Story Archive
2023-02-17
The review is already being criticized as a distraction from other pressing challenges in the economically lagging country.
2023-02-16
The defamation law was reinstated in 2017 after politicians were criticized by reporters, social media accounts.
2023-02-14
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said Fiji can’t have a flourishing democracy without a free press.
2023-02-09
The Solomon Islands government requested help from other countries after anti-China riots in 2021.
2023-02-09
Samoan police said flight attendants discovered the woman asleep in a lavatory after the plane landed in Fiji.
2023-02-07
Under Suidani, Malaita province rejected China-funded projects but US assistance was slow to produce results.
2023-02-06
Micronesia’s president denounced Japan’s plan at the United Nations in September.
2023-02-06
People are increasingly moving into towns and cities from remote highland areas but jobs in urban areas are scarce.
2023-02-05
Australian police forensics experts are assisting Vanuatu with the investigation into the suspicious fire.
2023-02-02
The modest embassy building in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara was previously the U.S. consular services office.
2023-01-31
Micronesia’s president says agreement reached in late January meeting with White House officials.
2023-01-30
Kiribati’s exit from the Pacific Islands Forum last year had suggested it might tighten ties with China.
2023-01-27
A regional leader says a Pacific islands delegation will meet Japan’s prime minister to voice its concerns.
2023-01-23
Thai police say the property in an exclusive compound was used by Chinese criminals to forge passports.
2023-01-20
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is hoping visit to Kiribati will convince the island nation to return to a regional forum.