According to The Defenstar on August 17, 2025, the Philippines is evaluating the option of locally producing the Indian-designed Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPV) for the Philippine Coast Guard. The NGOPV is a class of patrol ships with a …

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — Piracy and armed robbery cases in … to the Pacific via the South China Sea, carry about 90,000 merchant …

Incidents of piracy and armed robbery in the … new report from an anti-piracy monitoring group. In the first … there were 80 incidents of piracy and armed robbery in the … Pacific, via the South China Sea. A large portion of piracy and robbery incidents …

… Carrier Strike Group entered the South China Sea on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Chinese reconnaissance … the Singapore Strait, entering the South China Sea, the data showed. Japan Maritime … to Japan following an anti-piracy deployment to the Middle East …

… China's counter-piracy missions in the Gulf of … their experience comes from battling pirates in the Gulf of … efforts, so that includes anti-piracy and counter-terrorism," … location a gateway to the South China Sea 13 Armoured amphibious units from …

… targeting high-level organizations in South China Sea countries, including China, Taiwan … Southeast Asian countries, particularly South China Sea claimants, since 2020. Focused … In 2020, another group, Pirate Panda, targeted Vietnamese government officials …

… and strategically sensitive as the South China Sea—must be carefully interpreted.  … without escalation. Whenever the South China Sea is invoked in regional headlines … and overlapping claims, illegal fishing, piracy, and growing commercial activity.  …

On a windswept pier in Subic Bay, once the site of the United States’ largest overseas naval installation, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr stood before a newly minted guided-missile frigate and declared that his country would “not surrender …

… more inclusive understanding of the South China Sea dispute, warning that focusing on … nearly 90 percent of the South China Sea, based on the “nine-dash … ,” she said. “Illegal, unregulated fishing, piracy and the disruption of livelihoods …

… peace and stability in the South China Sea is in line with … claim to most of the South China Sea. Chinese coast guard ships … exercises later this year. The South China Sea, especially its parts lying … at times become notorious for piracy in which ships are …