Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles has announced that the wreck of a Japanese merchant ship, sunk in World War Two with 864 Australian soldiers on board, had been found in the South China Sea, ending a tragic chapter of the country’s history.M…

The mystery of one of the world’s worst international maritime disasters has been solved off the coast of the Philippines. The wreck of the Montevideo Maru – a Japanese transport ship sunk 80 years ago by an American submarine during World War II – has…

The Philippines and China have pledged to work together to resolve their maritime differences in the South China Sea, where the two have competing claims, and to deepen bilateral ties.Talks between the countries’ foreign ministers mark the latest in a …