Thursday, August 27th, 2015
A new version of the Philippine national map is being prepared by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) that will include and identify contested islands with names that pre-date the Spanish era. The map is being prepared...
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
The settlement of longstanding maritime boundary dispute between India and Bangladesh ushers a new horizon in the bilateral relationship between the two countries. Both the countries have hailed the findings of the Arbitral Tribunal and indicated their...
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
Officials of the land records and survey wing of Assam and its Bangladesh counterparts conducted a survey to settle various disputes along the international border shared by the two neighbours in Cachar district of Assam over the...
Monday, January 27th, 2014
Five old maps have gone on display in the southern Japanese city of Matsue, supposedly providing fresh evidence that islands held by South Korea and known as Dokdo are in fact Japanese territory. Tokyo claims the two...
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Vietnam resorted to the use of historical cartography on Tuesday to claim territorial sovereignty over the Truong and Hoang Sa Islands in the East Sea, in the dispute with China. According to local media, Vietnamese Academic Mai...
Thursday, June 7th, 2012
The Korean government said on Thursday it will closely watch whether China’s new survey has distorted historic facts to include parts of Korea within the Great Wall area. China announced on Wednesday that the ancient bulwark is...
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
China claimed sovereignty over 90% of the water and all the islands in the South China Sea by drawing a nine-dash line covering 90% of that sea, prompting her neighbors to protest that her claim contradicts international...
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Bangladesh and India on Saturday signed joint border maps, finalising the 4,156 km-long frontier between the neighbours. The long-standing border-related discord between the two nations was settled through the signing of the maps, said Bangladesh leaders and...
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
There is talk that a long-awaited land swap between India and Bangladesh may take place when India's prime minister Manmohan Singh visits Bangladesh later this year. The land along its northern border has been in dispute since...