Yearly Archives: 2021

ANALYSIS: By Janine Mendes-Franco and Emma Lewis As armed supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump forced their way into the United States Capitol last...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Victor Mambor in Jayapura – second of a three-part investigation into the Pastor Yeremia Zanambani assassination. The atmosphere on Saturday morning, 19...

By RNZ News A cyber security expert says attacks like the latest on the Reserve Bank could be due to the type of data systems...

ANALYSIS: By Margaret Kristin Merga, Edith Cowan University and Shannon Mason, Nagasaki University Academics are increasingly expected to share their research widely beyond academia. However,...

By RNZ News New Zealand faces an increased risk of community transmission from the UK strain of covid-19 that is now arriving in the country,...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Body parts and debris were hauled from waters near Indonesia's capital Jakarta today from a Boeing passenger plane that crashed shortly...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk West Papuans are facing the start of 2021 with sorrowful news about the death of Mispo Gwijangge, a victim of accusations...

By RNZ Pacific The governors of Pacific US territories the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and Guam have denounced the violent protests in US Congress. In...

COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce On Wednesday, from behind a wall of bulletproof glass, outgoing US President Donald Trump told a crowd of his supporters to...

ANALYSIS: By Timothy Graham, Queensland University of Technology Amid the chaos in the US Capitol, stoked largely by rhetoric from President Donald Trump, Twitter has...

By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter American expats are feeling grateful to be living in Aotearoa after watching the chaos and violence unfold at the...

ANALYSIS: By David Smith, University of Sydney After weeks of President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about voter fraud and other improprieties costing him the presidential...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Victor Mambor in Jayapura - first of a three-part investigation into the Pastor Yeremia Zanambani assassination. The Papua Province Humanitarian Team for...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has visited Goilala’s remote Saki village near Tolukuma gold mine in the Goilala district...

By Wanshika Kumar in Suva The 20th University of the South Pacific Journalism Student Awards in Suva last month were dedicated to retiring Pacific...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in CounterPunch The unexpected decision by Judge Vanessa Baraitser to deny a US demand to extradite Julian Assange, foiling efforts to send...

COMMENT: By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby For the majority of Papua New Guineans living in the capital of Port Moresby, providing a home for...

ANALYSIS: By Clive Williams, Australian National University Tensions are running high in the Middle East in the waning days of the Trump administration. Over the weekend,...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is relieved by the January 4 ruling of UK District Judge Vanessa Baraitser to block the United...

ANALYSIS: By James Laurenceson, University of Technology Sydney Great power competition in the Asia-Pacific region has been building for years. But covid-19 has turbo-charged the...

By RNZ News The new covid-19 variant found in the UK is set to become more prevalent across the world due to its more transmissible...

By Benny Mawel in Jayapura The enforcement of human rights and the resolution of various cases of human rights violations in Papua in 2020 has...