Marshall Islands calls for U.S to pay more compensation over nuclear tests
The foreign minister of the Marshall Islands has called for more U.S compensation over the legacy of massive U.S nuclear testing to enable the...
Experts stress dangers of releasing nuclear wastewater into ocean
The danger of indiscriminately releasing nuclear fission products into the ocean is that the products can find their way into the food chain, a...
Solomon Islands PM hails decision to forge diplomatic relations with China as historic
Forging diplomatic relations with China is one of the most significant decisions the Solomon Islands has made over the last 45 years since its...
U.S eyes massive ramp-up in diplomatic personnel and spending at new Pacific island embassies
The State Department says it plans a massive increase in diplomatic personnel and spending for facilities at new U.S embassies in the Pacific islands...
Pacific Conference of Churches push for West Papua to become full member of MSG
The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC)continues to affirm its commitment to advocate and inspire actions in solidarity for the United Liberation Movement of West...
Pacific are sovereign nations not backyard of any country: Solomon Islands PM
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has leaped to the defence of China saying its strategic interests are misunderstood.
Sogavare has been visiting China this...
Solomon Islands may lead way as China eyes greater South Pacific role
The South Pacific could provide a “new focus” for China's Belt and Road Initiative after this week's visit by the Solomon Islands' Prime Minister...
Tiny metal balls found in the ocean near PNG could be first evidence of...
Scientists from Harvard University have collected fragments believed to belong to a huge interstellar meteor, saying it could have come from an alien spacecraft.
Avi...
Papua New Guinea wants its own ‘Gurkhas’ as U.S-China tensions rise
Papua New Guinea wants to create the equivalent of Britain’s Gurkha regiment as it struggles to strengthen its armed forces at a time of...
China rejects IAEA report on Japan’s Fukushima ocean discharge policy
Chinese diplomats in the Pacific are critical of a decision by the Japanese government to dispose of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant...
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Pacific shipping lifeline faces crisis as experts push wind-powered transition
For many Pacific Island communities, a delayed ship does not just mean inconvenience. It can mean empty store shelves, fuel shortages and isolation.
“Shipping is...
Timor-Leste is vulnerable to ‘infiltration by foreign organised crime’, President José Ramos-Horta says
Timor-Leste is vulnerable to “infiltration by foreign organised crime”, the country’s president, José Ramos-Horta, has warned.
His comments come as Australian federal police (AFP) confirmed...
Fiji Climate Change Minister set key priorities to accelerate Pacific climate action
“1.5 is not negotiable and is a red line grounded in science and in our lived reality.”
This was the strong reminder from Fiji's Minister...