A6 China pledged safe passage in disputed waters it claims.

A5 China and an American company will seek oil in disputed waters.

The South has been conducting numerous live fire exercises in the area, involving disputed waters.

The crisis appears to have eased with Turkey's pledge to avoid the disputed waters.

This plan includes much of disputed waters but would defer lease sales for oil development on about 650 million acres.

Japanese ships may start exploring disputed waters for oil and gas in the late summer or fall, perhaps with military escorts.

In 1988, China and Vietnam fought a brief naval battle over the disputed waters.

The United Nations requested that both sides withdraw their ships from the disputed waters.

Patrol boats from the two sides circled today near the disputed waters in the Yellow Sea.

The disputed waters are rich in crabs.

It takes on risky exploration projects in disputed waters of the East China Sea.

The two countries exchanged complaints that their respective naval vessels had harassed the other's shipping in disputed waters.

Independent monitors will be on every vessel fishing in disputed waters off Newfoundland to insure that conservation rules are followed.

"We hope foreign companies do not get involved in disputed waters for oil and gas exploration and development," said a foreign ministry spokesman.

For example, in July 2012, Three Chinese patrol vessels entered the disputed waters around the islands.

The dispute turns on rival claims about the whereabouts of the Britons when they were seized last Friday in disputed waters.

Haijian 15 has been frequently conducting cruise operations in disputed waters around the Diaoyu Islands.

Plumes of smoke rise from Yeonpyeong island in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea.

The sailors and marines were captured Friday in two boats after they inspected a cargo vessel for contraband in disputed waters.

Early this morning, North Korean patrol boats had entered the disputed waters south of the effective demarcation line separating the seas of the two countries.

Tokyo recently upped the ante by granting a Japanese company, Teikoku Oil, the rights to test-drill in disputed waters.

The Britons were seized at gunpoint on March 23 in disputed waters in the northern Persian Gulf.

The Colombian guided missile frigate Caldas refuse to leave the disputed waters claiming they belonged to Colombia.

In June 2010 eleven Bangladeshi fishermen were wounded after Burmese border security personnel opened fire on them in disputed waters.

Incidents have occurred from time to time in the disputed waters and they have been discussed in Dáil Éireann occasionally.