Palau’s Jellyfish Lake is home to a rare, endangered species of non-stinging jellyfish. The journey to get there is long but ...

The Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to take in 17 Chinese Muslims held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the country's ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. Details ...

The capital of Palau was built to modernize the country and create a central hub for governance. But with no residential development and limited infrastructure, it never grew beyond a government ...

On January 29, 2026, Japan International Cooperation Agency tourism expert ONODERA Mika met Japan’s Ambassador KASAHARA Kenichi in Palau to discuss advancing sustainable tourism. Talks highlighted ...

A plan to resettle third-country nationals from the US to the Pacific nation faces an uncertain future amid unease over the deal A controversial Trump administration deal to relocate deportees from ...

The Government of the Republic of Palau has contracted Palau Ship Registry to operate the nation’s official shipping registry under a new governance framework. The appointment follows a period during ...

In December 2025, a claim spread online that the island nation of Palau signed a $7.5 million agreement with the U.S. government to accept up to 75 non-criminal deportees. Users shared the claim on ...

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure and Industries (MPII) reaffirmed that the Palau Open Ship Registry continues to operate normally under the authority of the Government of the Republic of Palau, ...

Palau, a small archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, signed a memo of understanding with the Trump administration to take up to 75 “third-country nationals,” in exchange for $7.5 million in ...

Surrounded by dense jungle and rolling hills on the picturesque island in the Pacific Ocean lies a capital city unlike any other in the world. Ngerulmud stands as the capital of the Micronesian island ...

When, as a young journalist, Bernadette H. Carreon took a reporting job at a newspaper in the small Pacific island nation of Palau; she didn’t know it would become her home — and reporting beat — for ...