Tag: Papua New Guinea
Armed gunmen kidnap 17 girls from remote PNG village – freed for ransom
RNZ Pacific
Reports from Papua New Guinea say that 17 girls from a remote village have been held captive by a large group of armed...
20 MPs walk out as PNG’s Tkatchenko apologises for ‘media trolls’ comment
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The last time Papua New Guinea heard “there is a stranger in the House” was when two men walked...
OPM call for PNG’s James Marape as negotiator for NZ pilot’s safe passage
Asia Pacific Report
Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed for Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape to become a “neutral intermediary”...
‘Two-way highway’ – PNG-US defence pact signed in spite of protests
By Lydia Lewis and Scott Waide in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the increased United States security involvement in Papua...
Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Barbara Dreaver in Port Moresby
When I was growing up in Kiribati, then known as the Gilbert Islands, New Zealand divers came to...
‘There must be clarity’ – PNG students protest over US defence deal
By Scott Waide and Lydia Lewis
University students in Papua New Guinea are protesting against the signing of a defence cooperation agreement with the United...