The Chuuk islands — a seemingly idyllic spot in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Indonesia and north of Australia and Papua New Guinea — is one of the four states making up the Federated States of ...
REMOTE and hard to get to, this tiny island in the Pacific is home to the world’s largest graveyard of ships. Here are its ghostly remains. Home to the world’s largest graveyard of ships, the ghostly ...
The National Weather Service issued a supplemental outlook Friday afternoon on a tropical disturbance meandering through ...
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 ...
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 ...
Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. In February 1944, reeling from the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the ...
Whenever Hatayama Takashi wants to get a haircut or to pick up something from the store, it is a major undertaking. He must hike about 9 kilometers along deeply rutted roads that skirt the edge of the ...
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 ...
The US' new and seemingly erratic foreign policy has sent out waves across the Pacific Ocean — to the Chuuk islands in Micronesia, where local independence campaigners say it's time to start as a new ...