Papua New Guinea’s opening of an embassy in Israeli-occupied Jerusalem has been condemned by Palestinian officials and by the Pacific island country’s opposition leader, who said it was a reckless ...

Consensus has been reached by Pacific leaders with Japan to address the controversial release of treated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. In August ...

Tribal violence and claims of ‘cannibalism’ in Papua New Guinea have marked the start of 2025 for the Pacific nation as it prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence. Nine people were ...

Two workers died after being buried under a heap of nickel waste at a processing plant in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province, the company said Friday, adding credence to allegations of poor and ...

Debate on Guam’s future as a U.S. territory has intensified with its legislature due to vote on a non-binding resolution to become a U.S. state amid mounting Pacific geostrategic tensions and ...

A New Zealand official mediating talks between the leaders of Papua New Guinea and the independence-seeking Bougainville region said he was optimistic about resolving a dispute over the ...

A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced an opposition lawmaker from the Move Forward Party to six years in jail for insulting the monarchy. Rukchanok Srinork, 29, was found guilty under Thailand’s ...

Environmentalists are expressing deep concerns about Indonesia’s ecological future because of President-elect Prabowo Subianto signaling a strong preference for boosting mining industries and sectors ...

At least eight people were killed in the Philippines on Wednesday after heavy rains brought on by a powerful typhoon caused massive flooding, authorities said. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and ...

Muhammad Arif Rofiudin spent 27 years meticulously maintaining machines that wove traditional sarongs at a garment factory in Pekalongan, a Central Java city that is one of Indonesia’s textile hubs.

Indonesia is going ahead with a project to convert millions of acres in Papua into a gigantic sugarcane plantation so it can become self-sufficient in sugar and its related liquid fuel, bioethanol.

Blackouts have hit the Philippines’ biggest and most populated island after 10 power plants went down or reduced output because of coal shortages, as experts warn of a possible crisis in a country ...