Thousands join women’s march in Jakarta for justice, gender equality
By Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta
Thousands of Indonesians marched from Jl. Sudirman to the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta on Saturday for the 2019...
Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Social media shutdown blocks out ‘truth’
Al Jazeera's Listening Post analysis of the social media fallout after Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings.
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
After the Easter Sunday bombings, social...
‘We’ll deal to you’ Namah threat to PNG daily newspapers
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
An opposition party leader who believes there will soon be a change in government in Papua New Guinea has warned the...
Five PNC rebels break away from O’Neill’s cabinet in shock move
By Jack Lapauve Jnr in Port Moresby
Three Papua New Guinean provincial governors and two other MPs have resigned from Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's People's...
Bid to expel journalist from Yap puts spotlight on Micronesian ‘free’...
By Michael Andrew
Traditional chiefs are trying to expel a US journalist from the Federated States of Micronesia island of Yap.
Last week the Pacific Island...
Solomon Islands police remain on high alert in the wake of...
By Koroi Hawkins in Honiara
Police in Solomon Islands remain on high alert after Wednesday's riots which broke out across the capital Honiara shortly after...
‘Leave it up to Parliament,’ says USP academic in wake of...
By Rosalie Nongebatu, editor of Wansolwara
A Solomon Islands academic says the only body that can find a legitimate solution to his country’s current crisis...
30 arrested in Honiara post-election riots as calm returns to capital
Police say some people decided to take the law into their own hands and marched through some streets of the capital, fighting, causing public...
Solomons police call for calm to counter riots after PM elected
By RNZ Pacific
Police in Solomon Islands called for calm today after rioting broke out in the capital of Honiara over the election of Manasseh...
Auckland Sri Lankan community holds vigil for terror bomb victims, survivors
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
About 60 people from the Sri Lankan community and human rights advocates gathered in Auckland's Aotea Square today in a solidarity...
Manasseh Sogavare elected Solomon Islands PM for fourth time
By RNZ News
Manasseh Sogavare has been voted in as the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands for the fourth time, polling 34 votes over his rival...
‘We all need to act on terror’ – PM says NZ,...
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that NZ and France will lead global efforts to try to end the use of social...
Sylvester Gawi: Deplorable neglect of PNG’s ‘voice of the nation’
COMMENTARY: By Sylvester Gawi in Lae
I grew up in the 1990s listening to NBC Radio - Radio Kundu - which was informative and always...
Asian and Pacific nations struggling over media self-censorship, says RSF
By RNZ Pacific
Democracies across Asia and the Pacific are struggling to resist disinformation and protect press freedoms, according to a new report.
Reporters Without Borders...
How soldier guitars, culture and faith paved way for Bougainville’s peace
The trailer for Will Watson's documentary on Bougainville peacemaking, Soldiers Without Guns.
FILM REVIEW: By David Robie
While a gripping film about the apocalyptic Bougainville war,...
Jokowi’s camp ups ante against Prabowo’s ‘real count’ vote claim
By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta
As tensions intensified between incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and challenger Prabowo Subianto over the expected results in the Indonesia...
Maria Ressa on Time’s ‘100 most influential people in world’ list
By Christia Marie Ramos in Manila
Philippine journalist, editor and publisher Maria Ressa has been named among Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the...
Yap’s traditional chiefs seek to expel, gag probing US journalist
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Traditional chiefs, members of the Council of Pilung from the four main islands of Yap, have written to the Yap Legislature...
Pacific ‘bright spots’ amid World Press Freedom Index Asian warnings
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Fiji, New Zealand and Timor-Leste have made significant gains in the latest annual Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index while...
West Papuan boycott of Indonesian election successful, says campaign
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has claimed a successful boycott of the Indonesian election on Wednesday, estimating that...