A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

The public quarrel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — is ...

Many Pacific nations have forged closer ties with Beijing in recent years. In 2019, pro-China President Maamau oversaw Kiribati’s switch in diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China, one of several ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Wednesday his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook Islands ...

No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

Kiribati also severed ties with pro-West Taiwan the same year as a growing number of Pacific island nations gravitate towards Beijing. Why are the Cook Islands and other Pacific islands ...

Some pacts — including those Beijing signed with Solomon Islands and Kiribati — have never been publicly shared. “The reason that this one has been public I think is for the optics of the ...

it likely does not need a new bespoke space tracking station in Kiribati. However, China has begun work on a potential military facility in the country. Beijing has announced plans to renovate a ...

Tensions have risen since Kiribati aligned itself with China in 2019 and signed a series of bilateral deals with Beijing. The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 — and its near neighbor ...