New Guinea is the world’s second-largest island and it’s divided between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. The western half, known today as Papua and West Papua, became part of Indonesia after a complex ...

The origins of Papua New Guineans have long puzzled researchers due to their unique physical features, which resemble Sub-Saharan Africans despite genetic ties to Asians. A groundbreaking study, ...

Among the consequences of the rise and fall of empires in the last couple of centuries has been the formation, in the territories they formerly governed, of the political entities we call nations; ...

Papua New Guinea marked 50 years of independence in 2025 with an unbroken record of democratic government, even as political stability coexisted with leadership challenges, constitutional reform and ...