The companies that create technology used on a daily basis often run into traditional cultures and the environment that ...

A violent conflict between rival tribes over control of a gold mine in Papua New Guinea has resulted in at least 30 deaths, ...

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.

A series of shootouts between rival tribes over a disputed gold mine has left at least 30 people dead in Papua New Guinea, ...

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

Violent attacks near Barrick Gold's Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has likely killed at least 20 people and forced women and children to flee the region, local media reported.

Just before Pope Francis’ recent visit to Papua New Guinea, roadside stalls selling betel nut, a mild local intoxicant, were shut down. While this isn’t good for the many small stall holders ...

The comments came after Australia's Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy launched the government's new Australia-Papua New Guinea Development Partnership Plan.

While Australia and China have very different approaches in PNG, both are in working primarily with political elites, while alienating the New Guinean public. The whole Pacific is grappling with ...

VANIMO, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated the Catholic Church of the peripheries on Sunday as he traveled to ...

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said ...

Papua New Guinea hosts some 11,800 asylum seekers and refugees. Around 100 people were transferred there under PNG’s former regional processing arrangement with Australia, most from Indonesia. UNHCR ...