Pacific Rim leaders are preparing for their annual economic summit - a meeting sure to be dominated by the need for action to deal with the global financial crisis. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson looks ahead to this year's APEC forum in...
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 08 October 2007 The Asian Development Bank says Asia and the Pacific are behind in meeting certain parts the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. A new report by the ADB and the U.N. Development Program says progre...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 12 September 2007 The World Health Organization says the threat of avian flu is as serious as ever. Members of the WHO's western Pacific region are in South Korea to discuss ways to combat bird flu. VOA's Kurt Achin is at the meet...
Welcome to East Timor, one of the world's newest countries, and for the intrepid few, an emerging tourism destination with unspoiled natural beauty. And I just booked two weeks' holiday here. I went for three or four dives and I think it took us 36 h...
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 27 June 2007 A top U.S. military commander says the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah is a real threat in Southeast Asia, and the United States is moving to speed up arms deliveries to the Philippines to help it in the fight...
By Luis Ramirez Hanoi 15 November 2006 Cabinet members from across the Asia-Pacific region are looking for ways to re-start stalled world trade negotiations. The ministers started their meetings in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, on Wednesday, in pre...
By Al Pessin Siem Reap, Cambodia 17 July 2006 The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific is visiting Cambodia on a get-to-know-you mission, designed to find out what the U.S. military can do to help the country rebuild its armed forces. ----------...
By Al Pessin Hanoi, Vietnam 13 July 2006 The commander of all U.S. forces in the Pacific says he wants to expand his understanding of the situation in Vietnam, and to get to know the country's new leaders, during a visit that started today. --------...
By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 17 May 2006 The Pacific Tsunami Warning System has been tested for the first time with a two-phase, region-wide drill, sending alerts about imaginary earthquakes and tsunami...
Dive the South Pacific 3 Romantic Moorea For visitors interested in more than just diving, Moorea, an island 12 miles west of Tahiti, abounds with sun-drenched tropical palms, mouthwatering island foo...