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People attend a rally organized by the Christian group Save Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, March 8, 2025. REUTERS SEOUL (Reuters) — When South Korea’s Constitutional Court rules on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, expected in coming days, few will be watching more closely — or be w…

The Department of Public Health and Social Services is shown in Hagåtña on Sept. 9, 2024. Photo by Jonah Benavente/The Guam Daily Post HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Congressional Democrats are warning that Medicaid, a federal program that provides health coverage to millions of low-income America…

The traditional canoe that was rebuilt for Yap Day 2025. Sampling local cuisine during Yap Day 2025 celebrations. (Yap Visitors Bureau) — The recently concluded Yap Day Festival, one of the largest and most significant cultural events in Micronesia, has been declared another resounding success. The…

HAGÅTÑA (Benar News/Pacnews) — Debate on Guam’s future as a U.S. territory has intensified with its legislature due to vote on a non-binding resolution to become a U.S. state amid mounting Pacific geostrategic tensions and expansionist declarations by the Trump administration. Located closer to Bei…

PAGO PAGO (Samoa News/Pacnews) —  The StarKist Company CEO and president, Eunhong Edward Min, paid a courtesy visit to American Samoa Governor Nikolao Pulaali’i Pula early this month. During their discussions, Pulaali’i expressed his gratitude to  Min and the StarKist Company for their long-standin…

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen on a screen in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court with his lawyer Salvador Medialdea seated left, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, March 14, 2025. REUTERS THE HAGUE (Reuters) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was ̶…

MAJURO — The late Member of Parliament Jeton Anjain and the people of the nuclear test-affected Rongelap Atoll changed the course of the history of the Marshall Islands by using Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship to evacuate their radioactive home islands forty years ago. They did this by taki…

Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero delivers her State of the Island Address Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at the Guam Congress Building in Hagåtña. HAGÅTÑA (Pacific Island Times/Pacnews) — “Guam is good but it will be better,” Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero said Wednesday amid challenges facing the island in th…

Donald Trump CANTERBURY (Pacific Media Network/Pacnews) — A Pacific academic provides insights into the changing dynamics in the region as Samoa grapples with political instability and the Cook Islands’ recent engagement with China sparks widespread controversy.  In an interview on Pacific Mornings…

Chris Barnett HAGÅTÑA (Pacific Island Times/Pacnews) — While Guam is at risk of losing millions in federal funding under the proposed new supplemental appropriations, the territory’s delegate to the U.S Congress seems asleep at the wheel, Guam Democratic Sen. Chris Barnett said. “Who is fighting fo…