PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
At least 10 hours before our departure from Da Nang City, Vietnam, our taxi driver, Mr. Han, who had been very helpful for the last seven days took us for a drive out of Da Nang City. “We go Hoi […]
Mine is a warrior culture. One that prided itself on conquest, expansion of territory, the ability of its young warriors and diplomacy. My ancestors killed and ate their enemies. We were a group of people who refused to become cargo bearers […]
The Bougainville Affairs Minister, Manaseh Makiba, has less than six months to present to Parliament a way forward for the Bougainville ratification. In short that means, agreeing on a process or treaty that will see Bougainville move towards independence. Both […]
Not many Papua New Guineans outside mining circles know about a geologist named Jerry Garry from Simbu. His contributions have helped resurrect the economies of countries devastated by decades of war. He has implanted Papua New Guinean models of mining […]
Within music circles in Papua New Guinea and the region, Richard Mogu, is considered to be among the finest. Despite having worked on various important projects that defined PNG music, over the years, the multi-skilled musician from Mailu in the […]
Regional news content producers and other stakeholders are currently meeting at Google’s Asia-Pacific Headquarters in Singapore to discuss methods on how to combat misinformation or fake news. The collaboration is driven by Industry Google, Facebook, Storyful and the International Fact […]
I am not religious. But I do believe in the existence of a higher power and the importance of a higher purpose. Last weekend, I was invited to speak to a group of youngsters from all over the country. This […]
Menyamya is etched in my mind. I loved every bit of the place and as a boy growing up in arguably one of the best places in the country, I lapped up every minute of it. My brain soaked up […]
His eyes were transfixed into nothing, lost into the distance of his thoughts. Standing a little beyond the throng of people gathered around the makeshift podium, he was oblivious to them as they were to him. With limp hands, he […]
He is a chef with a simple mission: Get PNG food on menus of the biggest culinary capitals of the world… …And he’s starting small with market kaikai found everywhere in Papua New Guinea. Donald David, known on Facebook as […]
