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

The Cook Islands has announced five-year agreement with China for the exploration of seabed minerals. New Zealand has urged ...

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

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

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

China will be able to establish a “significant strategic presence” in the Pacific following its new agreement with the Cook ...

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 ...

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 ...

The island's Seabed Minerals Authority says it has held "high-level" discussions with several institutes to advance ...

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

President Trump seems more likely to support deep-sea mineral extraction than President Biden did. But do we need those ocean ...

The Cook Islands has announced a controversial deal with China focusing on seabed mineral cooperation, stirring tensions with ...