Kiribati

Over the next 30 years, the Pacific Island region will experience at least 6 inches of sea level rise, according to a recent study by NASA. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

"Project Banaba" takes visitors on a journey from the beginning of phosphate mining on Banaba Island in 1900 to resident protests for sovereignty after relocating 40 years later to Fiji. Banaba is roughly 2,700 miles southwest of Hawaiʻi and small enough to fit on Kahoʻolawe 20 times. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.

The United States is opening a new embassy in the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu. It's the U.S. government's latest move to boost its presence and counter China's influence in the Pacific. With the Pacific News Minute, HPR's Derrick Malama reports.

Last summer, a central Pacific nation refused to attend a gathering of regional leaders in Fiji due to several concerns. Now, Fiji’s new Prime Minister says he has repaired the damaged relationship with the country. With the Pacific News Minute, HPR’s Derrick Malama reports.

A country in the central Pacific is reopening its border to international visitors. It has been closed for more than two years due to the pandemic. With the Pacific News Minute, HPR’s Derrick Malama has more.

Vice President Kamala Harris says the United States will continue to pay more diplomatic attention to Pacific Island nations. Harris made the comment directly to regional leaders last week — giving a virtual address to the Pacific Islands Forum while China competes for more influence in the Indo-Pacific. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

Some recent developments in the South Pacific have focused on tensions involving the United States, China and Australia. But some former leaders of Pacific nations say that situation does not address the region’s most significant threat: climate change. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in this Pacific News Minute.

Earlier this month, the government of Kiribati finally released a long delayed report on the country’s worst maritime disaster, the sinking of an…

Last week, we reported that Solomon Islands had abandoned a 36-year diplomatic relationship with Taiwan to switch allegiance to Beijing. Now, Taiwan’s…

Shortly after a ferry disaster cost the lives of at least 80 people in Kiribati last January, the government appointed a commission of inquiry, but the…