The world's smallest kingdoms, including Wallis and Futuna, Bhutan, and Tonga, maintain unique cultural identities and ...

The archipelago may not hold major strategic weight in the Indo-Pacific, but it offers a fascinating case study of ...

While not groundbreaking, the meeting indicated steady progress towards China’s goal of a “shared future” with Pacific Island countries – including using them as strategic outposts.

Learn how the recovery and analysis of ancient genomes is helping to answer questions about the early seafarers of the ...

Pacific Island nations supported China's claim over Taiwan in a meeting of foreign ministers, but one expert says Beijing would have hoped for more.

From May 28 to 29, 2025, the People’s Republic of China and Pacific Island Countries having diplomatic relations with China (hereinafter referred to as “All parties”) held the third China ...

Today, the Trump administration will be inheriting an inconsistent, inefficient, and incomplete diplomatic posture in the Pacific Islands region. The Biden administration may have expanded the ...

Pacific Island nations Tonga, Vanuatu and Tuvalu are reported to be facing US travel bans, but officials say they are yet to learn why.

The report said that the Pacific serves as both a cautionary tale and a direct source of risk for New Zealand.

At the U.N. Ocean Conference, Tonga’s princess called for recognition of whales’ legal rights. The move is one of several rights of nature initiatives happening at the conference.

The hulking rock, called Maka Lahi, is the size of a two-story house and sits on a 120-foot-tall cliff, covered in vegetation ...

Archaeologists in the Kingdom of Tonga have uncovered the remnants of an ancient city on the island of Tongatapu. The incredible discovery, announced in 2024, overturns the chronology of early Pacific ...