A dangerous new flashpoint is fast emerging in the South China Sea
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world.
Asian news from Philippines
Why will South Korea’s Filipino helpers earn so much more than in Hong Kong, Singapore?
There are also concerns that carers and domestic helpers might abandon their designated roles in search of better-paying jobs, potentially swelling South Korea’s population of half a million undocumented immigrant workers.
Philippines VP Sara Duterte ‘goes on offensive’ in budget hearing. Did it work?
Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio was defiant while defending her office budget for next year, in a Tuesday hearing in the House of Representatives, refusing to answer most questions while accusing lawmakers of gathering evidence for an impeachment case against her.
China and the US will plan a Biden-Xi call in the coming weeks, the White House says
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing and Washington will plan for a phone call in the coming weeks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, the White House said Wednesday after National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing.
Alice Guo’s great escape: testimony reveals how fugitive former mayor fled the Philippines
Shiela Guo told a Senate hearing on Tuesday that she, along with her siblings Alice and Wesley, were taken from their farm in the town of Bamban by a van to a port where they boarded a small white boat last July.
South China Sea: when should Philippines invoke its US Mutual Defence Treaty?
In the aftermath, the US State Department issued a statement reminding Beijing “that Article IV of the 1951 US-Philippines Mutual Defence Treaty extends to armed attacks on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft – including those of its coastguard – anywhere in the South China Sea”.
Philippines' Cebu Pacific bets on tourism boom with $24bn Airbus order
MANILA -- The operator of Philippine budget airline Cebu Pacific is spending heavily to tap into a post-pandemic rebound in travel demand, likely to be boosted by the prospect of an overhaul to an airport that had been considered one of the world's worst.