Bougainville, nearly as big as Hawaii’s main island and just as stunning, is the most remote part of Papua New Guinea.

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Far out in the South Pacific, there’s a tropical island called Bougainville. Its people are devoutly Catholic — with a twist. Many revere the Virgin Mary almost as much as her son, Jesus. Women are ...

The autonomous Papua New Guinea region, which is seeking independence, continues to face trauma of its past, says a former ...

The region voted overwhelmingly for independence from Papua New Guinea in 2019, but realizing this in practice has been far from straightforward. PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) shakes ...

Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama has condemned the circulation of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video depicting a physical confrontation between him and Papua ...

The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has launched a Bougainville Parliament YouTube Channel in its efforts "toward ...

The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History’s Bougainville Island collection is a snapshot of the island just after WWII. The collection connects the museum and its visitors with the people ...

In a historic event for the Bougainville region, Peter Tsiamalili Jnr, Regional Member for Bougainville and Police Minister, ...