Port Moresby News

THE greatest ever Australian crawl to prove that the impossible is possible, has begun. Paralympian Kurt Fearnley set out this afternoon to drag himself on his hands over 96km of Papua New Guinea's infamous Kokoda Track. The 28-year-old wheelchair-user and athlete...

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...

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...