Tag: Micronesia
WikiLeaks founder Assange hearing ‘significant’ for Pacific island Saipan
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's court hearing in Saipan is set to make "this dot in the middle of the...
‘Grassroots action’ could address climate change in Micronesia
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ journalist
A new report has found practical solutions to address climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), including raising...
Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an...
COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of 1News
The appointment of Baron Waqa, former President of Nauru, to head the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) next...
Oceania Indigenous ‘guardians’ call for self-determination on West Papua day
OPEN LETTER: The Ōtepoti Declaration by the Indigenous Caucus of the Nuclear Connections Across Oceania Conference
On the 61st anniversary of the first raising of...
Pacific leaders urged to look at Kiribati president’s concerns for unity
By Wanshika Kumar in Suva
Pacific leaders really need to look seriously at the concerns raised by the President Taneti Maamau of Kiribati, resulting in...
Empty seats mark first Pacific Islands Forum summit meeting
RNZ Pacific
Seats were glaringly empty at the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Suva this morning as Pacific leaders sat down to the first formal...
More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out as crisis grows
RNZ Pacific
The number of leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Suva, Fiji, has dropped further, with both the president of the Marshall...
Kiribati withdrawal from Pacific Islands Forum a major blow
By the RNZ Pacific editorial team in Suva
The 51st Pacific Forum Leaders (PIF) Meeting starting today has been dealt a major blow after the...
Long term vision clinches Pacific Islands Forum rift deal in Suva
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist
In a watershed moment, Pacific Islands Forum leaders have agreed on...
Pacific leaders talk Micronesia, China and regional stability, security
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Regional stability and security, and the China Economic and Security Deal were on the agenda today when...
Micronesian leaders boycott Forum, stand firm on plan to leave bloc
By Bernadette Carreon of Pacific Island Times
Four Micronesian leaders skipped the Pacific Islands Forum's 51st virtual session yesterday, in a continuing protest over the...
‘We’re sorry,’ Pacific Forum chair tells Micronesia over SG post
By Pita Ligaiula of Pacnews in Suva
Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama used his inaugural speech as the new chair of the Pacific Islands Forum...
Surprise apology to Micronesia over Forum leadership election row
RNZ Pacific
Micronesian leaders have received an apology from their colleagues in the Pacific Islands Forum.
In what has been described as a frank and open...
Micronesian leaders to debate leaving Pacific Islands Forum
By RNZ Pacific
Micronesian leaders are to meet today to agree on a united response to the snub of their preferred candidate as Pacific Islands...
Former Cook Islands PM elected new secretary-general of PIF in close...
By RNZ Pacific
Former Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna has been narrowly elected as the new secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum after a...
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...
US looks at defence, foreign policy and impact of Chinese aid...
RNZ Pacific
The US Defense Department is to report to the US Congress by December 1 on a range of security concerns in the northern...
‘We’re dying slowly’, says Palauan leader in response to telehealth talk
By Erwin Encinares in Saipan
Palau President Tommy Remengesau says Pacific people of Micronesian descent are “dying slowly” because of dietary imbalances on the islands...
FSM, Marshall Islands envoys seek details on police-involved shootings
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Ambassadors to the United States from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands are seeking information about officer-involved...