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BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Justin Tkatchenko of Papua New Guinea (PNG) in Xiamen, who is in China to attend the Third China-Pacific ...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) will join Australia's national rugby league competition, after signing a deal that obligates them to shun security ties with China. The Pacific nation has produced many ...

A team from the Pacific nation will join Australia’s National Rugby League in a $400 million deal that deepens ties while denting China’s regional security push.

PNG’s foreign minister said its government had set aside more than $38 million to begin building facilities and a deal could be announced as early as next week.

Ever since Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, visited Papua New Guinea (PNG) in April, Australia has been trying to fend off a security pact between the two countries. Mr Wang signed trade and ...

The Papua New Guinea government has reacted strongly to a Channel 7 story that reported the country was considering selling off its sole electricity provider to China. PNG's minister for state ...

The revelation about the proposed policing deal, discussed before Anthony Albanese visited PNG, underscores Beijing’s determination to gain a security footing in the Pacific region.

Is Bougainville the next battleground between China and the U.S.? The Pacific region is hoping a huge, abandoned copper-and-gold mine will be its ticket for independence from Papua New Guinea.