Papua New Guinea and the island signed a peace deal in 2001, which promised Bougainville greater powers and an independence ...

Most Papuans say they were denied their right to choose and continue to demand a separate nation. Although the independence ...

Benny Wenda, a London-based officer of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), said in a statement that he wanted to thank Marape on behalf of the people of West Papua for directly ...

Journalist Patrick Winn, writing for The World website, reported that Toroama wants the support of Washington and has offered ...

This small country has preserved languages from 40,000 years ago and is now the most linguistically diverse place on earth.

A diplomacy of promise-keeping is needed to prevent the fragmentation of Bougainville, followed by the fragmentation of PNG ...

Bougainville Copper (ASX:BOC) has reached an agreement with the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) to resolve ...

Teachers at the Pacific Island Countries Research Center at Liaocheng University conduct research in Isabel Province in the ...

In almost exactly one year, Australia’s closest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, will be celebrating 50 years of independence. However, since well before then, since at least the earliest days of European ...

Flash floods in eastern Spain have claimed the lives of at least 95 people. Also, the island of Bougainville is seeking independence from Papua New Guinea — and an alliance with the United States. And ...

A round-up of news and sports in brief from arond the region, including over 100 illegal fish aggregating devices (FADs) ...