Japan’s nuclear contaminated water discharge plan poses unacceptable risks: Observer
Japan's plan to discharge nuclear contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean poses unacceptable risks, according to an...
PNG MP Kessy Sawang appointed Labour Minister
Raicoast MP Kessy Sawang has been appointed as the Papua New Guinea labour and employment minister.
Sawang was sworn in Monday at the Government House...
Jakarta ready to buy NZ pilot freedom
Indonesia is prepared to pay a ransom of 5bn rupiah (US$332,000) to a Papuan separatist group to secure the release of New Zealand pilot...
Israel frees Fijian UN peacekeepers cleared of drug smuggling suspicion
Israel has released three Fijian UN peacekeepers arrested for drug smuggling, after it emerged the suspicious substance they were carrying across the border was...
Port Moresby suppresses West Papua flag raising ahead of Indonesian president’s visit
Authorities in Papua New Guinea have clamped down on displays of the West Papuan independence flag ahead of the Indonesian president’s visit to the...
Australian Foreign Minister to visit Marshall Islands
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel to the Marshall Islands this week to further strengthen Australia's genuine and longstanding partnerships in the Pacific.
Australia...
Chinese hospital ship to visit Pacific to boost ‘responsible’ image
China is sending a military-run hospital ship to the Pacific to where it will call in at Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and...
The country’s only newspaper, Niue Star turns 30
Last month marks the 30th anniversary since the first issue of Niue Star was published on the 11th of June 1993.
The family owned newspaper...
PNG Parliament to decide on Bougainville referendum results
Bougainville Affairs Minister Manasseh Makiba says the Bougainville Peace Agreement and the Constitution allows for Parliament to make a decision on the 2019 Bougainville...
Xanana Gusmao inaugurated East Timor Prime Minister
East Timor independence fighter Xanana Gusmao was inaugurated as prime minister of Southeast Asia's youngest democracy on Saturday, marking his return to power almost...
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Aust PM to host series of Pacific leaders’ meetings in Queensland
After returning from Fiji and the Solomon Islands and signing historic agreements with Fiji and Vanuatu, Prime Minister Albanese will host Pacific leaders from...
CROP heads discuss 2050 strategy, energy crisis and COP31 preparations
The 66th Heads of Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP) Meeting convened at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat on Tuesday, focusing on...
Southwest Pacific’s last tropical glacier could vanish within months
The Southwest Pacific is facing mounting climate risks as its vast ocean expanse becomes hotter, more acidic and more dangerous for coastal communities, the...