The Latest Breaking News from PNG

PNG Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko says a cross-agency negotiating team is hopeful of securing the release of three hostages taken captive in his country.

Kidnappers have released one of four people taken hostage in remote Papua New Guinea, but an Australian professor remains captive.

Reporters need protection from violence and intimidation – not a law that makes it easier to sack them

The Australian professor was conducting a field study with three female researchers when a group of armed men abducted them, took them to a secret location and demanded money for their release.

An Australian professor and three university students remain captive in remote Papua New Guinea after being taken hostage at gunpoint.

Armed men have taken an Australian archaeologist and university students hostage in Papua New Guinea and are demanding a ransom from the two governments.

Lieutenant-Colonel Nancy Wii broke all barriers in Papua New Guinea when she got promoted to commanding officer of the Air Transport Wing. Now she is getting PNG's military back in the skies as the region grapples with China's rising influence.

Australian and Papua New Guinea ministers are meeting to discuss security, increasing access to labour schemes and the NRL's expansion into the Pacific.

Pacific island nation will qualify for first World Cup if they win two playoffs and manager Spencer Prior is not wasting a minute