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    • The final frontier: Who owns the oceans and their hidden treasures? 

      Tabary, Zoe (Malaya, December 5, 2018, on page B4-B5)
      Oceans - which scientists say are less understood than the moon or Mars - cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, yet less than 20 percent of their seafloor has been mapped or observed, according to the U.S. ...
    • Scientists probe deep sea secrets 

      International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Malaya, October 19, 2012, on page A1)
      New facts about marine life are enabling scientists to locate some of the oceans's most ecologically and biologically significant areas in the planet's most remote places. For the first time, the world ocean, including its ...
    • Sinopec building filling station in disputed South China Sea 

      Reuters (Malaya, December 15, 2015, on page A6)
      Chinese oil major Sinopec is building a filling station on an island in the South China Sea, as China continues to expand its civilian infrastructure in the disputed waterway, entrenching its reach in the maritime heart ...
    • Trump vows to stop China from taking South China Sea islands 

      Spetalnick, Matt (Malaya, January 25, 2017, on page B5)
      The new administration of President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea, something Chinese state media has warned ...
    • US stand on China worries Lorenzana 

      Reyes, Victor; Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, January 27, 2017, on page B2)
      Defense Secretary Delfin yesterday Lorenzana said he is concerned about the pronouncement of the Trump administration that the US will prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China ...
    • What's going on in Benham Rise? 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, January 29, 2018, on page B5)
      The decision of the Duterte government to allow Chinese scientists to do research in Benham Rise, renamed Philippine Rise, a 13-million-hectare undersea region off the provinces of Isabela and Aurora has generated heated ...