Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit Solomon Islands, wider Pacific visit likely
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China says it is a ‘direct stakeholder’ in Pacific security
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Australia snubs China and Russia at major maritime conference
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Bid to stay new electorates in PNG election
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U.S to announce plans to battle Illegal fishing in the Pacific
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Labor signals more aid to south-east Asia and accuses Scott Morrison of ‘bullying behaviour’...
Labor has flagged an increase in aid to south-east Asia while ramping up its attack on Scott Morrison by accusing him of “bullying” behaviour...
‘Very concerned’: Morrison responds to new details of China’s ties with Solomon Islands
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has responded to a leaked draft MoU between China and the Solomon Islands outlining how they will further deepen...
FLNKS insists on New Caledonia sovereignty
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Vanuatu Trade Minister steps down, New Minister appointed amid value addition fund concerns
Vanuatu's Minister for Trade and Industry, Samson Samsen, has stepped down following public concern over the administration of the Value Addition Funds, with Prime...
Solomon Islands advances environment and climate law reforms
The Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) has continued consultations with the Prime Minister's Office Legislative and Policy...
From a classroom in Vanuatu to the world’s highest court: How Pacific students changed...
Six years ago, a group of 27 University of the South Pacific law students in Vanuatu asked what many believed was an impossible question.
Could...