Papuan protestors forcibly dispersed by Indonesian police
JAKARTA, Sep 28, 2020, RNZ. Indonesian police have forcibly dispersed hundreds of West Papuan university…
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is an economy of 8 million people. When it joined APEC in 1993, Papua New Guinea’s real GDP was USD 9.4 billion. This more than doubled by 2016, when Papua New Guinea’s GDP rose to USD 19.6 billion.
Indonesia lashes out at Vanuatu over West Papua at the UN
JAKARTA, Sep 28, 2020, RNZ. Indonesia has lashed out at Vanuatu for what it describes…
Rivals ready to back the new Bougainville leader
PORT MORESBY, Sep 24, 2020, RNZ. The last person to be eliminated in the Bougainville…
Papua New Guinea develops road programme
PORT MORESBY, Sep 17, 2020, World Highways. Papua New Guinea (PNG) has developed an extensive…
Raivet now in contention as Bougainville vote count progresses
PORT MORESBY, Sep 11, 2020, RNZ. There continue to be significant changes in the Bougainville…
Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville independence referendum talks to be set in November
PORT MORESBY, Sep 9, 2020, RNZ. The schedule for consultations on the outcome of Bougainville’s…
APEC summit to be held online Dec 4
SINGAPORE, Sep 4, 2020, Kyodo. The annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will…
Barrick to appeal Papua New Guinea Court’s Ruling on Porgera Mine
PORT MORESBY, Sep 3, 2020, PNG Today. Barrick (Niugini) Limited (“BNL”), majority owner and operator…
China faces questions over ‘vaccinated’ workers sent at a mine in Papua New Guinea
PORT MORESBY, Aug 20, 2020, IBT. China faced demands on Thursday to explain why a…
Papua New Guinea province votes no to open cast mine
PORT MORESBY, Aug 13, 2020, RNZ. The East Sepik provincial assembly in Papua New Guinea…
Papua New Guinea set to lift lockdown despite recent surge in cases
PORT MORESBY, Aug 11, 2020, Reuters. Papua New Guinea’s prime minister James Marape is pressing…
[Analytics] Displacement in Indonesia’s borderlands a threat to indigenous populations
In late July, the Forest People’s Programme (FPP), a nonprofit that works on behalf of…