In short: The death toll from a catastrophic landslide in PNG's Enga province remains uncertain, with one local official estimating 162 people have died. Aid is slowly arriving in the disaster zone, ...

The Papua New Guinea (PNG) parliament passed legislation this week giving the government more power over the issuing of exploration and development licences, aiming to achieve a greater economic share ...

Eighteen months out from the entry of the PNG Chiefs into the NRL, Papua New Guinea's love for rugby league shines brightly.

Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkachenko has backtracked on the prospect of a security deal with China, saying he does not want to “jeopardise or compromise relations with Australia and ...

The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has urged states and Union Territories to reduce local levies and procedural hurdles on City Gas Distribution (CGD) projects to improve the investment ...

Ever since Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia in 1975, its wide diversity in language, ethnicity, culture and geography has created a tendency towards decentralised institutions. At ...

These children at Blackwara camp are now in custody from Operation Sunset Merona burnt down 19 houses in a dawn raid - photo UNHCR Scenes of terror and destruction ...

Papua New Guineans are warning the Federal Government that its new asylum seeker plan will create hostility and add to problems in the developing country. Local politicians have questioned how the ...

The Papua New Guinea government said Santos Ltd's takeover of PNG-listed Oil Search could harm the national interest, as the deal would give a foreign company too much control over its oil and gas ...