Once the Imperial Japanese Navy’s largest base in the central Pacific, the Chuuk islands are now an untouched wonderland ripe ...

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 ...

At the bottom of its crystal clear waters, Chuuk Lagoon hides the remains of a dark past. Looking at the white sand, palm trees and turquoise waters of these islands, it is hard to imagine that ...

Rumblings over Chuuk independence have been ongoing for many years, with the Chuuk Political Status Commission created in 2012 to examine the issue. Both Asor and Meippen have served on it.