Prime Minister James Marape has confirmed that Papua New Guinea''s flagship resource projects, Papua LNG and Wafi-Golpu, remain top priorities for international investors following high
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Papua New Guinea is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world with more than 800 native languages of which 12 have no living speakers. Main spoken languages are English (official) and Tok
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A New Zealand aid project in Papua New Guinea has been halted due to security concerns, and appears unlikely to be completed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) confirmed
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Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern part of the world''s second largest island and is prey to volcanic activity, earthquakes and tidal waves. Linguistically, it is the world''s most diverse...
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Papua New Guinea is a developing economy where nearly 40% of the population are subsistence farmers living relatively independently of the cash economy. The country retains close ties to
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Papua New Guinea lies in the southwest Pacific, just south of the equator and about 100 miles northeast of Australia.
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Geographical and historical treatment of Papua New Guinea, an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea, the world''s second
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The Indonesian part of New Guinea is known as Papua. It was formerly called West Irian and Irian Jaya, and is also referred to as Western New Guinea or West Papua. Papua is the largest and most
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On 29 January, Papua New Guinea took an important step towards strengthening its national climate ambitions by convening an Inter-Agency Core Group Meeting on preparing the
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