China's top diplomat Wang Yi takes a swipe at the geo-political jostling for influence in the Pacific, saying Pacific Island countries aren't «the backyard of any major country».

Police and NGO's in remote parts of Papua New Guinea are dealing with the persisting threat of sorcery accusation-related violence. 

Police and NGO's in remote parts of Papua New Guinea are dealing with the persisting threat of sorcery accusation-related violence. Many fear the ideology is spreading and affecting mainly women.

When a woman was accused of using witchcraft in PNG to kill a young boy, she was attacked and left for dead. She survived thanks to the help of strangers and a safe house offering refuge for victims of sorcery-related violence.

When a woman was accused of using witchcraft in PNG to kill a young boy, she was attacked and left for dead. She survived thanks to the help of strangers and a safe house offering refuge for victims of sorcery-related violence.

When a woman was accused of using witchcraft in PNG to kill a young boy, she was attacked and left for dead. She survived thanks to the help of strangers and a safe house offering refuge for victims of sorcery-related violence.

Investigations are underway to identify the new wreckage, which includes a large piece of fuselage and a propeller.

A search for missing WWII aircraft, funded by Twiggy Forrest, discovered underwater wreckage in 2020.

 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will mark Anzac Day on the Kokoda Track, a few months after Australia and Papua New Guinea signed a sweeping security agreement.

Almost eight decades after their aircraft crashed in waters south of Papua New Guinea, Australian crew members have been identified, as Twiggy Forrest searches for his late wartime relative.

Papua New Guinea's government approves a joint military and police operation to crack down on illegal mining and remove «squatters» at Porgera gold mine, just months after the site's grand reopening.

A video that emerged in February 2024 from Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea, in which loud bangs are heard, assumed to be security forces firing projectiles at squatters.

The visit comes ahead of a critical meeting of Pacific leaders later this year, with officials seeing the meeting as yet another sign that China is intent on pushing its presence in the region.

Over the last few years, a peculiar change has taken place in Papua New Guinea's north-west, with remote, traditional villages modernising at a rapid pace. Here's how the price of cocoa is fuelling development.

Over the last few years, a peculiar change has taken place in Papua New Guinea's north-west, with remote, traditional villages modernising at a rapid pace. Here's how the price of cocoa is fuelling development.

A Tasmanian charity is preparing to freight a shipping container filled with 850 boxes of textbooks and library books to school students in need in the Pacific.

Papua New Guinea is hoping to take advantage of a global shortage of cocoa in West Africa by dramatically increasing exports.

Indonesia's military has been rocked by a torture scandal, with 13 soldiers now detained and more under investigation.

The magnitude-6.9 earthquake has shaken villages along the Sepik River which were already battling a flood disaster.

A Queensland man registered as a child sex offender has been repatriated after allegedly breaching reporting conditions by sailing to the island of Daru in Papua New Guinea. 

A Queensland man registered as a child sex offender has been repatriated after allegedly breaching reporting conditions and attempting to sail to PNG. 

Analysis of videos posted to social media reveal most of the weapons used in the massacre in Papua New Guinea’s highlands were Australian and American manufactured assault rifles.

A month before a massacre in Papua New Guinea's highlands, videos emerged of the high-powered weapons tribes in the region now have in their possession. 

A month before a massacre in Papua New Guinea's highlands, videos emerged of the high-powered weapons tribes in the region now have in their possession. 

An Australian pilot along with two Papua New Guinean technicians has been freed after they were kidnapped «at gunpoint» from a remote telecommunications site in PNG's highlands 

An Australian pilot along with two Papua New Guinean technicians has been freed after they were kidnapped «at gunpoint» from a remote telecommunications site in PNG's highlands 

An Australian pilot along with two Papua New Guinean technicians have been kidnapped «at gunpoint» from a remote telecommunications site in PNG's highlands 

The bloodshed in Papua New Guinea took place in provinces in the highlands where violence had already been escalating, and comes during a debate over the country's internal security.

Papua New Guinea's fuel supply is once again in crisis, joining a growing list of national challenges facing Prime Minister James Marape ahead of a vote of no confidence in his leadership. But there is reason to believe he will survive, writes Tim Swanston.

Papua New Guinea's fuel supply is once again in crisis, joining a growing list of national challenges facing Prime Minister James Marape ahead of a vote of no confidence in his leadership. But there is reason to believe he will survive, writes Tim Swanston.

Additional Papua New Guinean police will be sent into the country's highlands after a tribal massacre killed dozens of men.

Player safety will be paramount in deciding if PNG Hunters can host Queensland Cup games following deadly unrest in the nation, the state's governing body says.

The 41-year-old businesswoman was arrested at her multi-million-dollar acreage home in Brisbane's south last month and charged in connection with an attempt to traffic drugs from Papua New Guinea into Queensland.

The 41-year-old was arrested at her multi-million-dollar acreage home in Brisbane's south last month and charged in connection with an attempt to traffic drugs from Papua New Guinea into Queensland.

Papua New Guinea is reeling from a bloody massacre in the Highlands province of Enga, and the bloodshed suggests an armoury of automatic weapons funnelled through powerful community leaders is fuelling the violence.