MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines has ordered two new warships from South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday, modernizing 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, began a modest modernization program in 2010. Tuesday’s 28 billion […]