An autonomous region of Papua New Guinea has voted overwhelmingly to leave the country and form a new independent nation, authorities announced on Wednesday. More than 181,000 people voted in the ...

People line up to vote in a referendum on Bougainville's independence from Papua New Guinea, in the region's interim capital of Buka Town, on Nov. 25.

PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape did not reject Bougainville’s independence demand outright. He expressed concerns, however, both that Bougainville independence could provide a precedent for other ...

Tensions are running high in Papua New Guinea, with a member of the independence movement in the Indonesian province of Papua barred from attending a summit. The Melanesian summit in PNG involves ...

Australian colonial rule and its legacy tend to be neglected, but as Papua New Guinea marks 40 years of independence the nation is still living with the consequences.

THE Judicial Conference of Australia has grave concerns that actions in Papua New Guinea could undermine the vital and constitutionally guaranteed independence of the national judicial system.

An autonomous region of Papua New Guinea has voted overwhelmingly to leave the country and form a new independent nation, authorities announced on Wednesday. More than 181,000 people voted in the ...

In 1975, Papua New Guinea including Bougainville, gained independence from Australia. The region became something of an economic powerhouse for the fledging nation with rich deposits of gold and ...

But Papua New Guinea ignored that push, and over the ensuing decades, tensions simmered and then exploded. Violence shut down the mine in 1989 and a nine-year war claimed the lives of 20,000 people.

The Pacific island group called Bougainville voted for independence. It was a nonbinding referendum, but after an overwhelming vote, its 300,000 people can try to work out independence from Papua ...