Papua New Guinea (PNG) is richly endowed with natural resources, but exploitation has been hampered by rugged terrain, land tenure issues, and the high cost of developing infrastructure.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape survived a no confidence vote on Thursday ... But about one in four people live below the poverty line, and scarcely more than 10 percent of homes ...

Papua New Guinea has faced votes of no confidence stretching back to independence in 1977. Just two years after PNG started its first Parliament, the country's first prime minister, Michael Somare ...

Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United Nations official said ...

The group was taken hostage in remote highlands in Papua New Guinea Several researchers including ... are held in captivity," he said. "There is no place to run, there is no place to hide." ...

A police official says days of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea’s mountainous interior ... been killed in days of violence in Enga. He had no estimate for the number of wounded and was ...

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Papua New Guinea said Wednesday it supported the creation ... emblazoned with the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force badge and red "China Aid" stickers. Earlier this year, Beijing also started ...

Sinclair Dinnen receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Papua New Guinea has had a difficult year, beginning with serious rioting and looting in the capital, Port Moresby ...

Pope Francis arrived to a rock star welcome Monday in East Timor, where he will rally the Catholic-majority nation's faithful ...

Pope Francis will be visiting the country of Papua New Guinea Sept. 6-9 as part of an 11-day, multi-country papal trip. But he won’t be the first pope to set foot on the South Pacific island ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Days of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea’s mountainous interior ... killed in days of violence in Enga. He had no estimate for the number of wounded and was ...