More than 4000 Japanese soldiers perished when Chuuk Lagoon, known as "Truk" at the time, was bombarded by US forces at the ...

CANBERRA, Australia-- A South Pacific airline announced Monday that a passenger died when a plane crashed into a Pacific lagoon in Micronesia last week. Air Niugini had initially said all 47 ...

The Truk Atoll, now known as the Chuuk Lagoon, lies about 900 miles northeast of the main island of Papua New Guinea and ...

Citizens of Chuuk state will have an opportunity this week to learn more about a push to become an independent nation outside of the Federated States of Micronesia. The Chuuk Political Status ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A closely watched independence vote in the Pacific state of Chuuk, part of the U.S.-aligned Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), scheduled for next month has been postponed until ...

Marked by a history of delay, a vote in the Chuuk state on whether to seek independence from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has been scheduled for March 2020. Originally planned to coincide ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand-- Everybody survived a plane's crash landing in a Pacific lagoon Friday morning, with boats helping rescue more than 40 people from the half-submerged aircraft in the ...

It’s been a month since Typhoon Wutip charged through Micronesia and an outer island of Chuuk still is reeling from the storm. Houk is just 2 miles by 0.6 miles, with 500-plus residents. It’s 180 ...

Living on an island with a diverse community enables residents to share their recipes of different dishes. From neighboring island Chuuk, angarap, or tuna in English, is one of the main staples in ...

Air Niugini has confirmed that there was one fatality resulting from the undershoot accident involving a Boeing 737-800 that was attempting to land at Chuuk International airport on 28 September.

The Coast Guard and its partner agencies searched a combined 9,521 miles since Saturday and rescued Tuesday five adults and one child aboard a 19-foot vessel near Etal Atoll in Chuuk, Federated States ...