Late last month, the island of Chuuk — one of four main islands comprising the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and also home to nearly half the country’s population — postponed a referendum vote ...

POHNPEI STATE, Micronesia – I’m panicked and soaked as smiling locals fish me out of the bay on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia. “Trip of a lifetime,” I sarcastically thought as we made our way ...

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 ...

After responding and rendering aid to the passengers and crew of Air Niugini flight PX56 following its crash landing in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Sept. 28, Sailors from Underwater ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In Chuuk State, in the Federated States of Micronesia, Christianity and its music have been primary aspects of everyday experience for over a ...

The Akoyikoyi student body grades 4-8 pose for a photo. Ava and Lawson Duce both teach at the school. (Photo courtesy of Ava Duce) When Lawson Duce returned from his mission in Micronesia in March ...

For about eight years, Kyle Ahlstrom had been content working for Home Depot Corporate in Utah. “My life was a little stagnant, and I hadn’t grown at all,” he said. All that was about to change. He ...

(WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — All 47 passengers and crew survived a plane’s crash landing in a Pacific lagoon Friday morning, wading through waist-deep water to the emergency exits and escaping on local ...

The remnants of World War II echo deep throughout the Pacific, and that’s no truer than in Chuuk Lagoon, where dozens of Japanese military ships have met their watery graves. Nearly 7,000 tons of ...

It’s been a month since Typhoon Wutip charged through Micronesia and an outer island of Chuuk still is reeling from the storm. Houk is just 2 miles by 0.6 miles, with 500-plus residents. It’s 180 ...

Dozens of airline passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday after their plane missed a runway and landed in a sea lagoon on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The Air ...