Papua New Guinea

The Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has announced a ban on the temporary release of prisoners until procedures are reviewed.

The chief executive of Papua New Guinea Cricket says the Under 19 team's two warm up games leading into next week's world cup will allow the players to acclimatise and adapt to conditions in New…

The president of the Autonomous Bougainville Government says mining companies must win the trust of landowners if they want to operate the Panguna mine.

Reports from Papua New Guinea say police have retrieved a decomposed body from the Defence Force headquarters last week.

Four men are on the run after escaping from court cells in Papua New Guinea two weeks ago.

The Bougainville landowners association that controls the former copper mine at Panguna says it is pleased the mining company Bougainville Copper Limited, or BCL, will never be welcomed back.

The Papua New Guinea government is in favour of extending the deadline for the registration of mobile phone SIM cards.

Papua New Guinea is setting its sights on India as a tourism market in 2018.

A refugee advocate in Australia says he is hopeful the Australia government will honor any compensation awarded to asylum seekers on Manus Island by the Papua New Guinea courts.

In Papua New Guinea, the last remaining Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel of Kokoda has died.

The pilot of a light plane was found dead on Tuesday in the mountains of Papua New Guinea after radioing for help on Saturday.

A refugee advocate says asylum seekers at the Hillside Camp on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have expelled all Australian security guards formerly employed by Wilson Security from their new camp.

The Papua New Guinea government has asked New Zealand's largest dairy company Fonterra to partner in its agriculture sector.

India and Papua New Guinea have pledged to cooperate in several areas in the first few months of next year.

A Papua New Guinea provincial governor says people involved in sorcery-related killings targeting women and the elderly must face the full force of the law.

Papua New Guinea weightlifter Steven Kari has his sights set firmly on defending his Commonwealth Games gold medal after making a winning return to top level competition.

A Manus Island refugee says the road to the East Lorengau Transit Centre in Papua New Guinea is no longer being blocked by disgruntled landowners.

Another member of parliament has joined the political party of Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O'Neill.