By Pitamber Kaushik Between the end of the Second World War and 1958, Marshall Islands’ atolls were the United States’ go-to nuclear testing field. The first-ever test called Able was conducted in 1946 on Bikini Atoll, in which the bomb was dropped from a B-29 Superfortress and detonated mid-air, a mere 158 m above the […]
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What journalism has shown me
As I sit anxiously in front of this computer and dread about every word, I can’t help but be in love with the power of words. Words can create images, settings, people and so much more. It can bring you into the future or back to the past. I have been working for Island Times […]
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EEZ vs Territorial water
What is EEZ – Exclusive Economic Zone? It is international water, not territorial water. Territorial water is only 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state, while EEZ is set at 200 nautical miles. So what is the right and obligation of a coastal state for its EEZ? Recently I found that President […]
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Go Fish! – But, please, do so legally
APIA, 05 JUNE 2019 (FAO PACIFIC)—Pacific Islanders love fish and both demand and consumption of fish is on the rise. On the one hand that’s good, because fish is high in protein and low in fat and that helps to feed a hungry world while providing livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people across the […]
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Darkness of Palau
The internet has provided us with easy access to information on the dark side of island society. Although still shocked, I vividly remember that It was on the boat from Koror to Peleliu more than 10 years ago when Hon Kuniwo Nakamura told me that most children of Peleliu had experienced marijuana. I was once […]
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Assessment of the Second World War and its repercussions on the Pacific Islands
Representational Image The world has witnessed drastic effects of two world wars, and every time there are tensions escalating between two nations it is alarming for other nations as it could lead to a third world war. The Pacific Ocean has been the area of Japanese aggression in Second World War and counter attack by […]