History

The play comes as this year marks 40 years since the People Power Revolution ousted former President Ferdinand Marcos from office in the Philippines.

HPR talks to Kristine Altwies about the challenges international adoptees may face, as citizenship questions arise.

Kelly McKeague, retired Air Force major general and director of the DPAA, talks about a new mission to recover and identify U.S. soldiers from a sunken Japanese ship in the Philippines.

Kristine Altwies, former head of Hawaiʻi's lead international adoption agency, shares concerns about protections for adoptees without U.S. citizenship; Maj. Gen. Kelly K. McKeague discusses efforts to retrieve a sunken Japanese ship that carried hundreds of American prisoners of war

Adopted after "Operation Babylift," Devaki Murch and Steven George spoke with HPR about being adopted by American families.

Hawaiʻi Chief Energy Officer Mark Glick discusses what oil supply disruptions due to the Iran war mean for Hawaiʻi; Devaki Murch and Steven George share their experiences as Vietnamese children brought to the United States for adoption as part of Operation Babylift

Halekulani Art Gallery has been home to “Nanea i ka Hulu” for the past month. Enoka Phillips, 24, is the hand behind all the artistry.

HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on the challenges facing business owners in Lahaina; Kapena Baptista talks about his win at the Ka Makou Kōnane Invitational Tournament, held earlier this month

50 years ago today, the executive order that forcibly removed thousands of Japanese Americans from their homes and send them to incarceration camps during WWII was formally repealed. The Conversation is rebroadcasting interviews that discuss the experience of Japanese Americans on the continent and here in Hawaiʻi during internment.

A family-owned mochi shop in Honolulu has been gearing up for Lunar New Year festivities, where it's common to swap sweet treats with family. HPR recently took a trip to Fujiya Hawaiʻi, which has been in business since 1953.