Inaugural Korea-Pacific Islands Summit comes amid Seoul’s concerns over China’s growing influence in Indo-Pacific.

Inaugural Korea-Pacific Islands Summit comes amid Seoul’s concerns over China’s growing influence in Indo-Pacific.
Deal is likely to be a blow to China, which has made a concerted effort to increase its influence in Micronesia.
China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen was first elected president of the self-ruled island in 2016.
Partnership deal signed by 14 nations follows historic summit at the White House and comes as China extends influence.
The US is looking to reengage in a region where China has been steadily expanding its influence.
Key summit comes as region grapples with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and US-China rivalry.
One of the world’s smallest nations hopes to launch the first government-backed national stablecoin in 2022.
China-Taiwan fistfight in Fiji raises concerns that broader US-China rivalry could destabilise the Pacific.
Tourism-reliant Pacific island nations worried about economic impact of pandemic.
People in the island nations have some of world’s highest rates of diabetes and obesity, and health systems are weak.
Seventy-five years on, Japan is still battling to find remains of its soldiers killed in battle on remote Pacific island.
Corals of Palau in the western Pacific are proving to be resilient to heat and acidity, as more reefs around the globe die from effects of climate change.
How climate change is affecting a world heritage site in the western Pacific.
We travel to the island nation of Palau to explore the impact of rising seas and warming waters due to climate change.