Tag: Marshall Islands
Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated UN, bribed politicians to build Pacific dream city
By Aubrey Belford, Kevin G. Hall and Martin Young
A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into a future...
Congressmen angry that Bikini islanders’ nuclear trust fund may have been ‘squandered’
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Following widespread media coverage of the collapse of what was a more than US$70 million trust fund for Bikini islanders...
US envoy persuades two of three north Pacific nations to sign defence deals
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for influence in the region have agreed...
Activists call for US apology, ‘justice’ over Marshall Islands nuclear tests
By Susana Suisuiki
More than 100 activist groups, including Greenpeace, Veterans for Peace, and the Arms Control Association have signed a letter calling on US...
French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’
By Matthew Scott, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre
The day began with a video, showing a disparate collection of arresting images -- the drowned...
Eyes Of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior, 2015 (30th anniversary edition)
By David Robie
On 10 July 1985, French secret agents bombed the Greenpeace campaign flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand. Portuguese-born Dutch...