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August 28, 2025
Singapore's Temasek, the state-owned investment company in Singapore, announced a major restructuring of its operations on Thursday. This is one of the biggest structural changes it has seen in its 51 year history. STRUCTURAL CHANGES In 2011…
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August 28, 2025
Southeast Asian nations will reshape the global grain and oilseed trade flow through U.S. deals, which include increasing agriculture purchases. Increased American shipments are expected to displace Australian, Canadian, and Russian supply.
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August 27, 2025
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea, the largest shipbuilder in the world, announced on Wednesday its intention to merge with HD Hyundai Mipo, as it aims for a larger share of the U.S. market. The company stated that it hopes to lead U.S.
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August 13, 2025
China's military claimed on Wednesday that it "drove off" a U.S. ship which was sailing near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, in the busy strategic waterway of South China Sea. The Philippines had accused Chinese vessels during a supply trip…
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July 3, 2025
The massive tax and spending plan of President Donald Trump includes more than $8,6 billion for the U.S. Coast Guard's icebreaker fleet to be deployed in the Arctic where Washington hopes it can counter the rising dominance of Russia and China.
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June 5, 2025
Manila's military said that the Philippines and United States have been sailing together in the South China Sea seven times to improve interoperability. The exercise, which was held in the waters near the provinces Occidental Mindoro, Zambales…
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May 28, 2025
According to officials and security documents, China has shown its strength by sending a large number of coast guard and naval vessels across a wide area of East Asian water. This move has unnerved the regional capitals. Three regional security officials…
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May 20, 2025
Manila's armed services announced on Wednesday that the Coast Guard vessels from the Philippines and United States had participated in their first joint maritime exercise with air and naval units in the contested South China Sea. The Philippine Navy…
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May 16, 2025
Ahn Deuk Geun, South Korea's Minister of Trade and Industry, said that he had met with U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer on Friday and requested a waiver for Washington's tariffs. Ahn said that the South Korean delegation will visit the…
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April 29, 2025
China's Navy conducted a South China Sea patrol on Tuesday. It claimed that the Philippines was creating "disturbances", and conducting its own patrols in conjunction with other countries. China, which claims nearly the entire South China Sea…
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March 24, 2025
On April 1, an LNG tanker will arrive in Canada to cool down the LNG Canada plant in Kitimat (British Columbia), which is considered to be the final step before production of supercooled gas begins at the plant. The delivery is scheduled for early April.
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April 28, 2025
On Monday, a senior South Korean official said that Seoul will not agree to a package of trade deals with Washington before the June 3 presidential elections. He also noted the challenges in reaching an agreement even by early July. Seoul's…
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April 28, 2025
On Monday, a senior South Korean official ruled out the possibility of a deal being reached with the United States before the presidential elections in the Asian nation on June 3. He also noted that reaching an agreement even by early July would be difficult.
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April 15, 2025
In the latest dispute over this waterway, China and the Philippines both accused the other of dangerous maneuvers on a disputed shoal. The Philippine Coast Guard reported that a Chinese coast guard vessel had accelerated and performed manoeuvres…
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April 1, 2025
A senior Taiwan coastguard official has said that China may find a "pretext", such as sensitive dates like the anniversary of President Lai Ching Te's first year in office, which falls on May, to hold new wargames around Taiwan. China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory…
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February 2, 2025
A spokesperson for the State Department said that U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio informed Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino during talks on Sunday that Donald Trump had determined that China's influence threatened the Panama Canal, and that urgent changes were required or the U.S. might act.
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January 24, 2025
China's coastguard said that the Philippines sent a civilian ship to deliver supplies to its warship, which was "illegally anchored" on Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. In a press release, the coast guard said that it "questioned"…
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December 6, 2024
Under Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the Philippines has shifted its focus back to the United States and their support for the Southeast Asian nation's maritime disputes with China. JAN 3: The Philippines and United States conduct their second joint patrol of the South China Sea…
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November 25, 2024
Christmas Island, Australia's Indian Ocean Territory, will be connected to Darwin in the north by a subsea cable. The project is backed by Alphabet and Australia claims it will increase its digital resilience. Christmas Island, located 1,500 km west of Australia's mainland and with only 1…
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October 1, 2024
The Pentagon fears that the base will be used by the Chinese to establish an outpost in Cambodia. Sun Chanthol, the Deputy Prime Minster of Cambodia, told an event organized by a Washington think-tank that military from any country could visit the port after the base was completed.
