An initial hearing of a class action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the toxic legacy of the Panguna copper mine on the autonomous island of Bougainville has been held in Papua New Guinea.
Pacific flags -- Fiji and Tonga -- and protesters in support of Palestine at a recent rally in New Zealand's largest city Auckland . . . but both countries voted against at the UN General Assembly ...
The Land of Papua is widely known as a land full of milk and honey. It is a name widely known in Indonesia that refers to the western half of the island of New Guinea. Its natural wealth and beauty ...