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The Republic of the Philippines in Southeast Asia is an island country made up of more than 7,000 islands and islets. With a population of roughly 113 million, the ethnically diverse country has 19 recognized languages.

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Ryna Brito - her rise to the head of an airline

Ryna Brito from Manila already has her own airline at the age of 28. A portrait.
BusinessJuly 5, 202403:57 min
A handout photo made available by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) shows a Chinese Coast Guard personnel with an axe during a Philippine rotation and resupply mission to the Second Thomas Shoal (Ayungin Shoal) in disputed waters of the South China Sea on 17 June 2024 (issued 20 June 2024).

South China Sea clash raises fears of full-blown conflict

Tensions are running high after a violent clash between the Chinese coast guard and Filipino troops in the waterway.
ConflictsJune 25, 2024
Members of the media take footage of a Chinese Coast Guard vessel blocking a Philippine Coast Guard vessel

Philippines will not yield in South China Sea

After clashing with the Chinese coast guard, Philippines has said it will not start a war — but it will not back down.
PoliticsJune 23, 202402:30 min
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Marcos says Philippines won't 'instigate war' with China

Philippine President Marcos Ferdinand Jr. praised navy personnel's "restraint" in a clash with the Chinese coast guard.
PoliticsJune 23, 2024
Members of the media take footage of a Chinese Coast Guard vessel blocking a Philippine Coast Guard vessel on its way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea

South China Sea: Philippines accuses China of boarding boats

Chinese Coast Guard rammed and boarded Philippine navy boats in latest South China Sea confrontation, Manila says.
ConflictsJune 19, 2024
Crowd of girls waving Chinese and Vietnamese flags in Hanoi

China-Vietnam tensions flare up over South China Sea

Despite their shared political ideology, Vietnam and China are locked in longstanding conflicts over disputed waters.
ConflictsJune 18, 2024
Chinese coast guard ship blocks Philippine coast guard ship in the South China Sea on March 5, 2024.

Philippine, Chinese ships collide in South China Sea

China's coast guard said that the Philippine vessel ignored warnings in the disputed Spratly Islands.
PoliticsJune 17, 2024
HER Women in Asia | Staffel 4

Guardians of Nature

They inspire others to connect with nature paving the way for next generations. HER features three guardians of nature.
BusinessJune 14, 202419:55 min
DW Dokumentation | Philippinen - Kinder tauchen nach Gold

Dangerous diving - Child gold miners in the Philippines

The Philippines has vast deposits of gold. But much of it is mined by children.
Human RightsJune 10, 202407:55 min
An elderly farmer stands in a dry rice field

Rice farmers in Philippines battle drought

The El Nino weather pattern has led to significant agricultural losses, with rice farmers struggling to make ends meet.
Food SecurityJune 6, 202401:29 min
Ferdinand Marcos Jr speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore

Philippines' Marcos warns China not to cross 'red lines'

At the Shangri-La defense summit, the president of the Philippines discussed maritime tensions with Beijing.
PoliticsMay 31, 2024
A rescue dog in training climbs up a ladder

Manila: From pet to rescue dog in earthquake zone

Earthquakes are a threat in the Philippines. Government aid workers train dogs and their owners as rescue workers.
SocietyMay 26, 20247 images
An Indian politician with a water bottle taking glucose

Heat wave scorches parts of Asia

Soaring spring temperatures are hitting those with limited means in South and Southeast Asia hard.
ClimateMay 3, 202401:55 min
A Chinese Coast Guard ship, right, uses a water cannon on a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel as it approaches Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday Dec. 9, 2023.

Philippines summons Chinese envoy over water cannon attack

The Philippines summoned a Chinese Embassy official to protest the "harassment of Philippine vessels."
PoliticsMay 2, 2024
Chinese Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons towards a Philippine resupply vessel in March 5, 2024

Philippines accuses China Coast Guard of damaging its ship

The Philippines said China aimed water cannons at its ship, "directly hitting the starboard astern of the BFAR vessel."
ConflictsApril 30, 2024
Filipino soldiers prepare for a combined field artillery live fire exercise.

