Vietnam’s national weather agency said the storm, packing winds of 88 kph, is moving northwest at 20 kph. By July 20, Wipha is forecast to intensify over the northern South China Sea, about 600 ...

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (AP) — A Chinese ship ran aground in stormy weather in shallow waters off a Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea, prompting Filipino forces to ...

The sea is valuable and contested. The South China Sea has some of the world’s most productive fisheries, as well as shipping channels that carry about a third of global ocean trade.