Taiwan Navy Ships Visit
March, 2016: Three Taiwan Navy vessels will be in Majuro from March 23 to 25 as they voyage from their home port to Central America. Known as the ROC Naval Goodwill Squadron, the ships are the flagship Pan-Shi and two frigates, the Kung-Din and the Cheng-Ho. They have on board 730 officers, midshipmen, and sailors. Read More
Translate this Site
I have just added a Google Translation plugin to the Marshall Islands Guide. If you would like to read it in another language, click on the ‘Translate this Site’ dropdown menu on the left hand side of any page or post (under the clock) and select a language. Sadly, the list does not include Marshallese… Read More
Dan Zak on the Nuclear Era
So we (the U.S.) tested 67 nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands from 1946-1958. If you take the explosive yield and spread it out evenly, the equivalent would be like setting off one and a half Hiroshima bombs every day for twelve years. In the above video, Washington Post reporter Dan Zak, who visited the Read More
World’s largest shark sanctuary
In 2011, the Marshall Islands became home to the world’s largest shark sanctuary. The RMI waters cover 768,547 square miles — nearly four times the landmass of California — in which commercial fishing of all sharks is prohibited. And not only is it the biggest, but a year after implentation later, its shark protections are Read More
