The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...

Chinese coastguard vessels began patrols of the contested waters off the Diaoyu Islands on Wednesday, a day after Beijing ...

China acknowledged a visit by the Cook Islands leader for the first time on Thursday, amid exasperation in New Zealand that ...

Australia accused a Chinese fighter jet of popping its flares close to one of its military aircraft above the South China Sea ...

Coastguard patrols come amid signs of a thaw in Japan ties following disputes over buoys, seafood import bans.

The Japanese broadcaster was criticised for using AI-generated subtitles that referred to disputed islands as Diaoyu Islands ...

New Zealand has accused the Cook Islands government of a lack of transparency over its plans to strike a partnership deal ...

China and Brunei have pledged to work together on oil and gas exploration in the Sea, though a Chinese analyst noted that ...

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

China is insisting that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire ...

South Korean spy satellites recently detected a telltale sign of Chinese expansionism in the Yellow Sea: a new structure.

China and Japan accused each other of maritime incursions after a confrontation between their coast guards in waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea. China's coast guard said on ...