King Charles visited Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) for its 80th anniversary and Papua New Guinea's 50th independence year. He unveiled a new aircraft to deliver aid to remote PNG communities ...

The nearly unanimous results in the Pacific islands chain exceeded expectations and could both accelerate independence and complicate relations across the region.

The referendum was approved by the Papua New Guinea government, but the result is non-binding. Nevertheless, the landslide victory will put pressure on PNG to grant Bougainville independence.

The last of Papua New Guinea's founding fathers and one of the country's longest serving politicians, Sir Julius Chan, has died.

A new logo has been unveiled as the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee gears up to celebrate its 60th anniversary.

A timeline of the key events as Papua New Guinea celebrates its 40th anniversary of independence from Australia.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Bougainville must be able to fund at least half of its budget if the Pacific archipelago's aspiration of political independence from Papua New Guinea is to be a success, PNG ...

The Pacific island chain of Bougainville has begun voting in a long-awaited referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea (PNG). More than 1,000 people waited on Saturday morning to cast their ...

Bougainville votes with more than 97 per cent in favour of independence from Papua New Guinea in an important post-conflict referendum.