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Vanuatu’s prime minister has visited a Chinese company to look at surveillance technology used to enhance policing and reduce criminal activity. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands has requested assistance from his Australian counterpart to expand the Solomon Islands' police force by adding over a thousand officers. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

Today is the first day of summer — prime time for travel. Hawaiʻi's hospitality industry is hoping for a seasonal boost, and so are major tourism destinations across the Asia Pacific. But there are some challenges ahead. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

Indigenous people of Taiwan may not be considered Pacific Islanders, but they’re participating in this year’s Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture because of their proximity to other Pacific Island groups and their strong diplomatic relationship with Palau. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has the story.

As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Alexander Yuk Ching Ma has pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to gather or deliver national defense information to a foreign government.

One of the year’s biggest military exercises in the Indo-Pacific is coming to a close. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in this Asia Minute.

China’s president is on the road this week, visiting Europe for the first time in five years. A different kind of travel is also making news in China. HPR's Bill Dorman has more on that in today's Asia Minute.

Defense chiefs from Australia, Japan, the Philippines and the United States have vowed to deepen their cooperation as they gather in Hawaiʻi for their second-ever joint meeting amid concerns about China’s operations in the South China Sea.

The prime minister of the Solomon Islands says he still has power over security in the Pacific Island nation. There was no clear winner in the country’s recent election, but he’s meeting with opposition parties and trying to form a new government. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

Tourism is hitting another record this spring — not in Hawaiʻi — but on the other side of the Pacific. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.