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South Korean Foreign Ministry has slammed the Democratic Party (DP) for sending an official letter to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to ask them to work with the party to oppose Japan’s planned release of its treated nuclear water into the sea. “The Democratic Party's delivery of this letter disregards the joint efforts of the international community, including with the...

The United States of America is upping its investment in media freedom in the Pacific. And to underline the U.S commitment to preserving democratic institutions, assistant secretary of state Bill Russo recently visited newsrooms throughout the Pacific to understand how to better support journalists across the region. Russo, who’s in the state department’s bureau of global affairs says that having previously...

Pacific communities are advised to prepare for the potential impacts of an El Niño, with the latest El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Outlook shifting from El Niño Watch to El Niño Alert. The alert means there is approximately a 70 percent chance of El Niño forming in 2023, roughly three times the normal chance of an El Niño. El Niño is...

The proposal to release water from the troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean is robust enough to start, at least in the short term, according to an Australian radiation expert. University of Adelaide Associate Professor Tony Hooker is a member of the five-person scientific advisory panel to the Pacific Islands Forum on the proposed disposal of 1.25 million...

The lack of agreement on the nuclear legacy issues holds up the Marshall Islands’s Compact Review negotiations with the United States, according to Marshall Islands Speaker Kenneth Kedi during the Marshall Islands Media Summit on Democracy last week in Majuro. The disagreements over nuclear legacy issues not being addressed by the United States are holding up the Compact Review progress....

After decades of neglect, the U.S government is one step closer to eliminating longstanding obstacles to free health care for veterans from three Pacific Island nations. Hundreds of such veterans, who served in the U.S military as foreign citizens, are legally entitled to the care, but current federal law prevents the Department of Veterans Affairs from either directly providing it...

The President of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr, speaks to The Sunday Guardian on what his Pacific Island Country is facing. By Cleo Paskal  The United States has exceptionally close defence and security relationships with three countries—closer than it has with any others. And they aren’t the ones you think. Through the Compacts of Free Association (COFAs), the Republic of Palau, the Republic...

The Junior Wallabies have overcome a red card and a spirited Fijian outfit to escape with a 46-37 win to open their U20 World Championship campaign. The Australians were forced to come from behind and finished the last 27 minutes with 14 men after Western Force prop Marley Pearce was sent off for a high tackle. It allowed Fiji to take...

After a three-year wait, the World Rugby U20 Championship finally made a return to the rugby calendar on Saturday with 405 points scored across six enthralling matches on the Western Cape of South Africa. Argentina and Italy kicked off proceedings at Paarl Gymnasium under a light blue sky with Los Pumitas making the most of an early red card to...

New Zealand have confirmed their place in the Quarter-Finals at OFC U-19 Women's Championship after a comfortable 11-0 victory over Papua New Guinea in Suva. The defending champions got off to the perfect start, taking the lead in only the third minute when Manaia Elliott found space on the right-hand side of the penalty box and her tame shot was...