Micronesia

Reporter Anna Boiko-Weyrauch has the story of how Micronesians came to Missouri, and how their journey sharply contrasts with the legal struggles faced by other immigrants.

The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports on the murder of a young American missionary on the Pacific island of Yap. Many Yapese and those who worked with the missionary are still recovering.

For centuries the islanders of Yap were renowned in the Pacific for their navigational skills. Recently, there’s been a resurgence of interest among young Yapese in learning this ancient skill. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad went sailing with some of them.

On the Pacific Island of Yap, you can’t exactly keep change in your pocket when dealing in the local currency. It’s stone and up to twelve feet across. Its origins go back millennia. The money is still used. From PRI’s The World.