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Assailants raid a village in Papua New Guinea's Hela province, killing and dismembering 16 women and children, and burning buildings.
2019-07-10

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes off the coast of New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 35 km. There are no reports of immediate damage. [https:--www.bbc.com-news-world-asia-43592321 (BBC)
2018-03-29

Australia and the United States reach a deal to relocate asylum seekers from Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island to the U.S.
2016-11-13

Head of Australia's Department of Immigration Mike Pezzullo denies that the detention centre for asylum seekers on Manus Island must be closed. He said there was no crisis that required any closure of the centre despite Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court ruling it to be unconstitutional and ordering the release of the detainees.
2016-05-6

President Benigno Aquino III says the Philippines doesn't have the capacity to permanently house Manus Island refugees from Australian-run detention camps.
2015-10-27

A tribal fight in Papua New Guinea's Hela Province between the Wapiago and Tapamu clans claims the lives of ten people, mostly children.
2015-04-22

Mount Tavurvur, part of the Rabaul caldera near the town of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province, erupts.
2014-08-29

A riot at the Australian Government's immigration detention facility on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea results in one death and 77 injuries.
2014-02-17

The world's oldest known high altitude human settlement, estimated to be 49,000 years old, is uncovered near Kokoda, Papua New Guinea.
2010-10-4

Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister Puka Temu joins with opposition MPs in an attempt to bring down the government of Prime Minister Michael Somare.
2010-07-19