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    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Papua New Guinea’s population size puzzles prime minister and experts

      Number of citizens in Pacific nation could be almost double its official figure of 9.4mn, says report

    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      US foreign policy
      US pledges $210mn to Pacific Islands to counter China’s influence

      Washington’s new strategy comes after being caught off guard by Beijing’s push into region

    • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
      UBS Group AG
      UBS could be subject to 10-year ban from Papua New Guinea over oil loan

      Former prime minister Peter O’Neill decries inquiry into Swiss investment bank

    • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
      The Commodities NoteJames Otto
      Resource-rich countries need to get their mining tax systems right

      Governments should implement policies that both encourage investment and fill state coffers

    • Monday, 26 July, 2021
      UBS Group AG
      UBS warned of ‘grave reputational risk’ in PNG loan probe

      Bank and Norton Rose slammed by inquiry over deal that incurred $432m loss for Pacific nation

    • Wednesday, 21 July, 2021
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto backs environmental study into mine that triggered civil war

      Clean-up costs related to shuttered Bougainville project could run into billions of dollars

    • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Australia calls on EU to allow vaccine exports to aid PNG

      Brussels asked to reject ‘vaccine protectionism’ as Covid-19 crisis engulfs Pacific nation

    • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
      Bougainville
      Bougainville votes overwhelmingly for independence

      Island leaders will negotiate future with Papua New Guinea after non-binding referendum

    • Friday, 6 December, 2019
      News in-depth
      Bougainville island faces copper ‘curse’ amid independence vote

      Pacific island’s vote sparks a scramble for political influence among foreign mining companies

    • Saturday, 14 September, 2019
      Australian politics
      Kurdish refugee stuck in Manus cannot take up UK professorship

      Behrouz Boochani left stranded on Pacific island after confiscation of passport

    • Tuesday, 28 May, 2019
      Asia-Pacific economy
      Papua New Guinea turmoil puts LNG projects at risk

      Political crisis threatens to delay $12bn-$14bn expansion led by ExxonMobil and Total

    • Sunday, 16 December, 2018
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      A small island caught in China’s Pacific power game with the west Premium content

      Bougainville’s huge copper reserves and an independence vote draw global interest

    • Tuesday, 20 November, 2018
      Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
      Papua New Guinea police storm parliament over unpaid Apec wages

      Security forces break windows and smash cars in summit payments dispute

    • Monday, 19 November, 2018
      Global trade
      China launches anti-dumping probe targeting Australian barley
    • Saturday, 17 November, 2018
      Asia
      US to join Australia in South Pacific naval base expansion

      Mike Pence unveils plan as strategic competition with China heats up in region

    • Friday, 16 November, 2018
      News in-depthAsia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
      China-Australia rivalry heats up over Pacific islands

      Two countries in spending race as US influence across Asia begins to fade

    • Thursday, 8 November, 2018
      Chinese politics & policy
      Australia counters China’s sway with A$2bn Pacific package

      Tussle with Beijing for influence in region comes as foreign ministers meet

    • Thursday, 1 November, 2018
      Australia
      Australia to move child refugees from island camps

      Government loosens hardline policy after medical crisis and political backlash

    • Friday, 28 September, 2018
      Belt and Road Initiative
      US to make ‘counter offer’ to stop Huawei in Pacific 

      US, Australia and Japan push back against Chinese influence

    • Friday, 28 September, 2018
      World
      US confirms effort to stop Huawei in Papua New Guinea
    • Tuesday, 4 September, 2018
      Currencies
      Papua New Guinea makes second stab at bond debut

      Nation one of the last frontiers for oil and minerals exploration on land

    • Wednesday, 8 August, 2018
      Chinese politics & policy
      China’s commitment to the Pacific may be overstated

      Recipient countries have received less than a fifth of promised aid from Beijing

    • Monday, 16 July, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication, by Thomas Abraham

      A primer on the costly effort to rid the world of a deadly disease

    • Tuesday, 29 May, 2018
      Behrouz Boochani
      The ‘offshore processing centre’ I live in is an island prison

      Australia has sent refugees like me to Papua New Guinea and Nauru for political gains

    • Thursday, 17 May, 2018
      Asia-Pacific economy
      New Zealand boosts aid to counter China’s influence in South Pacific

      Concern over Beijing’s sway prompts closer engagement with region’s small nations

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