Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Natuna Islands"

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    • ASEAN finalizing SCS pact with China 

      Felipe, Cecille Suerte (, February 5, 2023, on page )
      Southeast Asian foreign ministers vowed to finalize negotiations with China over a proposed pact aimed at preventing conflicts in the disputed South China Sea in their annual retreat yesterday in Indonesia’s capital. In ...

    • China's fishing fleet part of Beijing's drive to become a maritime power: First word 

      Makabenta, Yen (, April 24, 2021, on page )
      Whenever Chinese fishing vessels land in a major fishing dispute with another country, the standard rationale of China’s foreign ministry is that its fishermen are only exercising their rights to fish in traditional fishing ...

    • Conflict in South China Sea again? 

      Cruz, Elfren S. (, July 16, 2020, on page )
      The pandemic is at the center of public attention because it is the most relevant among current threats to the Philippines. There are, however, other issues that will ultimately become a serious threat if our leaders do ...

    • Indonesia asks Japan to invest in islands near waters disputed with China 

      Reuters (, January 11, 2020, on page )
      Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on Friday asked Japan to step up investment in fisheries and energy in some of its South China Sea islands following a stand-off with China in waters that China claims in the area. Widodo ...

    • Indonesia detains Viet fishing boats 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (, March 6, 2020, on page )
      Indonesia says it has detained dozens of crew from Vietnamese boats fishing illegally in waters that were the scene of a diplomatic spat with China earlier this year. The maritime ministry said five fishing boats and some ...

    • Prexy aspirants assert Ayungin within country's maritime zone 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (, November 26, 2021, on page )
      Three presidential candidates on Thursday said China had no rights in the Ayungin Shoal, after the government rejected a Chinese demand that it remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre from the area. A 2016 ruling by a UN ...