Browsing: Regional Politics

Overview: Indonesian security forces have recovered the body of American pilot Nicholas F. Goselin, who was killed by separatist rebels…

The Papua New Guinea-Australia Mutual Defence Treaty, known as the Pukpuk Treaty, comes into force today.James Marape and Anthony Albanese,…

A group of former Pacific prime ministers, presidents and senior diplomats has warned that Pacific Islands countries are at a…

Tonga has become the 179th state to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).The ratification was formalised on Tuesday at a…

More than half of the structures on Rota, one of the Commonweswlth of the Northern Mariana Islands, have sustained some…

The Marshall Islands government is gearing to spend US$160 million for new hospitals at Majuro and Ebeye, the two cities…

The Solomon Islands’ new coalition government has launched its official policy document, describing it as the Government for Reform, Empowerment,…

Deputy PM on missile test in South PacificFirst UpChina’s missile test in the South Pacific is “extremely unwelcome behaviour”, and…

A foreigner has been appointed as Papua New Guinea’s electoral commissioner for the first time.Nicole Hayley is a professor of…

China’s test firing of a nuclear-capable ballistic missile into the South Pacific on Monday has added to unease in the…