Contrasting accounts of Indonesian genocide and betrayal in West Papua
BOOK REVIEW: By David Robie
Two damning and contrasting books about Indonesian colonialism in the Pacific, both by activist participants in Europe and New Zealand,...
Freeport’s $3.8b divestment mine deal – what it actually means
By Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman in Jakarta
Four Indonesian ministers gathered to witness the signing of an agreement between state-owned mining holding group PT Indonesia Asahan...
Five Palestinians cheering for France at the World Cup 20 years...
By Marwan Bishara
Twenty years ago, I was asked by the General Council of the Parisian suburb Seine-Saint-Denis to invite four Palestinian youth to attend...
Protests gather force over Nauru ban on ABC from Pacific Forum
By Mong Palatino
Protests have been gathering force over the Nauru government ban on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from entering the country to cover...
Why Indonesia must ratify the global nuclear weapon ban treaty
By Deandra Madeena Moerdaning in Vienna
A year ago on July 7, 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that pushes forward a...
Colin Peacock: New era heralded in broadcasting – or more of...
ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock of RNZ's Mediawatch
The allocation of $15 million for public broadcasting will be split between RNZ, New Zealand on Air and...
Danish rescue diver praises Thai ‘cool’ kids in Mission Impossible
A Danish diver involved in the mission to successfully save 12 boys and their football coach from flooded Tham Luang cave in Thailand has...
Union leader Mike Treen to join Gaza-bound ‘freedom’ flotilla
Pro-Palestinian activists have taken to the seas in the latest Freedom Flotilla in a bid to reach Gaza. Richard Sudan reports from Denmark before...
‘Sick joke’, threats cited in Asia-Pacific declining media freedom summit
Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire talks about the global threat against journalists. Video: Café Pacific
By David Robie in Paris
When Reporters Without Borders chief...
Police claim raid on Papuan students to block ‘Bloody Biak’ film...
By Pebriansyah Ariefana in Surabaya
Indonesian police have revealed that police and military officers raided a Papuan student dormitory in the East Java provincial capital...
Journalist tells of Rainbow Warrior bombing, Pacific fallout on ABC
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Pacific environmental and political journalist David Robie has recalled the bombing of the original Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior 33 years ago...
Nauru government’s move against press freedom ‘disgraceful’
COMMENT: By Miranda Ward on Red Ink
The Nauru government’s refusal to allow the ABC from entering the country to cover the upcoming Pacific Islands...
Jokowi, Mahathir discuss migrant worker protection, border deal
By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad have met for a bilateral talk, exploring issues ranging...
Mendi mayhem destroyed 42,000 vaccine shots for PNG children
By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's mayhem in the Southern Highlands capital of Mendi earlier this month caused destruction of 42,000 vaccine...
Former PCF media intern welcomes Pacific newbies on NZ exchange
By Rahul Bhattarai
It was a case of Pacific meets Pacific in AUT’s School of Communication Studies this week as one of the inaugural winners...
Where in the world is the Pacific? NZ researchers talk strategy...
A diverse group of scholars discuss "resetting" New Zealand’s Pacific-oriented foreign policy agenda. Video: Blessen Tom/NZ Institute of Pacific Research
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Debate has...
Indonesia beefing up disputed Papua border force in bid for minerals
By Albert Agua in Waigani
Indonesia is driving towards the Papua New Guinea border because of a recent discovery of huge mineral deposits in the...
Bainimarama attacks opposition ‘lies’ for promoting Fiji ethnic hatred
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji's prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama has again hit out at opposition parties, calling them liars and accusing them of sowing division in...
Help ‘revitalise’ Australia’s broadcast voice in Asia-Pacific, say advocates
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A group of Australia-based supporters is trying to revitalise Australian broadcasting in the Pacific and Asia region.
For more than 50 years,...
RSF plea to Indonesia to investigate reporter’s death in detention
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for an independent inquiry into the death in detention of Muhammad Yusuf, a reporter who...