- (Mindanao Examiner 9/5) Confluence of Interests? - To co-exist peacefully, every nation should take into consideration the situation of less powerful sovereign states. Bullying a neighbor could create a grim scenario and may drag the whole region in a mutually assured destruction

- (Jakarta Post 9/5) ASEAN wants faster process on COC - “We want a code of conduct [COC]. More than 10 years have passed. We want to accelerate the process. That’s the spirit and  thinking of ASEAN. We know that there are certain tensions, but ASEAN’s perspectives will not worsen the tension. The ASEAN forum will not be a stage for rivalry,” Yudhoyono said.

- (PhilStar 9/5) Letting foreign vessels pass thru Phl waters - The sea-lanes are to bolster the Philippine assertion as an “archipelagic state” under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

- (ChinaDaily 8/5) China adds South China Sea patrol ship - The 1,500-ton-class vessel, 88 meters long and 12 meters wide, was enlisted as the thirteenth patrolling ship of the South Sea fleet of the China Maritime Surveillance Force in the southern city of Guangzhou.

- (Breitbart 8/5) ASEAN leaders to seek breakthrough on South China Sea issue+

- (Jamestown Foundation 6/5) Ian Storey, China and the Philippines: Implications of the Reed Bank Incident