PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing how information is delivered and how people consume it. AI summaries—such as Google’s “AI overviews”—are becoming a normalised way for audiences to find information. However, these summaries often misrepresent facts and, critically, divert readers […]
Sir Brian Bell was part of a generation that helped shape Papua New Guinea’s commercial foundations through long-term commitment rather than short-term gain. His contribution to the country is most closely associated with the Brian Bell Group, one of PNG’s […]
Kava doesn’t arrive in Papua New Guinea with ceremony. It slips in quietly, like a stranger at the edge of a night market. No drum roll. No formal mat laid out. Just a plastic cup, a murky brown liquid, and […]
There are fancy foods in Papua New Guinea, and then there are survival foods. And sitting proudly at the top of that second list—above two-minute noodles, above tinned fish, above last-pay-week bread and butter—is rice and corned beef. Not just […]
Goroka never saw combat during World War II, but the war reached it all the same. High in the Eastern Highlands, the valley had long been shaped by gardens, exchange and seasonal rhythms rather than military strategy. That changed abruptly […]
What was meant to be a procedural meeting to advance Bougainville’s post-referendum transition instead exposed a deeper unease about the very mechanism designed to safeguard peace. When the Joint Supervisory Body (JSB) met in Port Moresby, the focus was expected […]
Long before it became one of Papua New Guinea’s most recognisable coastal towns, Madang was already a meeting place. This stretch of coastline, facing the Bismarck Sea, attracted human settlement for centuries because of its calm waters, sheltered harbour and […]
The sound is unmistakable: a pot lid rattling gently as steam pushes its way out. In many homes, that sound means dinner is not far off. It’s a rhythm that wasn’t part of earlier generations, but today it signals a […]
For decades, tribal fighting has been framed as a rural issue — a distant crisis contained within communities in Papua New Guinea. But the long shadow of those conflicts now stretches into towns and cities across the country. As more […]
The world lost a true musical pioneer when Jimmy Cliff passed away on 24 November 2025, leaving behind a legacy that reshaped modern music. Born James Chambers in rural Saint James, Jamaica, Cliff rose from modest beginnings to become one […]
