Political upheaval in Papua New Guinea has raised doubts about the timing of a major expansion of the country's liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry and the future of PNG's national oil and gas ...

The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), led by Prime Minister James Marape, has plunged into turmoil after the defection of over a dozen MPs to the opposition.

Papua New Guinea is the most populous and important country in the South Pacific, and its strategic significance has been enhanced with the Obama administration’s “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific ...

New South Wales, Australia – In Papua New Guinea, two men both claim to be the prime minister. Since its independence in 1975, PNG has been a constitutional democracy.

A week ago, it looked like Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister was about to lose his job — instead he has managed to take control of Parliament, and suspend it for five months.

A strong, 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Solomon Sea on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey. A “tsunami threat” was issued for some parts of the coast of Papua ...

Papua New Guinea has been gripped by political turmoil for almost a week now. Two men – Michale Somare and Peter O'Neill – are currently claiming to be the rightful prime minister of the nation.

July 22 (UPI) --The United Nations on Thursday condemned political violence in Papua New Guinea "unequivocally" and called for an "immediate cessation" of the election-related violence.

At the start of this week, Papua New Guinea's often-volatile political landscape seemed relatively calm. The prime minister Peter O'Neill's coalition controlled around 100 votes in the 111-seat ...

A new analysis of the ancient DNA of 42 people from Papua New Guinea reveals that some cultures were remarkably isolated for centuries.

Political turmoil in Papua New Guinea threatened to delay a $13 billion plan to double the country's gas exports, sending shares in one of the project's partners, Oil Search Ltd, down nearly 4% on ...