The Philippine Navy's Gregorio del Pilar-class frigate BRP "Gregorio del Pilar" (FF-15) runs aground on the disputed Half Moon Shoal in the South China Sea. 2018-08-29
Admiral John Richardson says the United States has seen Chinese activity around Scarborough Shoal, which China seized from the Philippines nearly four years ago, in the northern part of the Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea. An international court ruling on a case brought by the Philippines against China over its South China Sea claims is expected within a month. 2016-03-17
A report by the Taiwanese Defense Ministry states that China has placed surface-to-air missiles on the disputed Woody Island. Taiwanese President-elect Tsai Ing-wen called on all parties to "exercise self-control based on the principle of peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea," while Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of the US Pacific Fleet, said that such a move would be "a militarization of the South China Sea in ways" that Mainland China's leader Xi Jinping had pledged not to make. 2016-02-17
Vietnam is reported to be preparing for a possible military conflict with China over territorial claims in the South China Sea. 2015-12-20
United States Pacific Fleet commander Scott H. Swift warns of a possible South China Sea arms race. 2015-12-15
The People's Republic of China rejects an attempt by the Philippines to seek international arbitration over conflicting claims to the South China Sea. 2013-02-19
The government of the Philippines announces that it will file a complaint against China before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea seeking arbitration for the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. 2013-01-22