Ministers of 10-nation bloc OK sea code of conduct

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian (Asean) Nations endorsed a framework of a code of conduct (COC) for the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) even as the Philippines reiterated its preference for a “legally binding document,” the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday.

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