A new report from Kuoni ranked Port Olry Beach in Vanuatu as the most “paradise-like” beach in the world, based on traveler ...

A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to dredge the tropical waters for industrial deep-sea mining. Fringed by sparkling ...

A Chinese research vessel docked in the Cook Islands Saturday as it probed the Pacific nation's deep-sea mining potential, a ...

The 4,000-tonne Chinese marine research vessel Da Yang Hao, one of the most advanced in China, docked at the Avatiu port near ...

Increasing economic ties between the Cook Islands and China represent a pivotal shift in regional geopolitics with implications for Australia and New Zealand’s influence in the South Pacific — a ...

Gland, Switzerland – WWF commends the Cook Islands South Pacific Albacore Longline Fishery, primarily fished by Chinese1 companies, for becoming the first tuna fishery in the Cook Islands to achieve ...

BEIJING — China insisted on Monday that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire against anyone in the South Pacific, despite the trip stirring ...

Planning a trip to the South Pacific can be both exhilarating and overwhelming at the same time. The islands in this destination are some of the most beautiful and remote places on earth. You start to ...

AVARUA, Cook Islands — Combating Japan’s effort to resume commercial whaling in the South Seas, island nations and territories across the South Pacific have begun creating a patchwork of whale ...

A Chinese research vessel docked in the Cook Islands Saturday as it probed the Pacific nation's deep-sea mining potential, a ...