American Samoa

StarKist, which runs a tuna cannery in American Samoa, says paying a fine of over $US50 million would jeopardize its continued viability.

Figures from the United States National Park Service show that visitors to the National Park of American Samoa created $US2.2 million in economic benefits last year.

American Samoa's Medicaid director says she's suspended critical health services in the territory because of a dire lack of funding.

The Department of Homeland Security in American Samoa is questioning people they believe may be involved in a scheme to move foreigners in and out of the territory using fake passports.

North Korea's UN ambassador has called on the United States to hand over a seized cargo ship being held in American Samoa.

People applying for government jobs in American Samoa could now be the subject to a drug test.

North Korea has asked the United Nations Secretary-General to deal with what it calls the "illegal" seizure of one of its cargo ships which is currently in American Samoa.

American Samoa government officials have been told that the North Korean cargo ship Wise Honest has a $US100 million insurance policy which would cover any mishap while the vessel is in the territory.

The parent company of Starkist Samoa, the main private sector employer in American Samoa, is again being sued in the United States.

The American Samoa Port Administration is charging the usual port fees on the seized North Korean cargo ship which arrived in Pago Pago last weekend.