Corruption Blamed for Trans-Papua Road Building Delays

JAYAPURA CITY - The Awaking Papua Forum in Indonesia says it suspects corruption is the cause of the long delay in the construction of a T...

7,2 Earthquake Strikes Off New Ireland Island

PORT MORESBY - The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that a magnitude 7.2 earthquake has struck northeast of Papua New Guinea. There are...

Foreign Tourists Interested in Nautical Tourism in Sarwakar Village

SARWAKAR (BIAK NUMFOR) - A number of foreign tourists have showed their interest in surfing at the nautical tourism of Sarwakar village, S...

Four Chinese Killed In Port Moresby with Brutal Stabbing

PORT MORESBY - Four Chinese nationals have been stabbed to death in Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby in what prime minister on...

Crying Meri: Violence Against Women in Papua New Guinea

PORT MORESBY - Russian born photographer Vlad Sokhin has been documenting the results of this violence against women since 2012 through a ...

HIV/AIDS Awareness Growing in Papua

JAYAPURA - Efforts to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in the Indonesian provinces of Papua, which has among the country’s highest rates of inf...

The Papua Legislative Council Buy 10 Twin Otter Airplanes

JAYAPURA - The Papua Legislative Council has given the go-ahead for the provincial administration to buy 10 DHC-6 Twin Otter twin-engine t...

Merpati Denies its Plane Missing in Papua

JAYAPURA - Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA) denied an allegation on Monday that its Twin Otter plane was missing while on its flight from ...