This is the latest example of China looking to expand its position in the South ... the Pacific Islands Forum — an intergovernmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation and integration among ...

Ceremonies, including the raising of the participating countries’ flags, will be held in the ... For example, Tonga, an island nation in the South Pacific with a population of about 100,000 ...

saying China's actions made deterrence necessary in the South China Sea. Monday's images taken by Maxar Technologies show two aircraft east of Scarborough Shoal, which China calls "Huangyan Dao".

South Korea’s Defense Ministry had said the training was meant to show the two countries’ combined deterrence capability against North Korea’s advancing nuclear program. The U.S. and South ...

He had been paddling since dawn along the south shore of Molokaʻi ... Yet despite this cultural tie to the ocean, some Pacific countries like Nauru and the Cook Islands are at the forefront ...

The Charles de Gaulle docked on Friday at Subic Bay, a former U.S. Naval base northwest of Manila, for a break after more than two months of deployment in the Indo-Pacific. The French carrier ...

Here's how this South Pacific nation is preserving their paradise for ... Attend a cultural tour or show and embrace the traditions, customs and lifestyle. 2. Take shorter showers to save the ...

Police officers were seen using tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannons against the protestors, who were waving Turkish flags and ... for the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu.

The Finnish footprint in the Indo-Pacific amounts to closer ties with NATO allies like Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia and also with other countries like India that believe in the ...

His visit comes as Beijing has been showing increasing assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea and President ... our shared devotion to the nation, and to duty and our shared reverence ...