Indonesia’s death penalty lies in wait in spite of diplomatic blowback
Report from SBS
Indonesia's attorney-general has the funds and the will to wield the death penalty again, even though last year's record 14 executions failed...
Strangers in the snow with dark secrets and deadly intentions
The Hateful Eight movie trailer: Roadshow
Report from The Conversation
By Liam Burke
Quentin Tarantino has secured his place in popular culture by reaching into neglected corners...
Vanuatu’s Daily Post founder Marc Neil-Jones swaps print for tourism
"Retired" Vanuatu Daily Post publisher Marc Neil-Jones talks about the "audio posts" at his Secret Garden retreat.
Asia Pacific Report Gallery - Pictures and video...
Vanuatu snap election candidates told to ‘uphold rule of law’
Report from Pacific Media Watch
By Glenda Willie in Port Vila
Transparency International Vanuatu has called on all candidates in today's snap election to act with...
Indonesian people smuggler cash scandal – jail for ‘paid-off’ boat crew
Report from Pacific Media Centre
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa on Rote Island, Indonesia
The captain of an asylum seeker boat who said he was paid...
US withdrawal from Pacific tuna treaty will take effect January 2017
Report from Pacific Media Watch in Suva
The decision by the United States to withdraw from the 30-year Tuna Treaty with Pacific Island countries will...
The presidential leak, PNG’s bid for Bougainville Copper and the policy...
Report from the Pacific Media Centre
With the window for Bougainville's independence referendum now open, time is of the essence if the ABG is to...
Fijian flyer Vakatawa – a rugby gamble France need to take
Report from Pacific Media Watch
By Paul Eddison in Caen, France
The call-up of Sevens star Virimi Vakatawa to France's Six Nations squad was a calculated...
Choose majority rule instead of ‘mockery’, warns Vanuatu chief
Report from Pacific Media Watch in Port Vila
By Godwin Ligo of the Vanuatu Daily Post
Port Vila-based Ambrym chief Worwor Issac says he has observed...
Novès picks star Fijian Sevens wing in new-look France rugby squad
Video spotlight on Vakatawa's brilliance - 6 tries in the 2015 Wellington Sevens
Report from Pacific Media Watch in Paris
France head rugby union coach Guy...
More than hashtags needed to defy terror in Indonesia
From Pacific Media Watch
By Andi Rahman Alamsyah in Jakarta
People were commenting on social media within moments of the terrorist bombings and shooting in Jakarta...
Tuna fishing deal dispute keeps US boats out of Pacific waters
A 2015 Greenpeace video about the "out of control" global tuna fishing industry, including the Pacific. Rainbow Warrior skipper Peter Willcox interviewed. Video: Greenpeace
Report...
Fiji’s tourism bumper year breaks visitor record by 9pc
Report from Tourism Fiji in Nadi
Genuine collaboration among tourism industry stakeholders and an enabling economic environment to invest in the growth and development of...
Snap Vanuatu general election kicks off 2016 – year of the...
From Dev Policy Blog
By Tess Newton Cain in Port Vila
There are a number of countries that will hold general elections this year and it...
Veteran Rainbow Warrior activist, global eco advocate to co-lead Greenpeace
This video interview with Bunny McDiarmid was by the Pacific Media Centre's Alistar Kata to mark the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the...
Democracy Now! and the Bernie Sanders US revolution
From Democracy Now
With just weeks to go, polls show Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is edging ahead of front-runner Hillary Clinton in the primary season’s...
Home-grown Indonesian terrorists ‘used low-tech weapons’
Report from Agence France-Presse in Jakarta
Although Thursday's Jakarta attacks have been blamed on militants recruited by the Islamic State in Syria, with the international...
Controversy over Fiji’s ‘secret’ Russian military equipment
From The Fiji Times
By Nasik Swami in Suva
Controversy raged in Fiji today over containers sent to the Republic of Fiji Military Forces that arrived...
Jakarta terror attacks: ISIL claims responsibility
Report from Pacific Media Watch in Jakarta
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for the coordinated bomb...
The TPP: Why rush in where angels fear to tread?
Media release from the Public Health Association
The Public Health Association of New Zealand (PHA) is questioning the rush to sign the Trans Pacific Partnership...
#COP21: Climate insurgency after Paris
Report from Common Dreams
"The governments of the world may rule the world but they don’t own the world." In this analysis, Jeremy Brecher reflects...
Asian scholars crafting a non-adversarial approach to journalism
Report from Pacific Media Centre
"Mindful journalism" practice in the West tries to be secular and is practised without having any religious values. Moral wisdom...