He was fighting Japanese forces near Wewak, Territory of New Guinea. Hamwey’s unit attacked enemy defensive positions on nearby Cape Wom. He was reported as missing in action on Jan. 20.

As MacArthur's unexpected swoop into the Admiralty Islands last week tightened a noose around the Bismarck Archipelago (see map), attention was fixed on a Jap-held prize on the northern tip of ...

New Guinea’s low-elevation forests, ... In PNG, meanwhile, a new Protected Areas Act was passed in 2024 with provisions to safeguard 30% of the territory there by 2030.

An American bomber from World War II that sat hidden in Papua New Guinea’s jungle for decades will soon go on display at a museum in Port Moresby, the island nation’s capital, according to the ...

Germany, Australia, Japan, the U.S., and Papua New Guinea colonized and settled Bougainville Island because of its resources and placement in the Southwest Pacific. The island is named after Louis de ...