prim ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
... e Sibuyan Sea near the central Philippine island of Visayas, according to Live Science. "Mr. Allen has been searching for the Musashi for more than eight years, and its discovery will not only help fi ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
It’s not an engineering feat as extraordinary as the Great Wall, but China’s building frenzy in the South China Sea is impressive, nonetheless. Where just a year ago were barren islets, cays and shoal ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
In the past year, more than 4,000 men, women, and children have lost their lives attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Europe. Their tragic deaths have done nothing to slow the huma ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea on Monday as the United States and South Korea kicked off eight weeks of joint military drills. The nuclear-armed North Korean People's Army (KP ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
The United States has acknowledged for the first time that its most advanced surveillance aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon, have begun flying out of the Philippines for patrols over the South China Sea. Th ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
... roads and sea ports -- along the Road and Belt. It's no wonder then that the President always highlights the blessings of connectivity when attending regional summits while Premier Li Keqiang never fa ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... mmittee's seapower subcommittee on Wednesday, according to Reuters. The Asian power is also expanding the geographic areas of operation for its submarines, and their length of deployment, Mulloy said. ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
