A white-sand beach on Upolu, Samoa—where monthly living costs can run as low as $1,018, a fraction of what many Americans spend on housing alone. It’s possible to enjoy the sea, nature, good weather, ...

The Field Museum in Chicago is helping to fill educational gaps by providing resources and trips to teachers to learn about ...

From eco-lodges to luxury resorts that specialize in locally sourced ingredients, this island nation is redefining ...

The Pacific Islands region in the Southwest Pacific has emerged as an area of keen interest to major powers, largely due to the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) expanding engagement in the region.

Sea levels are rising faster in the western tropical Pacific because of where the melting ice from western Antarctica heads, warmer waters, and ocean currents, UN officials said. Highlighting seas ...

This remote South Pacific island was home to one of the least necessary battles of World War II. But these days, Peleliu in the country of Palau is bringing in a new kind of tourist thanks to its role ...

This year’s Pacific Islands Forum marked the beginning of a more dangerous era as Pacific leaders tried to find common responses to both the climate crisis and sharpening geostrategic competition.

For much of India’s modern foreign policy, the Pacific Islands have not been a central strategic focus. Shifts in global trade, connectivity, and regional competition are now elevating the region’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — As leaders of ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is undergoing its most dramatic transformation since World War II, abandoning decades of land-based ...

Low-lying atolls in the Pacific Ocean have long been considered some of the most vulnerable areas to climate change, as rising sea levels threaten to submerge them. But over the past decade, ...

Pacific Island nations, like Tuvalu and Vanuatu, experience climate change every day. Warmer waters, coral bleaching, flooding, erosion, and changing weather patterns are changing their way of life.