Papua New Guinea

CANBERRA, Australia — Prime Minister Scott Morrison has dismissed concerns over Beijing's interest in building a $39 billion (US$29.4 billion) city just 200 kilometres (124 miles) from the tip of ...

A report commissioned by the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government has suggested that China-based telecommunication giant Huawei deliberately ...

SYDNEY—The United States and its Pacific allies have plugged a funding gap that endangered next month's independence referendum ...

SYDNEY–Australia will create a new military unit dedicated to training and assisting Pacific allies, Defense Minister Linda Reynolds ...

SYDNEY—Australia and Papua New Guinea said on July 22 their leaders will meet annually in a bid to ...

Australia, Japan, and the United States have teamed up to finance a liquefied natural gas project in Papua ...

SYDNEY—Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill announced his resignation on Sunday after weeks of high-level defections from ...

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea at a depth of 129.6 kilometers (80.5 miles) at 7:19 ...

SYDNEY—U.S. submarine cable company SubCom said on April 10 it would lay an internet link from Australia to ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks into this weekend's APEC leaders' summit with a chance to ...

SYDNEY/BEIJING—When Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill flagged the possibility of China bankrolling a port development off ...

A regional power play is happening whereby donor countries vie for influence with show-stopper gifts. China's contributions have ...

SYDNEY—Australia is to help Papua New Guinea develop a navy base and train police, Prime Minister Scott Morrison ...

Forests in countries in the South Pacific are being decimated by China’s hunger for timber. The Solomon Islands, ...

SYDNEY—The United States is working on a counter-offer to stop Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. from ...

SYDNEY–Almost a month after a deadly earthquake, Papua New Guinea is struggling to get aid to desperate survivors, ...

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON–Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Friday he supports Chinese foreign investment in impoverished Pacific Island nations ...

SYDNEY—Whole villages were flattened and water sources spoiled by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 20 people, ...

MELBOURNE–Up to 14 people were killed in landslides and by collapsed buildings during a powerful earthquake in the ...

"Star Wars" has inspired people across a number of generations. Some of those people happen to be scientists.  ...

There are a number of reasons for visiting the top destinations in Papua New Guinea but most of ...

6.4 earthquake: A magnitude-6.4 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Wednesday but no tsunami warning was issued.

Of the 7,000 languages spoken on the planet, Tembé is at the small end with just 150 speakers ...

Australian and New Zealand troops have been sent to Papua New Guinea as the country prepares for volatile ...

More than 100 extra computers and additional manpower will be supplied by Australia to help PNG’s scheduled June ...

With the government coalition infighting, Labour split in half, and academics arguing that tactical voting would occur, what ...

A low level insurgency by a small number of Papuans against Jakarta's rule has been ongoing since the ...