Alternatives to dumping Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific
By Robert Richmond
Japan plans to dump treated, radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific but it could be used...
UK, PNG to sign security agreement, says Foreign Affairs Minister
The United Kingdom and Papua New Guinea will sign a security agreement when a senior government official visits the country next week, says Foreign...
Alternatives to dumping Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific
By Robert Richmond
Japan plans to dump treated, radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific but it could be used...
Pacific Islands Forum chairman ‘reassured’ over massive nuclear submarine deal
The Pacific Islands Forum chairman has been assured by the United States that the AUKUS agreement will honour the Treaty of Rarotonga after initially...
Senior Chinese diplomat heads to Australia and Fiji to pave way for Xi-Albanese talks...
China’s vice-foreign minister Ma Zhaoxu will visit Australia and Fiji this week, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday.
The visit by Ma, a former...
Tougher anti-human trafficking bill passed in Palau
Palau's House of Delegates passed on its third and final reading a Senate bill 11-73 to expand, update and strengthen the anti-human smuggling and...
Marshall Islands enjoys new leverage
The leaders of the Marshall Islands, a collection of 29 coral atolls lying halfway between Hawaii and Australia, know exactly why the United States...
Federated States of Micronesia reaffirm diplomatic ties to China
The Micronesian Congress has reaffirmed the Federated States of Micronesia’s (FSM)diplomatic ties with China after outgoing President David Panuelo had urged a switch to...
In the dark depths of the Pacific, U.S submarines patrol with an eye fixed...
Hundreds of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, cocooned within one of the U.S Navy’s most technologically advanced pieces of equipment, Rear...
Mended region sails into Indo-Pacific headwinds
Op-ed by Maureen Penjueli
For now, the Pacific Island regionalism canoe has been fixed. The fracture of the region from the appointment of the...
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