As a proud naturalized citizen of Vanuatu, I am fond of my green passport with the country’s flag emblazoned on its corner. An added benefit is that it offers visa-free access to the 27 countries that ...

Tribal violence and claims of ‘cannibalism’ in Papua New Guinea have marked the start of 2025 for the Pacific nation as it prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence. Nine people were ...

Parts of Suva harbor in Fiji resemble a ship graveyard with more than two dozen rusting and unseaworthy vessels abandoned due to financial problems by their foreign owners and enabled by policy ...

Palauan tourism official Lelly Obakerbau shakes her head and motions at the encroaching jungle that threatens to reclaim an ancient and largely unknown Pacific archaeological site. “If we don’t keep ...

Clashes between police and protesters escalated in Bangladesh on Friday, the second day of a “complete shutdown” declared by students demanding an end to a job quota system. A BenarNews journalist ...

Pacific delegates have been left “shocked” by the omission of sexual and reproductive health rights from a key declaration at the 69th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women meeting in New York. This ...

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Manila may resort to measures such as filing another international lawsuit like the 2016 case against Beijing to stop China’s continuing intimidating actions in the Philippines’ South China Sea waters ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday denied the existence of a “gentleman’s agreement” between his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, and China that Manila would not make repairs to a ...

Australia and New Zealand are seeking an explanation from China about its test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific on Wednesday. Both countries said they were concerned by ...

Malaysia’s leader warned on Thursday that any actions to impede the economic rise of China would upset Beijing enough that it would heighten tensions in the region. Alluding to increasing Chinese ...

A prominent human rights activist in Thailand’s insurgency-wracked Deep South was shot dead at his home in Pattani province by two unidentified gunmen with military-grade weapons, authorities said ...