The Army's Uncovered War Casualties team made the discovery of 15 Australian soldiers after a series of COVID-related delays.

The next step will be transporting the remains to their corresponding grave sites and trying to track down ancestors.

More than eight decades after Australian soldiers were transferred from temporary graves on the Kokoda Track to a wartime cemetery, a chance discovery reveals the task was never quite completed.

More than 200 Pacific workers have been left in limbo after their employer Linx Employment agreed to end its participation in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme amid worker treatment investigations.

The partial remains of Australian WWII soldiers have been recovered at Templetons Crossing on the Kokoda Track.

The United States is continuing to ramp up its campaign for influence in the Pacific to match China's intensifying efforts but with ever more outside players clamouring for a spot in the region, the margin for error grows narrower, writes Stephen Dziedzic.

The United States is continuing to ramp up its campaign for influence in the Pacific to match China's intensifying efforts but with ever more outside players clamouring for a spot in the region, the margin for error grows narrower, writes Stephen Dziedzic.

Richard Marles says the government is «very keen» to help Solomon Islands establish a defence force, with experts saying Canberra wants to stop any military cooperation between Beijing and Honiara.

Repurposed medical supplies from Queensland hospitals are improving health services for rural Papua New Guineans, who volunteers say have been left behind by their government.

The removal of fragments thought to be part of huge interstellar meteor from Papua New Guinea has sparked a political row with the US.

Scientists from Harvard University have collected fragments believed to belong to a huge interstellar meteor, saying it could have come from an alien spacecraft.

Scientists from Harvard University have collected fragments believed to belong to a huge interstellar meteor, saying it could have come from an alien spacecraft.

The family of a Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldier who was shot dead in a «tragic accident» during a training exercise last week are calling for greater transparency from the force in investigating his death.

The family of a Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldier who was shot dead in a «tragic accident» during a training exercise last week are calling for greater transparency from the force in investigating his death.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's trip to Papua's regional capital Jayapura is officially related to a festival, but it comes as his government tries to use what it calls «cautious» negotiations to free Philip Mark Mehrtens.

There are cautious hopes a trip by Indonesia's President to Papua could help speed up the release of a New Zealand man held hostage for five months.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's trip to Papua's regional capital Jayapura is officially related to a festival, but it comes as his government tries to use what it calls «cautious» negotiations to free Philip Mark Mehrtens.

China hopes to be seen as «as a responsible big country» during its ninth «Harmony Mission» undertaken by its military-run hospital ship.

Papua New Guinea's chief censor has temporarily banned venues and broadcasters from playing music by a controversial local singer after a complaint several songs contain «emotionally triggering lyrics», but how the tracks are triggering remains unclear.

Papua New Guinea's chief censor has temporarily banned venues and broadcasters from playing music by a controversial local singer after a complaint several songs contain «emotionally triggering lyrics», but how the tracks are triggering remains unclear.

A group of bandits that kidnapped an Australian professor in the PNG Highlands appears to have struck again, this time snatching and assaulting a group of women and girls. Warning: Readers might find the details in this story distressing.

The quartet made their Rugby League World Cup debut together taking Papua New Guinea to its first semifinal. Once again they’re creating history by each other's side, but this time in Townsville.

(L-R) Essay Banu, Sera Koroi, Shellie Long, and Jessikah Reeves are proud to represent Papua New Guinea and the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRLW.

As the conversation around an NRL team for PNG heats up again, there are a lot of questions and some lessons from the past to remember, writes Ali Almond.

Details of a new defence pact between the US and PNG have been made public, after it was tabled in PNG parliament this week.

Papua New Guinea's government has sponsored an overseas contemporary art exhibition for the first time, marking a turn towards cultural diplomacy.

The first contingent from PNG has arrived to work in aged care homes in southern Queensland under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme aimed at fixing the chronic worker shortage.

The United States military is being given «unimpeded access» to key PNG defence facilities, including the joint PNG-Australia Lombrum Naval Base on Manus Island, as part of a sweeping Defence Cooperation Agreement.

Peter O'Niell is facing perjury charges, accused of giving misinformation to a government inquiry.

Despite having to flee his home, Neville Devete says he has no regrets after sparking Papua New Guinea's biggest corruption investigation. 

Papua New Guinea's former prime minister, Peter O'Neill, is charged with giving false evidence after a commission of inquiry recommends he be prosecuted.

Papua New Guinea's former prime minister, Peter O'Neill, is charged with giving false evidence after a commission of inquiry recommends he be prosecuted.

The inaugural Oceania Football Confederation Women's Champions League features the top club from five countries — PNG, Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Samoa — competing for glory.

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau told Defence Minister Richard Marles the National Security Council was going over the details of the deal, which would come to parliament before the end of the year.

This Bougainville community is living on a literal goldmine, but some residents say that despite it being abandoned for decades, it poses a risk to their environment and human rights.