Asor has spent decades campaigning for Chuuk islands to separate from Micronesia and become an independent state, though he admits that the population is still very much divided on the issue.

The Chuuk islands — a seemingly idyllic spot in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Indonesia and north of Australia and Papua New Guinea — is one of the four states making up the Federated States of ...

After the war, Chuuk became a trust territory administered by the US under charter of the United Nations until the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) gained independence in 1979.