Attempts by Papua New Guinea's opposition to oust Prime Minister Peter O'Neill over corruption allegations gained steam on Friday as five lawmakers defected from his government and a motion of no ...

Bougainville’s previous independence declarations occurred in 1975, before Papua New Guinea’s own independence from Australia, and in 1990, during the civil war.

New legislation introduced by PNG's Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso would reform six land-related laws and which he says are ...

Papua, which has been the scene of a decades-long insurgency against Indonesian rule, shares a border with independent Papua New Guinea (PNG), just north of Australia.