The Chuuk islands — a seemingly idyllic spot in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Indonesia and north of Australia and Papua New Guinea — is one of the four states making up the Federated States ...

Below its emerald waters, these tropical islands in the heart of the Pacific conceal the world's biggest underwater graveyard.

was flying from Pohnpei to Chuuk, both in the Federated States of Micronesia, when it crashed in the Chuuk Lagoon near Chuuk International Airport, killing one person. Investigators said the plane ...

Piis Patch Reef on the Micronesian Island of Chuuk is shown in August 2018 following a coral bleaching event associated with El Niño, or the warming phase of sea temperatures.

Dr. Poyer has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Micronesia (working on the Marshall Islands, Pohnpei, Sapwuahfik, Truk [Chuuk], and Yap), in Madagascar, and on the Navajo Reservation. At the ...

The Chuuk islands — a seemingly idyllic spot in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Indonesia and north of Australia and Papua New Guinea — is one of the four states making up the Federated States of ...

After the war, Chuuk became a trust territory administered by the US under charter of the United Nations until the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) gained independence in 1979.