The Cook Islands said Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the ...

The Cook Islands said on Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching ...

The Cook Islands has announced five-year agreement with China for the exploration of seabed minerals. New Zealand has urged the self-governing nation to keep to its "free association" relationship ...

The Cook Islands said it has formalized cooperation pacts with China, including an action plan for a comprehensive strategic ...

More than a dozen civil society groups are calling on Pacific governments to completely ban deep seabed mining (DSM) as regional leaders meet in Suva for a high-level meeting on deep-sea minerals on ...

Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this ...

While visiting China last week, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown signed a comprehensive strategic partnership (CSP), while the country's Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) met with Chinese ...

It is no secret that the mass production of cars, telephones, computers and other household goods has led to the accelerated ...

China will be able to establish a "significant strategic presence" in the Pacific following its new agreement with the Cook Islands, a security studies professor says. The Cook Islands has signed a ...

The South Pacific country of Cook Islands has unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation after the pact ...