Nine people have been killed and hundreds of properties destroyed in three days of ethnic clashes in Lae, the second biggest city in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the volatile Pacific nation which is ...

Across its four regions and 22 provinces, Papua New Guinea contains an impressive diversity of linguistic, ethnic and cultural groups. From the coasts of autonomous Bougainville to the rocky peaks of ...

Papua New Guinea Thursday welcomed Indonesian President Joko Widodo's plan to join a Melanesian intergovernment group, calling it a historic move that will improve relations with the ethnic ...

With its state motto, “Unity in Diversity”, Papua New Guinea is indeed a country with outstanding ethnic, linguistic and cultural variety, resulting from the rugged and mountainous geography of the ...

Ann Marie Yastishock, who has deep Schuylkill County roots, was named U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the Republic of Vanuatu in the southwest Pacific region in January.

Ambassador Ann Marie Yastishock has traveled the world during a lengthy career with the U.S. Agency for International Development, but she’s never forgotten her Schuylkill County connections.