Papua New Guinea is today celebrating almost half a century of independence from Australia. The journey has not been easy, ...

The Independence Celebration in Vanimo in West Sepik is not just a commemoration of Papua New Guinea's historical Political ...

A United Nations official says between 20 and 50 people have been killed in violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea ...

Papua New Guinea will bring in former New Zealand governor-general and senior diplomat Sir Jerry Mateparae to help resolve a ...

Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air when he ...

STORY: Insurgents freed New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, after holding him captive for a year and a half in Indonesia's ...

In a country where most people identify as Christians and where the Parliament approved a measure to officially declare it a ...

Independence fighters led by Egianus Kogoya, a regional commander in the Free Papua Movement, stormed a single-engine plane ...

Papua New Guinea, administered by nearby Australia until independence in 1975, is the second leg of Francis’ 11-day trip. In ...

Pope Francis emphasized the importance of the Catholic Church reaching marginalized groups while in Papua New Guinea, a ...

Rebels have used violence to try to achieve independence as the security situation deteriorates in Indonesia’s easternmost ...

Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 under a United Nations-sponsored ballot that was widely seen as a sham.