MIECO Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

A brief restaurant history

By Journal on May 30, 2025 Ajidrik's Restaurant, Bilimon's, Clara's in Jenrok, Kitco, Majuro, Majuro Hut, Marshall Islands Yacht Club, MIECO, Sun Hotel, Won Hai Shien Back In The Day

Journal 6/1/1982 P1 Compact signed!Compact of Free Association between the Marshall Islnds and the United States was signed Sunday 29 May (Majuro date), according to a front page story in the Honolulu Advertiser. Acting President Tom Kijiner confirmed the signing but had no details due to bad communication. The newspaper said the “historic agreement” signed […]

1950s downtown Majuro look

By Journal on August 1, 2019 1950s, Clarence E. Takeuchi, Floyd K. Takeuchi, MIECO, MIECO building, quonset huts, Sadie Thompson News Archive

FLOYD K. TAKEUCHI Majuro Atoll in the late 1950s defined a quiet, slightly shabby backwater Pacific port town. There were still many reminders of the war, which had ended only about 15 years earlier. Among the obvious reminders were Quonset huts, pre-fabricated half-moon structures whose skin was corrugated metal, which were commonplace. Two of the […]