Papua New Guinea News

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday discussed bilateral relations and other issues of common concern with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Thomas Somare.     Li said Papua New Guinea, as the largest developing country in the South Pacific, has...

Fiji ended an error-strewn first half 10-4 ahead and held off a late Tonga fightback thanks to two tries from Newcastle Knights winger Akuila Uate. But it was Fiji's locally based players who ran the show, with Joe Ravueta scoring...

Paul Bradfield, 38, a father of four died in his attempt to walk for charity on the Kokoda track in Papua, New Guinea – he wanted to raise money for treatment of his youngest daughter Haidee who is fighting leukaemia....

A spokeswoman from the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed the man died earlier today. She says the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby is providing consular assistance to a family member who was also on the trek. Staff are also...

Yesterday, 55-year-old Sydney man Phillip Brunskill died from a suspected heart attack while taking part in a trek. He is the fourth Australian to die on the Kokoda Track this year. Earlier today a woman from the same group as...

Gold rose to a record high of $US1,062.70 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Thursday. The value of gold has soared in recent weeks as the US dollar experienced weakness, China restocked and investors looked for a...

Staff from the Australian High Commission travelled to the mountainside crash site last Friday after local villagers reported finding human remains. The Department of Foreign Affairs says they recovered "what appeared to be human remains" and brought them back to...

Papua New Guinea was Monday awarded the rights to host the 2015 Pacific Games, holding off its only challenger Tonga by a three-vote majority. Papua New Guinea received 25 votes at a Pacific Games Council meeting here with 22 votes...

Papua New Guinea Rugby League to enter a team in next year's Queensland Cup as a stepping stone to a NRL licence...The Maroons coach said an NRL franchise would be a ''sensational'' outcome for the only country to call rugby...