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WWII ship that sank with 1,000 Allied POWs on board discovered in South China Sea

The wreck of a Japanese transport ship that sank in 1942 with more than 1,000 Allied prisoners-of-war on board has been discovered near the Philippines.

LiveScience

'Everybody should know what it was like', 98-year-old Joan says

Joan Wilmore's late husband, Harry, was one of the original Rats of Tobruk.

Newcastle Herald

'Bird poo' frog among five new species classified in Papua New Guinea

New Guinea has the most diverse array of tropical island frogs in the world and its mountains and forests are still revealing their secrets. Here are five newly classified species.

ABC News

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Four dead and 300 homes destroyed by earthquake in Papua New Guinea

Magnitude 7.0 quake hits remote region to cause deep fissures in land near epicentre at Chambri Lake

Wales Online

3 dead as powerful earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

At least three people were killed after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook a remote region of northwestern Papua New Guinea before dawn Monday.

Bangkok Post

Possum feared extinct discovered being cooked on a hungry family's BBQ

Michael Smith found a Telefomin cuscus possum - a species that was feared extinct in Papua New Guinea - but was left shocked to that he was only able to take photos of the "their skulls"

Daily Mirror

Rebels who abducted New Zealand pilot move him deeper into Papua New Guinea jungle

Philip Mehrtens was captured early Tuesday by separatist fighters

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A resurgence of alliances is an echo of past wars

Alliances are as old as civilisation. Older, actually: almost every hunter-gatherer band that anthropologists have studied, from the New Guinea highlanders to the Yanomamo in the Amazon, made alliances with other groups to try to protect themselves.

Bangkok Post

Australia and Papua New Guinea's future relationship evolving from shared colonial past

As the leaders of Australia and Papua New Guinea meet to forge a new relationship, it's worth remembering the shared history of our colonial past.

ABC News

Albanese pays tribute to late PNG leader

On his second day in Papua New Guinea, Anthony Albanese has visited Wewak to pay tribute to the nation's late grand chief and remember WWII fallen.

AAP

Scientists rediscover lost bird that hadn’t been seen in 140 years

Discovery was made in Fergusson Island, off the east coast of Papua New Guinea in September

The Independent UK

Gliding treefrogs, mini-males and burrowing frogs in trees: why Melanesia is the world's tropical island frog hotspot

A chocolate treefrog that looks like a Freddo. Burrowing frogs which live in trees. Long-nosed frogs named after Pinocchio. Frogs which go straight from egg to froglet without stopping at tadpole. And large treefrogs which can glide from tree to tree.

The Conversation

Elsie Albert hopes Papua New Guinea can ‘change mindsets and empower girls’

The Orchids’ second appearance in a women’s World Cup kicks off against Canada at Headingley on November 1.

The Independent UK

PNG man kissed girl in 'cultural marriage'

A successful Papua New Guinea businessman believed he had consent under a cultural marriage when he kissed a 15-year-old girl, a Brisbane court has heard.

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The Conversation

Friday essay: fame, male privilege and a media circus – revisiting Errol Flynn's rape trial 80 years on

Warning: this article contains descriptions of sexual and colonial violence.

ABC News

How a teenager trekking through the PNG jungle discovered the wreckage of an Australian warplane

At just 15 years old, Willie Flinn is leading an expedition to investigate the site of an Australian plane that crashed into the Papua New Guinean jungle during World War II.

The Independent UK

‘Quite intense’ 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

Quake kills three while another 6.1-magnitude tremor reported from Indonesia

The Independent UK

Huge quake hits Papua New Guinea, extent of damage unclear

The U.S. Geological Survey has detected a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in northeastern Papua New Guinea

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The Conversation

'Impressive rafting skills': the 8-million-year old origin story of how rodents colonised Australia

A single, pregnant rodent floating on driftwood across the treacherous waters between Asia and New Guinea 8.5 million years ago may be behind the eventual colonisation of native rodents in Australia, our new research suggests.

The Hindu

Netherlands, Zimbabwe qualify for ICC World Cup T20

Netherlands and Zimbabwe booked their places in the ICC T20 World Cup after seeing off USA and Papua & New Guinea respectively in semifinals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier B

Daily Record

Cannibal tribe strike terror by eating its foes' flesh and using human skulls as pillows

The Asmat tribe populates over 100 villages and consists of 12 different sub-ethnic groups in the unexplored jungles of New Guinea in Indonesia. Until relatively recently, they practiced headhunting and ate the flesh of their enemies.

Daily Mirror

Cannibal tribe eats its enemies' flesh and uses human skulls as pillows

The Asmat tribe populates more than 100 villages and consists of 12 different sub-ethnic groups in the unexplored jungles of New Guinea in Indonesia - and until relatively recently practiced headhunting and ate the flesh of their enemies

The Conversation

Australia can help ensure the biggest mine in PNG's history won't leave a toxic legacy

The COVID pandemic slowed mining operations across the Pacific. But as economic activity returns, an Australia-based company is poised to pursue what would be the largest mine in Papua New Guinea’s history.

The Independent UK

Giant fossil of ancient kangaroo species that lived more than 42,000 years ago found

Fossil likely belongs to a unique genus of more primitive kangaroo found only in Papua New Guinea

ABC News

Kangaroo species, now extinct, identified by fossil hunters after being found in PNG highlands

A fossilised kangaroo jaw discovered in the highlands of Papua New Guinea in the 1970s has been reclassified as a new primitive species that may have migrated north between 5-8 million years ago.

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