Nearly five days after the disaster hit a remote section of the country, officials have started evacuating residents. But the scale of the death toll remains uncertain. By Jin Yu Young Nearly five ...

The defense secretary explained a new defense agreement with the island nation. As Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Papua New Guinea's top leaders on Thursday, to build on a new defense ...

A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by last Friday's landslide and has formally asked for ...

Papua New Guinea’s Cabinet has approved a defense treaty with Australia, aiming to curb Chinese influence in the region.

Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a major defense treaty, which Beijing claims unfairly targets China ...

At least 49 combatants as well as an unconfirmed number of bystanders died in a tribal dispute in the restive and remote Highlands region of Papua New Guinea, Australian media reported. The latest ...

A clash between tribes in Papua New Guinea led to deaths of at least 49 tribesmen. Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Tim Swanston explains why tribal warfare has gotten more deadly recently. In ...

A creepy-looking “mermaid” is said to have washed ashore in Papua New Guinea — leaving nautical experts baffled and searching for answers. Quickly buried by myth-loving locals living on a remote ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — The U.S. signed a new security pact with Papua New Guinea on Monday as it competes with China for influence in the Pacific. Papua New Guinea’s location just north of ...

The government has pledged to give heavy machinery for disaster relief worth ¥400 million ($2.73 million) to Papua New Guinea under its official security assistance (OSA) program. State Minister for ...