Philippines to buy two new South Korean warships for $556M

Manila (AFP) Dec 28, 2021

The Philippines has ordered two new warships from South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday, modernising Manila's navy as it faces a dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea. The Philippine Navy had become run down in recent decades - even featuring US craft from World War II - until President Rodrigo Duterte's predecessor, Benigno Aquino, b