Although speed is of the essence, it will take considerable time and patience to build trusting relationships in the Pacific islands in order to compete against Beijing in the long run. To develop an ...

World Travel Awards (WTA) revealed its winners in the Oceania category last week, at a star-studded gala ceremony in Vietnam with Aitutaki bringing home a top Island Destination Award. Aitutaki beat ...

Crammed with mountains, glaciers, and penguins, this stark place can seem more like the Antarctic than Antarctica itself, say those who’ve been to both. The Anglo-Irish polar explorer Ernest ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has signed a new security deal with Oceania island country Vanuatu as part of an ongoing competition with China for influence in the Pacific. The new security pact ...

When dozens of Catholic bishops from Oceania gathered in Suva, Fiji, earlier this month, plans to hold a prayer service next to the ocean were derailed by stormy weather, offering a natural ...

India’s outreach to Pacific island states is the next step in its “Act East” strategy. Another annual Pacific Islands Forum (the 47th, in fact) passes unnoticed by the international community, with ...