Tensions in the Yellow Sea, known in South Korea as the West Sea, have been heightened by large-scale Chinese fishing operations within South Korea's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), where maritime ...

Since 2001, South Korea and China have observed a maritime agreement designating a provisional zone in the Yellow Sea, where a maritime boundary remains undefined. Under this agreement, both sides ...

On July 12, nine years ago, the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued its final ruling on the case filed by the Philippines against China regarding maritime disputes in the South China Sea.

Produced by Andy Court and Jacqueline Williams. Associate producer, Annabelle Hanflig. Broadcast associates, Katie Jahns. Edited by Sean Kelly. Ship on the South China Sea© 60 Minutes / Credit ...

China has installed large steel cages and a former oil drilling rig in the Yellow Sea, raising concerns in South Korea that they could be used for military purposes.

China has been extending its reach in the South China Sea by building artificial islands atop reefs. China's claims over these islands is unlawful and many countries are fighting back.

China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, including parts of the exclusive economic zones of Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Vietnam. In 2016, an international ...

There’s another way to tackle China’s exclusion of Filipino fisherfolk from the South China Sea: cutting off its access to the Philippine seafood market.

China and the Philippines accused each other on Tuesday of dangerous manoeuvres in a hotly disputed shoal in the South China Sea, in the latest confrontation over the waterway.

One of the permanent installations China has constructed in the area of China and South Korea’s overlapping EEZ claims in the Yellow/West Sea, Feb. 26, 2025. Credit: Korea Institute of Ocean ...