THE PHILIPPINES should “change its course” by reconsidering its plan to keep US Typhon missile launchers, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

The Philippines did not make any commitment to China that it would remove the United States' Typhon midrange missile system in the country, according to the National Security Council.

The Philippines curling team has been rocking it in China, claiming the tropical country’s first Asian Winter Games medal with a victory in the men’s final against South Korea.

The Philippines won gold after winning the final against South Korea. This year’s Games are the first to which Hong Kong has sent a curling team. The city has appeared in six previous Asian Winter Games, going back to the first in Sapporo in 1986, but never won a medal.