Pacific

The U.S. and allies stage REFORPAC 2025, the largest Pacific air exercise to date, testing military readiness amid rising geopolitical tensions.

A new government report finds the Pentagon lacks key strategies to support Guam's growing missile defense system.

Marine biologist Dr. Peter Houk joins KPRG's Naina Rao to share discoveries from the National Geographic Pristine Seas expedition across Micronesia's waters.

At UOG's 16th annual Center for Island Sustainability conference, President Hilda Heine outlines bold plans to elevate land and protect atoll nations from rising sea levels.

Guam and CNMI are from the same Marianas Archipelago but have distinctively different ties with the U.S. KPRG's Bryan Manabat explores their history.

How will the Cook Islands' new China deal impact Pacific diplomacy? KPRG’s Naina Rao talks to analyst Geoffrey Miller about the tensions with New Zealand.

US Air Force deploys four B-1 Bombers to Guam for its first Bomber Task Force mission of 2025.

India’s Minister of State for External Affairs recently concluded a week-long diplomatic tour across the Pacific aimed at strengthening ties with nations in the region.

A tiny island nation in the Pacific is struggling to recover after a powerful earthquake killed at least nine people and injured hundreds. Communications in Vanuatu aren’t fully restored, power remains unstable, and essential services are overwhelmed.

The Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands (HANMI) projects low hotel occupancy for the remaining months of the year.