Tonga is an island country in the South Pacific with ... Tonga was first inhabited about 3,000 years ago by Austronesian but has since largely remained an independent and sovereign nation within ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - We start our new series with Hawaii’s little-known connection to Taiwan, an island in East Asia ..

"Taiwan and the Marshall Islands share a traditional Austronesian culture as well as the values of freedom and democracy," Lai told Heine, speaking through an interpreter. Lai's first overseas ...

In 1862, Japan took control and called the islands Ogasawara. Ethnic Japanese joined the melting pot, and European and Austronesian languages resulted in a Creole English called Bonin English that ...

The small island, 90 kilometers off Taiwan’s southeast coast, is home to approximately 4,700 ethnic Austronesian Tao or Yami people, and has in recent years become a popular holiday destination ...