The shipwrecks of Japanese warships have been beneath the waters of the remote Pacific atoll for around 80 years now, ...

After 80 years at the bottom of a remote Pacific lagoon, a sunken Japanese warship has begun to spill its toxic cargo into ...

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 ...

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 Federated States of Micronesia's biggest tourism asset has become one of its largest threats, with as much as 22 million litres of oil from World War II shipwrecks slowly leaking into the ocean.

Four people were seriously injured after a flight from Pohnpei crashed into a lagoon while attempting to land at the airport in Weno, Chuuk, Friday morning, according to officials and witnesses. The ...

There is an independence push that could see the break-up of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the North Pacific. The move, which claims more than 50 per cent support to end 30 years of ...

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — A typhoon killed at least five people on a western Pacific Ocean island ahead of strong winds that are expected to bear down on a neighboring island in Micronesia on Wednesday ...

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 ...

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 ...

Late last month, the island of Chuuk — one of four main islands comprising the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and also home to nearly half the country’s population — postponed a referendum vote ...