Economy

14 September 2025
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, far right, meets with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, far left, at the Prime Minister's Office in July. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)
Papua New Guinea's national census was initially due to take just two weeks starting in June, but the government has announced it will now not be completed until some time in 2025.
Opinion

Papua New Guinea's census process is a quagmire of epic proportions

International donors must pressure government to be transparent

14 August 2024
A refinery in Marin, Switzerland: Mines in Papua New Guinea now send their gold overseas for processing. 
Opinion

Papua New Guinea's planned gold monopoly will weigh economy down

Key export sector to be damaged by deal with mysterious Singapore company

24 April 2024
A man shows the damage on Jan. 11 after looters tore through a shopping center in Port Moresby. The riots began after police walked off the job over a pay dispute.
Politics

Riots underline Papua New Guinea's social and economic fragility

Looting in Port Moresby follows decades of urban squalor and neglect

19 January 2024
Looters amid the unrest in Papua New Guinea's capital of Port Moresby on Jan. 10.
Politics

Papua New Guinea's Marape faces calls to quit over deadly unrest

At least 16 reportedly killed amid violence and looting as police strike over pay

11 January 2024
A LNG carrier is docked at the ExxonMobil PNG operated plant at Caution Bay, Papua New Guinea in November 2018: the local people have seen very little of the promised benefits.
Opinion

Papua New Guinea a warning for poor nations rich in natural resources

Developing countries often do not profit from wealth lying under the ground

12 January 2021
With exports and domestic consumption crashing, China, the world's second largest economy, could be on course for losses of up to $1.6 trillion this year, according to the ADB. 
Economy

ADB warns coronavirus threatens to chop 10% off global output

Bank says fiscal and monetary responses needed immediately to soften fallout

15 May 2020
Tourist and school buses are seen at a parking lot near Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hong Kong, April 1: The novel coronavirus outbreak has devastated the territory's tourism industry.
Economy

Pandemic to cut Asian growth to 2.2%, worst since 1998 crisis: ADB

Thailand, Hong Kong and seven other economies to shrink, China to slow sharply

3 April 2020
A child wears a mask in Thailand slum. The World Bank's forecast of a "third shock" could devastate economic growth and increase poverty across developing Asia. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
Interview

World Bank warns of 'third shock' after coronavirus and trade war

Developing Asia urged to address expected poverty surge, financial distress

31 March 2020
Foreign students in Japan are allowed to work in unskilled-labor positions, such as convenience store work, for up to 28 hours per week. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi) 
Japan immigration

Japan intensifies crackdown on student visa overstayers

Number of countries subject to stricter checks to increase tenfold

11 February 2020
Greece has rejected China's plan to build an additional cargo terminal at Piraeus port amid concerns about growing Beijing influence.
Belt and Road

China drops $11bn anchors to expand Maritime Silk Road

State-owned operators Cosco and China Merchants dominate decade of spending

5 January 2020
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