Satellite images show Hanoi reclaiming land and building military facilities such as airstrips on contested Spratly Island ...

Far North leaders say the region has world-class assets ideal to host the Olympics, despite an Indigenous leader’s push for a ...

Just two years ago, Pearson Reef in the South China Sea was little more than a tiny atoll among more than 100 reefs and specks of sand-covered coral – when viewed from space – that make up the ...

Another runway could be built on the Vietnamese occupied Pearson Reef, according to a report published in October by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) at the Washington-based Centre ...

This reef has seen the most land added by Vietnam — about 2.8 square kilometers since last November. ... Pearson Reef, Tennent Reef, Ladd Reef, and South Reef.

Namyit Island, at 117 acres (47 hectares) and Pearson Reef, at 119 acres (48 hectares), were both now larger than Spratly Island at 97 acres (39 hectares), which had been Vietnam's largest outpost.

Vietnam has been busy. In recent months, it has exponentially expanded the size of several features it controls in the Spratly Islands, including Barque Canada Reef, Namyit Island, Pearson Reef, and ...

Pearson Reef . Vietnam Spratly Island Construction Continuing at Rapid Pace, Report Says By Sebastian Strangio. According to a U.S. think tank, the country is building runways and other ...

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Another runway could be built on the Vietnamese occupied Pearson Reef, according to a report published in October by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) at the Washington-based Centre ...

Just two years ago, Pearson Reef in the South China Sea was little more than a tiny atoll among more than 100 reefs and specks of sand-covered coral – when viewed from space – that make up the ...