PNG Supreme Court rules detention of asylum seekers illegal
Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has ruled Australia’s detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island is illegal.
A copy of the PNG Supreme Court judgment...
Researchers explore Pacific Ocean’s hidden deep ‘secrets’
Research expeditions can involve newly discovered species. This video shows a pale-winged creature dubbed "the ghost fish". It was discovered by the Schmidt Ocean...
Philippine military vow to bring Abu Sayyaf to justice after beheading
Al Jazeera's Jamela Alindogan reports on the Philippine army defending its operations against the armed Abu Sayyaf group in the south of the country...
Pacific crop centre develops food strategies for climate change
By TJ Aumua in Suva
Severe weather patterns and cyclonic activity have become increasingly hyperactive in the South Pacific with climate change as the key...
Pacific example can help ‘save the world’ on climate change, says...
By Ami Dhabuwala in Suva
The people of the Pacific have been handed a big challenge over the weekend – mobilise for urgent climate change...
Young NZ soldier at Gallipoli for Anzac Day on first trip...
By Sara Stavropoulos
Ruatoria-born soldier Private Christian Hohepa has now travelled a long way since joining the New Zealand Army in 2013.
On his first-ever trip...
PM O’Neill accuses Somare and Morauta of political ‘sour grapes’
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says recent calls by former prime minister and the country's founding leader Sir Michael Somare to leave...
Crispin C. Maslog: Martial law amnesia – we didn’t teach history...
I give my column space today to my favorite communication man, Professor Crispin C. Maslog. A former journalist with Agence France-Presse, Cris was director...
Pacific Island states take lead on landmark UN climate deal
The signing of the Paris Accord on climate change at the United Nations. Video: PBS News Hour clip
By Carole Landry in New York
With their...
Global media groups urge Timor-Leste PM to drop defamation case
The International Federation of Journalists and the South East Asia Journalist Unions have joined international organisations Committee to Protect Journalists and Freedom House in...
Reported domestic violence in Fiji ‘tip of the iceberg’
By Julie Cleaver
In Fiji, the number of reported domestic violence cases has increased. Police say in the first quarter of this year, it registered...
Fiji tackles another ‘depression’ leading to young suicides
Fiji is still facing a major challenge to deal with suicide cases, especially of young children, reports Ami Dhabuwala of Asia-Pacific Journalism from Suva.
Fiji...
Tonga’s ‘transparency’ prime minister violates media freedom over questions
By Kalafi Moala in Nuku'alofa
The man who was once jailed for his stand for press freedom in the kingdom of Tonga has now breached...
Paris climate deal signing ceremony – what it means and why...
By Damon Jones and Bill Hare
The world took a collective sigh of relief in the last days of 2015, when countries came together to...
Survivors of Indonesia’s 1965 purge desperately seek end to stigma
After more than half a century without clarity on the identity of perpetrators or those who orchestrated the event, some survivors and victims of...
Timor-Leste’s veterans to boost Australia ties on ANZAC Day
Twenty-nine veterans of Timor-Leste’s struggle for national liberation will be visiting Australia next week to meet with members of the local veteran community and...
Pacific youth face uncertain future over climate change, says leader
TJ Aumua's video report on youth's fears over their homelands. PMC on Demand
By TJ Aumua
The effects of climate change on Pacific island nations like...
Fear of reprisal puts limit on Pacific human rights journalism, say...
A regional media forum in Fiji has heard the fear of retribution is a barrier to reporting human rights stories in the Pacific, Radio...
High school teacher brings alternative narratives on 1965 Indonesian purge
By Elly Burhaini Faizal in Jakarta
A high school Indonesian history teacher in Batam, Riau Islands, has brought alternative narratives of the 1965 to 1966...
Tribute to a free and independent Pacific media
REVIEW: By Erica George of Amnesty International NZ
"Mainstream journalism has failed to communicate not only peace, but also human rights in ways that have...
Poisonous starfish threatens survival of Pacific coral reefs
TJ Aumua's video report "Scientists take on Pacific crown of thorns starfish threat".
By TJ Aumua in Suva
The crown-of-thorns phenomenon may sound like something from...
Media freedom: A nice RSF postcard from the Pacific, but not...
The media freedom situation has worsened significantly or stagnated in most of the Asia-Pacific region, reports the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without...