VANUATU NEWS: Following Western Pacific earthquake, Vanuatu threatened by volcanic eruption

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/thousands-flee-vanuatu-volcano-verges-eruption-170926154316896.html

Possibly the two things are related, as pressures are transmitted along the Ring of Fire.

NEWS: Earthquake predictions for the western Pacific

NEWS: Will there be war in the Pacific, again?

One interpretation of North Korea's seemingly irrational belligerence is that Russia and China are behind it and the prize is control of the Pacific:

"To allow DPRK to get away with this provocation means we lose the Pacific and China will see this as a green light to run amok and seize whatever they want and intimidate the rest."

Read more here:

http://japan-forward.com/war-on-the-horizon-is-the-us-ready-to-meet-its-commitments/

The author, Michael Yon, has previously suggested that the renewed interest in abuse of women during the Japanese occupation of China in WWII is propaganda intended to mould public sentiment in advance of aggressive action by the Middle Kingdom:

https://japan-forward.com/the-hate-farm-china-is-planting-a-bitter-harvest/

AUSTRALIA: Bloody terrible: modern killings of Australian Aboriginals

Brutality in the USA, maybe; but Australia?

See the article on John Pilger's site here:

http://johnpilger.com/articles/the-killing-fields-of-australia-a-matter-of-routine

AUSTRALIA: Could humanoids have been in Australia before Europe?

New archaeological research in Madjedbebe in northern Australia's Arnhem Land suggests it's possible humans could have reached there 20,000 years before they came to Europe:

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/reimagining-history-human-migration-65000-year-old-find

TONGA: A love song

A heartbreaking Tongan love song, recorded by David Fanshawe in 1978:



https://www.amazon.co.uk/Explorer-South-Pacific-Island-Music/dp/B00007M57H

CULTURE: Fabulous - Cook Islands Day 2016