Stories by Giff Johnson

Bikini Islanders have filed a lawsuit in the United States against Arden Trust Company seeking aid from a US court for the return of tens of millions of dollars.

The Micronesian Games kicked off in Majuro with a gala celebration that featured sports delegations from 10 islands within the Micronesian region.

Twenty-two fishermen were rescued minutes before their vessel sank in the waters of the South Pacific.

Marshallese deported from the US have been convicted of a murder, a knife assault, and rape, while two additional assaults that occurred last month are under investigation.

Analysis - The Compact is expected to be endorsed by early next month following the parliament review. But the US nuclear test legacy remains an open question as to how it will play out.

The over five-month log-jam blocking US Congress approval of the Compacts of Free Association for the three North Pacific nations in Micronesia could end in the next few days.

Powerful waves, driven by offshore storm surges, hit an important US military installation in the Marshall Islands.

Marshall Islands officials quickly moved this week to reaffirm this nation's ties with Taipei in the wake of Nauru shifting diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China.

A state of emergency has been declared for the people of Kili Island due to a shortage of food and fuel - but help is on its way.

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine is expected to declare two states of emergency at the first Cabinet meetings later this week.

The national election results for the Marshall Islands were declared final on December 27 by Chief Electoral Officer Ben Kiluwe.

The Marshall Islands national election results show the current parliamentary opposition to be in the driver's seat to form a new government when the body meets for the first time in early January.

The US issued a travel ban against two members of the Marshall Islands parliament for corruption, the first-time elected leaders in this US-aligned western Pacific nation have been publicly sanctioned…

Pacific Islands Forum secretary general is encouraging the dozens of Pacific representatives at COP28 to remain optimistic that a good result is achievable from the two-week summit.

The Marshall Islands domestic election result shows that as many as one-third of all members of parliament are likely to change when the body is sworn in during early January.

Marshall Islanders go to the polls on 20 November, following what may have been the quietest election campaign in the 44-years of constitutional government.

Despite telling the Marshall islands there is no money for nuclear test compensation, Washington is helping people in Guam affected by the nuclear legacy.

The Marshall Islands fisheries authority has received an international award recognising its work to prevent illegal fishing.

Analysis - The Marshall Islands has finally signed off on its US Compact ending a seven-month holdout on the security and funding agreement with Washington.

The Marshall Islands is only the second country in the world to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of "clean water for all."

The United States Congress is demanding answers from the Interior Department about the status of a $US70 million trust fund for Bikini islanders displaced by American nuclear weapons testing.

Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for influence in the region have agreed 20-year extensions of funding arrangements.

The Marshall Islands is making use of a "maritime domain awareness platform" developed by a New Zealand company to identify suspected illegal fishing activity in the western Pacific.

The Marshall Islands government has been forced into making alternative air delivery options for everything from mail and medicines to fresh tuna and equipment for essential public services.

The European Union has placed the Marshall Islands on its tax haven blacklist, surprising government officials in Majuro.