Beijing calls attention to its Micronesia projects with ubiquitous China Aid signs but rejects scrutiny.

Close call as Chinese ships again harass Philippine ships in Manila’s EEZ A BenarNews correspondent traveled with a select group during the latest Philippine resupply mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas ...

Mass killing and ‘cannibalism’ video mar start of PNG’s 50th anniversary year Tribal violence during the New Year highlights increasing lawlessness and lack of police resources.

Pacific island nations have tempered their protests against Indonesia’s rule in its volatile Papua region, a possible sign that Jakarta’s effort to silence some of its most vocal critics has gained ...

In Dili, Indonesia’s future means trying to forget about Timor-Leste’s past Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, a former military officer, has been linked to alleged atrocities in Timor-Leste ...

Unexploded WWII bombs plague Palau amid US military build-up UXOs contaminate the Pacific but there's little clean-up funding despite hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on new defense ...

Philippine official on Chinese incursions: Not ruling out another South China Sea lawsuit China has pushed Philippines “to the wall” leaving it with only drastic options to stop intimidation, official ...

Ex-Abu Sayyaf militants till new lives as coffee farmers in southern Philippines Jolo and other islands in the Sulu Archipelago used to be a kidnapping haven for the Islamic militant group.

Consensus has been reached by Pacific leaders with Japan to address the controversial release of treated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. In August ...

200 unexploded WWII shells uncovered in Solomon Islands capital Honiara is estimated to be littered with thousands of bombs and shells left behind on the battlefield after the six-month Battle of ...

Military officials in Indonesia’s restive Papua region said Friday they were verifying the authenticity of a video that has gone viral and appears to show Indonesian servicemen beating and cutting ...

Palau’s hi-tech mission to preserve Pacific’s oldest monuments 2,400-year-old earthworks revealed as predating stone moai statues of Rapa Nui and megalithic Nan Madol in Micronesia.