Papua New Guinea

The violence has forced the shutdown of the huge mine indefinitely.

Papua New Guinea's hopes of fielding a team in Australia's NRL competition could hinge on a promise from its government not to sign a security deal with China.

The Papua New Guinea government is looking at various ways to increase cooperation with Israel.

A group of officers, backed by police, stormed the correction services headquarters on Saturday, and tried to change the locks, but staff inside the complex had their own police backup.

The local women leaders are catalysts for social change who must be involved in aid efforts from the beginning, writes Mary Fairio.

The Prime Minister said when PNG turns 70 in 2045 it needs to have broken free of the constraints of being a low-income nation to a high-income economy.

"We sustainably manage our forests, land and sea, because our livelihood depends on them," Prime Minister James Marape told world leaders in New York less than a week ago.

The tribal violence emanating from resource projects won't end until the government steps in and resolves long standing legacy issues, a Papua New Guinea academic says.

Special autonomy as a form of decentralisation is a popular idea in certain provinces of PNG. But in Bougainville and East New Britain the term has very different meanings, writes James Stiefvater.

Four people connected with a so-called 'black-flight' from Papua New Guinea, intending to deliver a huge quantity of cocaine to Australia, have been sentenced in the National Court.

The Kokoda Trail, the route used by Australian troops in the Second World War in Papua New Guinea, and the site of many fierce battles, remains shut down by landowners.

Ocean Kava Limited managing director Bilaki Enape Waizepa said currently PNG can only send roots to Fiji, but not the finished product. Audio

The Detail - Sir Don McKinnon on New Zealand's key role in bringing peace to Bougainville over the past 30 years.