Polygamy, still practiced in some parts of Papua New Guinea, symbolized wealth and status in the country’s so-called “big man ...

A team from the Pacific nation will join Australia’s National Rugby League in a $400 million deal that deepens ties while ...

Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal linked to limiting Chinese ...

Papua New Guinea's prime minister pledged on Tuesday to crack down on lawlessness in the country's troubled highlands, saying ...

The Australian government has signed a confidential agreement with Papua New Guinea, its second security pact in the Pacific ...

In return, Papua New Guinea signed a confidential security pact with Australia that is meant to stop China from gaining a security foothold in the Pacific nation, according to a report by ...

The "soft power" aspect to this sports diplomacy initiative has never been a secret. But in the game of regional politics, ...

A historic $600m deal to give Papua New Guinea an NRL team has dashed China’s hopes for a security pact with Australia’s ...

Australia and its partners, chiefly the US, worry that such deals could potentially give China greater influence in a strategically significant region. Australia is Papua New Guinea’s largest ...

China has pursued its own bilateral security pact on policing with Papua New Guinea and with other South Pacific island nations which U.S. allies, including Australia, fear could undermine ...

Papua New Guinea Gains a Team in Australian Rugby League in Diplomatic Push Aimed at Curbing China MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced Thursday linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South Pacific.