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 Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville, which is seeking independence, continues to face trauma that can be trraced back to the eight years of civil war from 1989.

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

Conflict over the Panguna mine - a large copper mine representing one of the largest reserves in the world - became the primary trigger for the Bougainville Civil War which took place between 1988 ...

the environmental impacts and inequitable economic exploitation of the Panguna copper mine in Bougainville fueled an intensifying nationalistic fervor. A brutal nine-year civil war with Port ...

As the 80th anniversary of the end of Iwo Jima — the infamous World War II battle against the Japanese ... The ceremony was arranged by Douglas Barton of the Civil Air Patrol alongside the crew of the ...

Due to the long history of colonial presence and the Bougainville Civil War (1988-1998), a lot the island’s material culture was destroyed during wartime or is housed in museums around the world. The ...

The Montpelier shot down Japanese planes and sank Japanese ships off Guadalcanal, bombarded the Japanese defenses at Munda, and survived two torpedo hits and an enemy bomb off Bougainville.

It was then operated by Rio Tinto’s subsidiary, Bougainville Copper Ltd (BCL), from 1972 until the outbreak of a civil war forced its closure, without decommissioning, in 1989. The conflict began with ...

Voice of Change is set on Bougainville, an autonomous region of PNG coming out of a 10 year civil war. Humanitarian Sister Lorraine lived through the crisis emerging as a mediator to promote peace ...

It's pretty rare for new countries to crop up, but in 2027, a vote is being held and the result could lead to a brand new nation!