Debate on Guam’s future as a U.S. territory has intensified with its legislature due to vote on a non-binding resolution to become a U.S. state amid mounting Pacific geostrategic tensions and ...

Indonesia is expected to ratify an agreement with Vietnam on the demarcation of their exclusive economic zones (EEZs) next month, settling a decade-long dispute involving overlapping waters, Indonesia ...

Parts of Suva harbor in Fiji resemble a ship graveyard with more than two dozen rusting and unseaworthy vessels abandoned due to financial problems by their foreign owners and enabled by policy ...

What began as a small fabric shop in Central Java nearly 60 years ago grew into one of Southeast Asia’s biggest textile manufacturers, outfitting military forces and supplying clothing to major global ...

Vanuatu has celebrated the reconstruction of the national council of chiefs meeting house, called the Malvatumauri nakamal, destroyed by fire two years ago. Dozens of chiefs from across the country ...

One of the best Pacific Ocean locations to witness a stunning abundance of tropical fish, sharks and corals is also the least expected – Bikini Atoll, a site of U.S. nuclear tests in the middle of the ...

Pacific island children are experiencing “alarming” violence and abuse, amongst the highest rates in the world, amid a lack of government-funded services, religious and cultural barriers and growing ...

Yai Praiwanaprasert, a corn farmer in northern Thailand, inspects his family’s small field after burning it to clear away crops left over from the harvest. Corn is a primary cash crop in the country’s ...

Papua New Guinea’s autonomous province of Bougainville lost an unlikely supporter in its bid for independence with the death last week of former prime minister Sir Julius Chan. One of the fathers of ...

Malaysia’s semiconductor industry is pushing back against suggestions that the country has been used as a transit hub to China for banned artificial intelligence chips. A Reuters report last week ...

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte will face a trial before her country’s Senate after the House of Representatives impeached her for alleged constitutional violations and corruption, accusations ...

China’s use of a long-range acoustic device against Filipino sailors in the South China Sea marks an “increase in aggression” in the disputed waters, a Philippine Navy spokesman said. The BRP Cabra, a ...