CANBERRA, AustraliaCANBERRA, Australia — Michael Somare, a pivotal figure in Papua New Guinea’s independence and the new nation’s first prime minister, died Friday. He was 84. Somare was the South ...

"Compiled and edited by Barry Ison." Special ceremonies from the twenty districts of Papua New Guinea retold in story, verse, and design. School prose, Papua New Guinea (English), Sogeri School verse, ...

When King Charles — then Prince Charles — visited Papua New Guinea in 1975, to acknowledge the historic moment of Papua New Guinea’s independence, he made the effort to include some Tok Pisin in his ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia offered to gift Papua New Guinea an extension to its Parliament House as the South Pacific island nation celebrated 50 years of independence on Tuesday.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Michael Somare, a pivotal figure in Papua New Guinea’s independence and the South Pacific island nation's first prime minister, has died. He was 84. Somare was Papua New ...