Yasinta Moiwend's family says the 64-year-old's sudden journey to Jakarta eleven days ago from her home in South Papua was suspicious, and that they have since lost contact with her.

The probe comes amid ongoing investigations into the death of another man in military custody.

Pacific leaders are attending a two-day Island States Ocean Summit in Tokyo this week and are calling for greater access to finance and technology to better manage their oceans.

The Environment Ministry knocked back an EIA by the would-be developers of the controversial multi-million-dollar waste-to-energy and private port project in Fiji's tourism hotspot.

The Pacific Business Brief tracks the capital, trade and trends shaping the regional economy.

With just a week to go before the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off, local football fanatics showed their support for their favourite teams at a parade in the capital on Friday.

A Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands senator is pushing for the US territory to study whether advanced nuclear energy could help reduce its dependence on imported fuel.

A round-up of news from around the region, including Vanuatu recruiting another 100 nurses from Solomon Islands as it tries to address a major shortage of health workers.

Sawong Kevin has finally flown home, six months after complex separation surgery in Australia which almost took his life.

Bougainville's leadership has hit back at a Papua New Guinea MP's attack on it during debate about the autonomous PNG region's political future.

The new Solomon Islands prime minister, Matthew Wale, says he wants to "reset" the relationship with Australia.

Visitos arrivals plunged by 72 percent in April, as flight disruptions and storm damage compounded the US territory's ongoing struggle to recover from the covid pandemic.

A round-up of news from around the region, including bank accounts of three more people in Samoa have been frozen as police investigate a gang-related murder in Vietnam.

Miracle Faiilagi has been named in the Samoa men's XVs squad to prepare for the World Rugby Nations Cup in Chile and Uruguay next month.

However, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson told RNZ Pacific that the $162m underspend from the 2024-2025 fiscal year has been carried forward to this year.

Israel has "blessed" Fiji by opening its permanent diplomatic base in Suva and its alleged human rights violations in Gaza are "none of our business", the Fijian prime minister said on Tuesday.

The Rugby Players Association is optimistic the Moana Pasifika team can be saved, but there needs to be a resolution in coming weeks.