ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Piracy in the Sulu Sea

Okay, imagine you're playing with your friends in a big swimming pool. The Sulu Sea is like a really, really big swimming pool that some countries like the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia share. But some bad people called pirates sometimes go swimming in the Sulu Sea too.

These pirates don't play nice like you and your friends do. Instead, they try to take things that don't belong to them, like toys or snacks. In the Sulu Sea, the pirates try to take things like cargo from ships that are sailing by.

This makes the people who own the cargo very unhappy because they worked hard to get it, just like you work hard to save up for your toys. It also makes the countries who share the Sulu Sea unhappy because they want people to be safe when they go swimming. That's why the countries work together to stop the pirates from taking things and hurting people.