Part of Oceania, Papua New Guinea compromises the eastern half of the island it's on. The western half is part of Indonesia. And the whole thing is an island paradise that absolutely must be on ...

New Bird of Paradise Species Has Smooth Dance Moves. To woo a female, this bird flips up his cape, puffs out his chest, and shimmies his little feet.

Pope Francis visits remote communities in Papua New Guinea, wearing a hat decorated with bird of paradise feathers. The leader of the World Catholic Church and Head of State of the Vatican, Pope ...

Shells were legal currency in Papua New Guinea until 1933, and they’re still used to purchase brides and settle blood feuds. The local currency is still called the kina. MUD MEN ...

All the latest content about Papua New Guinea from the BBC. ... In Vanimo, a town near the border with Indonesia, the Pope donned a traditional Bird of Paradise feathered headdress. 8 Sep 2024.

THE 20th Bougainville Foundation Day celebration at Hutjena Oval on Monday was graced by a distinguished local figure, Miss ...

When Fiji-based photographer Tom Vierus was busy taking pictures of the birds on Papua New Guinea’s New Britain in March this year, little did he know that his memory card was storing quite the ...

The Miss Bird of Paradise Pageant Papua New Guinea (MBOP PNG) has officially signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the ...

The Papua New Guinea (PNG) government recently admitted that police “successfully tested” placing a block on social media platforms, targeting Facebook in particular, for much of March 24.

Pope Francis has been welcomed in Vanimo, on the coast of Papua New Guinea, where he donned a traditional Bird of Paradise feathered headdress. He came to Vanimo at the invitation of local ...

Papua New Guinea blocks Facebook as part of test to curb harmful content. The shutdown, enforced under the country’s anti-terrorism laws, began on Monday and has continued into Tuesday.

A British ‘danger tourist’ on a mission to visit every country has become the first tourist to visit several indigenous tribes in Papua New Guinea.