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Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) Attorney General and Minister for Bougainville Independence Mission Ezekiel Masatt has delivered a detailed Ministerial statement in parliament this week...
Rarotonga Treaty could be ‘undermined’ if Pacific leaders don’t oppose Japan’s nuclear dump
An international law expert says Pacific leaders, including Australia and New Zealand, could be undermining the objectives of the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone...
Gulf oil states on a Pacific charm offensive
Gulf oil states are using their vast wealth to build influence across the far-flung South Pacific, experts have told AFP, tearing a page straight...
Australia ready to extend security presence in Solomons
Solomon Islands Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says Australia is ready to provide an ongoing security presence in the Solomon Islands.
Marles, who is also...
IAEA chief to visit South Korea, Cook Islands, NZ over Japan’s treated nuclear plant...
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) plans to visit South Korea, the Cook Islands and New Zealand in July, regarding...
Fiji police investigating source of leaked document calling for military intervention
Fiji's Minister for Home Affairs, Pio Tikoduadua has confirmed that Police are investigating a leaked unsourced seditious document being circulated on the social media.
The...
IAEA urged not to endorse Japan’s plan to release treated nuke waste water into...
China urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday not to endorse Japan's plan to discharge polluted radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima...
‘Road block to Bougainville independence’: ABG AG
Bougainville’s top government lawyer has accused the Papua New Guinea Government of putting up road blocks to Bougainville’s independence.
The ABG’s Attorney-General and Minister for...
Cook Islands new security policy highlights climate, economic context for Pacific
A new national security policy launched by the Cook Islands in the margins of a regional meeting of Pacific security advisers has brought the...
Former PNG Army boss wants review of U.S-PNG defence agreement
The Papua New Guinea Government should reconsider and review the United States-PNG Defence Corporation Agreement, by aligning itself with the U.S and Australia, it...
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