The remote village of Fogomaiyu, in the Mount Bosavi region in Hela province, is part of the collapsed cone of an extinct volcano. The group, seized on Feb. 19 in Fogomaiyu village, was taken 10 ...

The three were taken captive Feb. 19 while conducting fieldwork at Mount Bosavi in the wilds of the South Pacific island nation. A fourth hostage had already been released. The three were flown to ...

The group was doing fieldwork in a remote part of PNG's highlands near Mount Bosavi, on the border of the Hela and Southern Highlands provinces, when they were taken by a criminal gang from Hela ...

An Australian university professor is among a group taken hostage in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, the country’s prime minister said on Monday. Armed criminals had demanded cash in return ...

The academic team, who were conducting research work near Mount Bosavi, on the borders of the Hela province, were unexpectedly “sighted by chance” by an armed group who abducted them.

Professor Bryce Barker, a New Zealand citizen who lives in Australia, was originally captured at gunpoint with three colleagues as they took part in a field study trip near Mount Bosavi.