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It is hard to fathom how in a country that boasts about its technological advancements, scientific breakthroughs, economic prosperity, and military prowess, 23 percent of its population lives under the poverty line.
There are some key aspects of the PNG system of government that have definitely 'failed', but there remains time for PNG to pull back from being a total 'failed state'.
That nasty formulation is intended to have consequences for urban planning, taking into account the percentage of immigrants and descendants present in that area of 'non-Western background'.
Americans have a disturbing tendency to refer to themselves as 'exceptional'. For the rest of us, or even for the odd critical thinker within the United States, this can certainly be irritatingc- exceptionally irritating.
Even though Anzac Day is no longer a national holiday in PNG, it has always been a focus for visiting defence and ex-service personnel to visit the impressive war cemeteries and some of the more significant battle zones.
Over 500,000 civilians have been murdered and many more imprisoned and tortured by the Indonesian government in what's being called a 'silent genocide'.
