Marshall Islands
Marshalls parliament praises Army commander for Covid action
Marshall Islands parliament recognises US commander for supporting the goverment's Covid-19 response.
Lone Pacific voice calls for urgent climate action
The Marshall Islands has issued a plea for help and a call to action at the US Leaders Summit on Climate Change.
Climate-affected Marshall Islands don't intend to relocate
The Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Casten Nemra says his country's people have no intention of relocating due to sealevel rise.
Pacific plan on how to decarbonise global shipping by 2050
Opinion - Pacific Islands countries can't survive without the shipping industry, and yet cannot survive with the contributions it makes to climate change, writes Albon Ishoda.
Marshall Islands, NZ summoned for Biden's climate summit
The Marshall Islands and New Zealand have been given front-row seats at today's US Leaders Summit on Climate Change. Audio
Marshalls monitors group given Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The Marshall Islands has halted usage of the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine following a directive from the US Centers for Disease Control.
Three quarters of urban Marshall Islanders get first Covid jab
Nearly 75 percent of adults in the Marshall Islands' main towns have received their first dose of the vaccine to protect against Covid-19.
Most elderly Marshallese in Arkansas now vaccinated
A co-ordinator for the Marshallese community in the US state of Arkansas says they are delighted with the level of take up of Covid-19 vaccines there.
Taiwan fund for Marshallese women set to finally launch
A one million dollar loan fund to stimulate participation of Marshallese women in business may finally see the light of day in the coming months.
Marshalls increases repatriation numbers, readies vaccine
The Marshall Islands has dramatically increased the number of citizens being repatriated, while reducing mandatory quarantine requirements.
Marshall and Solomons urge carbon tax for shipping industry
The Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands are calling for higher levies on Greenhouse Gas emissions by the shipping industry.
Marshall Islands leading the region with vaccinating its people
A year on from Covid-19's arrival in the Pacific, the Marshall Islands is leading the region in having its people vaccinated. Audio
What next for Pacific regionalism?
The man at the centre of Micronesia's departure from the Pacific Islands Forum says leaving puts them in good stead to help re-shape the regional body. Audio
Marshalls leads Pacific's Covid-19 vax charge
The Marshall Islands is leading the Pacific's Covid-19 vaccine charge and is expected to have its adult population inoculated by end-June. Audio
Marshalls follows Palau, FSM in initiating Forum withdrawal
The Marshall Islands has launched the process for officially ending its membership in the Pacific Islands Forum.
Marshalls drops Pacific regional Covid vaccine program
The Marshall Islands has pulled out of a Pacific regional Covid vaccine program because a steady stream of vaccines from the US government.
Marshall Islands opposition member calls to leave Forum
The Marshall Islands must withdraw from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to maintain its integrity, according to senior opposition MP David Paul.
Marshalls MPs call for re-evaluating, not dropping, ties to Forum
MPs in the Marshall Islands parliament have called for re-evaluating, but not dropping, ties to the Pacific Islands Forum amid a growing split at the regional body.
Australia, Japan fund law enforcement in Marshall Islands
The governments of Australia and Japan are funding two major law enforcement developments in the Marshall Islands.
EU backs fisheries 'value chain' initiative in Marshall Islands
A fisheries initiative has been launched in the Marshall Islands that aims to identify how the western Pacific nation can expand its involvement in the "value chain" of the tuna fishery.