Korea should use its summit to offer labour mobility to the Pacific
By Stephen Howes
Fresh off their meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi in PNG, Pacific leaders are this coming week gathering in Seoul for...
Korea -Pacific Islands Summit grows
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders are driving new global momentum for climate change and other collective priorities in a week of meetings with India, the...
Ties with China ‘healthy’: PNG PM
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says Papua New Guinea has a “healthy relationship” with China.
“They also are important and a big trading...
We are the Great Council Chiefs for everybody: Ratu Epenisa
The Turaga Bale Na Vunivalu Na Tui Kaba, Ratu Epenisa Cakobau is adamant of a positive outcome as Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs (GCC)...
Election system overhaul: PNG PM
Prime Minister James Marape says Papua New Guinea hopes to adopt India’s electronic voting system and biometric identification during General Election 2027.
“They (India) are...
Cook Islands PM Brown welcomes United States’ increasing engagements in the Pacific
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has welcomed the United States’ increasing involvement in the Pacific.
Brown, who is also the chair of the Pacific...
U.S-PNG Defence Cooperation Agreement is an important milestone
U. S Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin has described the U.S-Papua New Guinea Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) is an important milestone for the...
Seeing Chiefs in Fiji convene after 16 years is emotional: Turaga Vunivalu
Seeing all the paramount chiefs of Fiji convene again after 16 long years is very emotional, says Vunivalu Tui Kaba, Ratu Epenisa Cakobau.
Ratu Epenisa...
PNG, Solomon Islands eye border security
Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have signed a memorandum of understanding on immigration and border security cooperation.
It was signed by chief migration...
Independence hero Xanana Gusmao’s party wins Timor-Leste election but falls short of majority
Timor-Leste independence hero Xanana Gusmao's party has won the parliamentary election but has fallen short of an outright majority.
The opposition National Congress for Timorese...
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Vanuatu seeks faster access to climate funds as needs outpace delivery
Climate funding commitments grow but remain difficult to unlock at the pace Pacific island communities need, according to regional officials and development partners.
Despite more...
Bougainville MP challenges PNG lawmakers to ‘have some guts’ on independence vote
A prominent Bougainvillean MP believes Papua New Guinea's parliament will back the autonomous region's drive for independence.
Francesca Semoso, one of four Bougainvillean MPs in...
Amnesty International demands answers over Vakarisi death in military custody
Amnesty International has raised serious concerns over the death of Jone Vakarisi in military custody, saying official accounts have been inconsistent and calling for...