-(Abs-cbnnews 24/1) PH rejects China push to settle row bilaterally: Malacañang on Thursday said the arbitral tribunal is the "best venue" to resolve the country's territorial dispute with China with the latter standing pat on its nine-dash claim of the South China Sea.

-(Manila Bulletin 24/1) PH Still Pursuing 3-Pronged Approach To Solve Sea Dispute: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the filing of a case against China before a United Nations-backed Tribunal to settle once and for all the long-standing sovereign dispute over the South China Sea

-(Mfa 23/1) MFA Spokesman's comments In response to media queries on the Philippines' initiation of arbitration proceedings against China under Article 287 and Annex VII of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

-(Guardian 22/1) Philippines to bring South China Sea dispute with Beijing to tribunal: Manila fires shot across China's bows with move to bring both countries' conflicting claims on potentially oil-rich waters to UN; (Nytimes 22/1) Philippines Taking South China Sea Fight to Tribunal

 -(The Nation 22/1) The importance of Asean: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's whirlwind tour last week of three Asean capitals - his first overseas trip since taking office - underscores the renewed importance of Southeast Asia to Japan; Toward a code of conduct for the South China Sea

-(The diplomat 22/1) Tensions Mount Between Japan and China: More and more, the dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea is starting to look like the train wreck that everybody sees coming but feels powerless to prevent. 

-(Eastasia forum 22/1) Japan’s role in the new liberal order: Power shifts are inevitable. In the 2020s, the Chinese economy is expected to surpass that of the United States in terms of nominal GDP.

-(Scmp 22/1) Asean must not be dragged into an anti-China coalition by Japan: Simon Tay says while Japan’s re-energised interest in Southeast Asia is to be welcomed, Asean must keep the focus on the economy and resist being dragged into an anti-China coalition

-(Eurasia review 21/1) China And The Asia-Pacific: Trends, Challenges And Dilemmas: The Taiwan Strait, the Korean Peninsula, the East China Sea (ECS) and the South China Sea (SCS) today have become major challenges for China in the Asia-Pacific

-(Malaya 21/1) Think tank offers solutions to South China Sea row: TERRITORIAL claims in the South China Sea must be clarified in order to have the stable environment needed to explore and exploit resources that would boost the energy capacity of Asean countries including the Philippines

-(SCMP 21/1) China makes gains in Asean markets but bad ties haunt: Politics plays out in regional economic relations, as Beijing's ties strained with Manila and Hanoi; PLA to step up war preparedness

-(Interaksyon 21/1) Has China bitten off more than it can chew?: The year 2012 saw the People’s Republic of China adopt a more aggressive policy in its territorial disputes with its neighbors in East Asia and Southeast Asia

-(Nation multimedia 21/1) Brunei as the Asean chair: Small but sure: Brunei Darussalam, with a population of a mere 400,000, will this year play host to a series of summits among the world's most powerful countries to determine the future of Asean and the Asia-Pacific region.

-(Irrawaddy 20/1) Budget Woes Could Hurt Outreach to Asia: President Barack Obama wants Asia to be a growing focus of his foreign policy, but as his second terms starts, success could hinge on his ability to manage hot spots elsewhere in the world and avert a fiscal crisis at home.