US, Philippines launch naval drills in South China Sea

The drills are the largest in years and come amid tension between Manila and Beijing after repeated maritime encounters.
ConflictsApril 22, 202402:54 min
A file image from the 2023 Balikatan military exercises

US, Philippines kick off combat drills in South China Sea

The joint drills include simulations of US and Filipino troops recapturing islands amid maritime tensions with China.
PoliticsApril 22, 2024
Students in Manila, the Philippines, trying to protect themselves from heat wave

Southeast Asia suffers from blistering heat

Rice prices are rising, schools are closed, and people are scrambling to avoid the heat as El Nino grips Southeast Asia.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 15, 20248 images
Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida und Ferdinand Marcos in Washington D.C. on April 11

Beijing condemns US-Japan-Philippines summit, summons envoys

China summoned Japanese and Philippines diplomats over remarks expressed during a trilateral summit in the US capital.
ConflictsApril 12, 2024
President Joe Biden escorts Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to their trilateral summit at the White House

Biden pledges to defend US Pacific allies at historic summit

Beijing has said the security summit between the US, Japan and the Philippines only served to stoke confrontation.
ConflictsApril 12, 202402:27 min
Fumio Kishida at the speaker's pulpit in the US House

US, Japan, Philippines hold summit amid China threat

As US President Joe Biden hosts a trilateral defense summit, Japan's PM has said the US needs to overcome "self doubt."
ConflictsApril 11, 2024
Philippine resupply vessel is hit by Chinese coast guard water canon blast

US, Japan and Philippines summit: What's next for Asia?

The meeting in Washington could give Tokyo and Manila a larger role in the Indo-Pacific, but questions remain.
ConflictsApril 11, 2024
Chinese Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons towards a Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4

US, Japan and Philippines to hold first alliance summit

US President Joe Biden is to brace potential security tensions with Japan and the Philippines in the Indo-Pacific region
PoliticsApril 11, 202403:16 min
A destroyed building in Hualien on April 3, 2024

Taiwan: Hundreds injured in 'strongest quake in 25 years'

Scores of people were trapped in tunnels and collapsed buildings.
CatastropheApril 3, 2024
A Chinese Coast Guard boat sprays a water cannon at a Philippine boat near Second Thomas Shoal

How can EU support Philippines in South China Sea dispute?

Despite its condemnation of Chinese moves, the EU's position on coming to the Philippines' defense remains opaque.
ConflictsApril 1, 2024
A Chinese Coast Guard vessel blasts a Philippine supply boat with a water canon during a previous clash on March 5, 2024.

Philippines summons Chinese envoy over latest reef clash

Manila has dared Beijing to take legal action over its claims to a disputed reef in the South China Sea.
ConflictsMarch 25, 2024
Philippine supply boats escorted by the Philippine coast guard during a previous clash with China

Philippines supply ships clash with Chinese coast guard

The Chinese Coast Guard used a water cannon against ships attempting to resupply Filipino troops, Manila said.
ConflictsMarch 23, 2024
Photos of people killed in the Philippines drug war displayed during a vigil

Under Marcos, the Philippines drug war drags on

Drug-related killings under Marcos remain as high as they were during the final year in office of his predecessor.
CrimeMarch 21, 2024
Antony Blinken (left) and Philippines' Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo pose while shaking hands at a hotel in Manila, March 19, 2024

Blinken reaffirms 'ironclad' resolve to defend Philippines

Blinken's Asia tour aims to strengthen security and economic ties with allies, amidst rising regional tensions.
ConflictsMarch 19, 2024
Filipino nurses walking in a hospital in the Netherlands

Germany eyes Filipino nurses to ease labor shortage

Will Germany follow the United Kingdom and bring more Filipino nurses into its health care system?
BusinessMarch 14, 2024
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit

ASEAN, Australia call for peace in South China Sea

China claims the entire South China sea and has been aggressive towards ships from other nations.
PoliticsMarch 6, 2024
A Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency agent prepares to destroy chemicals and laboratory equipment

Philippines: Duterte 'must face reckoning' for drug war

Philippines' justice secretary spent years in prison on what she calls fabricated charges linked to drug trafficking.
PoliticsFebruary 26, 202405:02 min
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. walks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during arrival honors

Is Philippines' Marcos Jr. the EU's new best friend?

