Bud Johnson's Bougainville Photos: Snapshots “I have a fairly good 35MM camera, (4.5 lens with speeds up to 150th of a second) and I plan to take as many pictures as possible of the natives, their ...

These items are a snapshot into what people were using and wearing during sing-sings in the late 1940s—in the midst of colonial presence and before the island’s civil war with Papua New Guinea.

The possibility of an independent Bougainville—currently part of Papua New Guinea (PNG)—provides the U.S. an opportunity to be a proactive, rather than reactive, partner to both Bougainville ...

Stunning tropical island that's stuffed with gold and treasures should be Trump's 51st state, resident says. By ALEXA CIMINO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM. Published: 18:27 EDT, 26 April 2025 | Updated: 22:38 ...

Bougainville’s cobalt-blue flag was tossed to an outside wall next to a clock honoring the island’s unique time zone, one hour ahead of Papua New Guinea. Behind the home is his green sanctuary ...

The autonomy provisions of the 2001 Bougainville Peace Agreement, which have largely remained unrealised in institutional terms, should be the foundation on which any new Bougainville state would be ...

Political deadlock frustrates Bougainville’s aspirations of independence. The territory voted in 2019 to leave Papua New Guinea, but the country’s parliament is still to ratify the separation.

Is Bougainville the next battleground between China and the U.S.? The Pacific region is hoping a huge, abandoned copper-and-gold mine will be its ticket for independence from Papua New Guinea.