Papua New Guinea (PNG) is richly endowed with natural resources, but exploitation has been hampered by rugged terrain, land tenure issues, and the high cost of developing infrastructure.

Papua New Guinea is the only country in the world where rugby league is considered to be the national sport. Nearly 14,000 miles away in the game’s British heartland, two of its most famous sons ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea: Pope Francis on Saturday (Sep 7) called for better treatment of workers in Papua New Guinea, a nation of some 600 islands in the Southwestern Pacific that has ...

Francis, 87, began a 12-day, four-country, two-continent tour last week. PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea -- Pope Francis boarded an Australian Royal Air Force C-130 on Sunday and flew over the ...

SYDNEY, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Violent attacks near Barrick Gold's (ABX.TO), opens new tab Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has likely killed at least 20 people and forced women and ...

During Pope Francis’ apostolic journey to Papua New Guinea, the pope reflected on the profound sacrifices made by early Catholic missionaries and martyrs in the region who ventured deep into the ...

Pope Francis traveled to a remote town in the jungles of Papua New Guinea on Sunday, after first presiding over mass in the capital city before a crowd that welcomed him with cheers and lively ...

On a trip to Southeast Asia and Pacific nations, Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby. He then went to the town of Vanimo, bringing aid and toys. Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis visited a remote jungle-flanked community in Papua New Guinea Sunday, where he urged an end to violence, and "superstition and magic" that tarnishes a place he likened to Eden. The 87 ...

Pope Francis called on Catholics in Papua New Guinea on Saturday to continue in their efforts of bringing the Gospel to the most marginalized and remote communities within the country. During a ...

VANIMO, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Pope Francis traveled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea on Sunday to celebrate the Catholic Church on the peripheries, bringing with him medicine ...

The only country on earth to allow it so far is Papua New Guinea. Videographer Edward Kiernan and special correspondent Willem Marx report on how difficult it is for the impoverished Pacific ...