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has boosted ties between the Philippines and the West. But how stable is this sudden friendship?
PoliticsFebruary 25, 2024
UN urges Philippines to investigate jailed journalists Stills from a report

UN urges Philippines to investigate jailed journalists

The UN has asked Philippine authorities to review the cases of journalists detained in the Southeast Asian country.
Press FreedomFebruary 12, 202402:58 min
Philippine soldiers transferring a landslide survivor from a helicopter to an ambulance following a medical evacuation flight from Maco to the Davao Regional Medical Center in Tagum, Davao del Norte province

Philippines: Earthquake halts landslide rescue efforts

An earthquake has struck the southern Philippines amid a search for missing people from a deadly landslide.
CatastropheFebruary 10, 2024
Philippine coast guard personnel onboard an inflatable boat in front of the BRP Sierra Madre docked at Second Thomas Shoal in the disupted South China Sea

Can Manila diffuse tensions in the South China Sea?

The Philippines is standing firm with China in its yearslong dispute over maritime territory in the South China Sea.
ConflictsFebruary 9, 2024
A visitor watches an AI (artificial Intelligence) sign on an animated screen

AI regulations: What can the EU learn from Asia?

Could ASEAN guidance on artificial intelligence set the standard for more competitive practices in the European Union?
PoliticsFebruary 8, 2024
Personnel arriving for search and rescue operations

Philippines landslide: Several killed in gold-mining village

With 27 people still missing, the military has been deployed to help with rescue efforts.
Nature and EnvironmentFebruary 7, 2024
Protesters against the incoming Marco-Duterte administration gather at Plaza Miranda holding placards reading 'Resist'

UN urges Philippines to curb killings of journalists

The UN's rapporteur for freedom of expression has also called for the abolition of an anti-communism task force.
Human RightsFebruary 2, 2024
Doku KW 04 Generationen im Clinch

Us and Them - When generations clash - Motherland

Paul wants to emigrate but should stay, Houda wants to stay but should emigrate.
SocietyJanuary 28, 202428:35 min
Annalena Baerbock deboards a plane in Kuala Lumpur

Germany strikes balancing act in Southeast Asia

Foreign Minister Baerbock has sought to balance Germany's position on Israel with fostering better economic ties.
PoliticsJanuary 16, 2024
The Philippines' flag flies at half mast at the embassy in Beijing on August 25, 2010.

China summons Philippine diplomat over Taiwan

China warned the Philippines "not to play with fire on the Taiwan issue."
PoliticsJanuary 16, 2024
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Philippines Minister of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo

Philippines: German FM alarmed by South China Sea tensions

Germany's top diplomat said on a visit to the Philippines that the "world doesn't need another crisis."
PoliticsJanuary 11, 2024
The logo of Goethe-Institut

Why more and more Southeast Asians want to learn German

Germany is tapping growing numbers of the region's skilled labor to work in sectors facing severe worker shortages.
SocietyJanuary 9, 2024
A Chinese Coast Guard ship uses water cannons on a Philippine navy-operated supply boat

China warns Philippines over South China Sea dispute

China's Wang Yi said the relationships between Beijing and Manila are at a "crossroads."
ConflictsDecember 21, 2023
Philippine investigative journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa

Maria Ressa: AI, deep fakes 'threaten democracy'

"If you don't have integrity of facts, you cannot have integrity of elections," Nobel laureate Maria Ressa said.
PoliticsDecember 20, 202306:51 min
Chinese coast guard and suspected Chinese militia vessel block the Philippine coast guard ship BRP Cabra

Decoding China: 'Wolf Warrior' diplomacy echoes US mistakes

Experts say China's increasingly assertive foreign policy is backfiring and hurting Beijing's image abroad.
ConflictsDecember 15, 2023
A damaged and abandoned school is seen in Kale Township, Sagaing Region

Broken dreams

How people in Myanmar are trying to survive amid the fighting and how victims of human trafficking are warning others.
Human RightsDecember 13, 202329:59 min
A Chinese Coast Guard ship uses water cannons

Philippines supply mission confronted by Chinese vessels

The Philippines said a boat on a resupply mission to a territorial outpost was "rammed" by a Chinese vessel.
ConflictsDecember 10, 2023
Residents fetch water next to a destroyed house in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur province on December 3, 2023, following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake late on December 2.

Philippines: New 6.9 earthquake off Mindanao island

Severe seismic activity continued into the early hours of Monday off the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.
CatastropheDecember 4, 2023