Papua New Guinea

The Prime Minister met with UN Women's Asia Pacific regional director Christine Arab in Port Moresby "to discuss issues of women".

The former PNG army commander, who defied a government decision to send mercenaries to Bougainville in the late 1990s, expressed his condolences to one of the nation's founding fathers.

The PNG leader told delegates at the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit that his country has "a lot of stakes in the conversation on conservation".

There has been an outpouring of grief and appreciation for the life of one of the founding fathers of Papua New Guinea. Video

The man who led two attempts to unseat Prime Minister James Marape last year is now back in his Cabinet.

PNG's Prime Minister James Marape has asked President Donald Trump to reconsider pulling out of the Paris Agreement.

Since the Communications Minister Timothy Masiu first introduced the draft policy in February 2023, the Media Development Policy has received heavy criticism.

The company said it had been unable to clarify the extent of this security risk and made the decision in the best interest of customer safety.

Andrew Anton-Mako, who is with the University of PNG and the ANU's Development Policy Centre, has welcomed the move by the government to drop the GST from basic food items. Audio

Papua New Guinea will join the NRL in 2028 and will become the competition's 18th or 19th team, depending on other franchise bids to come.

Prime Minister James Marape announced the privatisation at an investment conference in Sydney, saying, "we are sick of this monster that continues to burden us."

Police say bail amounts for several offences have increased, including noise pollution, domestic violence, ethnic clashes, possession of offensive weapons, consuming homebrew.

No figure valuing the bilateral agreement signed in 2023 has previously been released.

Transparency International PNG says a planned forestry development in Western Province appears to have got the go-ahead with no due diligence being done by the government.

Papua New Guinea's foremost tourist attraction, the Kokoda Track, reopened on Thursday afternoon after being shut down by landowners over a payment dispute.

When revealing the 2025 Budget, PNG Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey said, "it gives the police more than they asked for."

MP from Southern Highlands Province William Powi says politicians and bureaucrats are arming warlords and holding the nation's progress and security at ransom.