Papua New Guinea is a developing economy where nearly 40% of the population are subsistence farmers living relatively independently of the cash economy. The country retains close ties to …

Oct 25, 2025 · Papua is a province of Indonesia on the western half of the island of New Guinea. It is one of four provinces established in 2022 when the former, larger Papua province was …

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5 days ago · Reports say a landslide has killed at least 21 people in Papua New Guinea’s highlands. Australian Broadcasting Corp. cited police in reporting the landslide early Friday …

Papua is the largest and most sparsely inhabited region of Indonesia. Sometimes called the Great Steamy, it is clearly an end-of-the-world kind of place, sometimes referred to by …

22 hours ago · JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian authorities said on Tuesday that 15 people, mostly children, were killed after being swept away while crossing a river in the easternmost …

Dec 19, 2023 · Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern part of the world's second largest island and is prey to volcanic activity, earthquakes and tidal waves. Linguistically, it is the world's …

The name West Papua is used among Papuan separatists and usually refers to the whole of the Indonesian portion of New Guinea. The capital of Papua province is Jayapura. Most of the …

5 days ago · Improving oral and visual communication can accelerate malaria elimination in Papua. Here’s how.

Papua, formerly known as West Irian[7] and Irian Jaya, [8] is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay …