PNG students take campaign to provinces – opposition MPs plan protest...
Students from the University of Papua New Guinea - many already having left the campus after this week's eviction order from the administration -...
Timor-Leste plays diplomacy ‘catch up’ with ASEAN membership
By Tama Salim in Dili
Just 14 years into independence, Timor-Leste has secured membership of a number of international forums, declaring its intent to catch...
Brush up on perceptions of ASEAN trade partners, envoy tells NZ
By TJ Aumua in Auckland
New Zealanders need to catch up with reality about the country's trade partners in the South-East Asia region, says an...
France, New Caledonia support education, ‘francophone’ steps in Vanuatu
Prime Minister Charlot Salwai, Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Leingkone and Education Minister Jean-Pierre Nirua have visited Noumea within the framework of the regional cooperation...
Pacific corruption-fighters worry over online database future
Jemima Garrett reporting for Pacific Beat
Journalists, lawyers and corruption-fighters are sounding the alarm as one of the Pacific's most comprehensive online databases faces an...
PNG’s national court orders temporary stay on student eviction
By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby
A temporary stay against the eviction of University of Papua New Guinea students from both the Waigani and Taurama...
Images: 5000 students at UPNG face sudden eviction after protests
About 5000 students have been ordered to leave the Waigani campus of the University of Papua New Guinea - but a court ruling late...
John Key to make first NZ prime minister visit to Fiji...
Prime Minister John Key will make an official two-day visit to Fiji next month – the first by a New Zealand Prime Minister since...
Jakarta has something to hide over West Papua, says Wenda
By Johnny Blades of Radio NZ International
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua claims Indonesia is paranoid about regional efforts to seek accurate information...
New tech downgrades reading, harms critical thinking, says Fiji academic
By Losalini Bolatagici in Suva
Critical thinking — the ability to reason effectively — is declining and it's worrying.
Dr Jito Vanualailai, director of the research...
International students hit by UPNG suspension in response to protests
NBC's PNG Tonight reporter Mark Kayok reports on UPNG council's decision to indefinitely suspend semester 1 and the hostile response with a threat by...
West Papuans in Vanuatu reject Jakarta response to Solomons PM
By Len Garae in Port Vila
West Papuan leaders, through the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association in Port Vila, have rejected the Indonesian government’s statement...
PNG’s two universities contrast in management style over protests
Administrations at both of Papua New Guinea's two major universities have contrasting approaches to dealing with the national student standoff against the prime minister.
While...
West Papuans, activists protest against Sorong oil palm expansion
As the indigenous people of Sorong, Nabire, Merauke and elsewhere in West Papua continue to resist oil palm expansion, there now appears to be...
Pacific Climate Change Centre step closer – building starts next June
The Pacific Islands are a step closer to having their very own Pacific Climate Change Centre to be hosted at the Secretariat of the...
UPNG suspends semester studies to take academic ‘breather’
By Cleopatra Kolta in Port Moresby
The University of Papua New Guinea Council has announced the suspension of the rest of semester 1, which is...
Timor-Leste optimistic on border talks despite slow progress
By Tama Salim in Dili and Anggi M. Lubis in Jakarta
Timor-Leste remains upbeat about negotiations on outstanding border issues with Indonesia, as the two...
RSF condemns Australian police response over NBN media leaks
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Australian authorities to halt their investigation of media outlets over leaks about overspending by the government-owned...
Unitech student leader’s reply to PM: ‘We’re talking about morality’
By Carmella Gware in Lae
A student leader at Papua New Guinea's University of Technology in Lae has responded to Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's letter...
‘If young people act over climate change, our leaders will listen’
A Pacific Media Centre report on a "united Pacific voice" on climate change at the Pacific Development Forum in Suva last September that got...
NZ delegation welcomed in Guam for Pacific Festival opening
A Te Karere report on the opening of the Pacific Festival of Arts.
The regionally anticipated Festival of Pacific Arts has finally kicked off this...
What PM O’Neill told the protesting PNG students – in full
This is the 10-page letter from Prime Minister Peter O’Neill sent yesterday to the University of Papua New Guinea and the PNG University of...