The Natural Disaster Centre's Colonel Carl Wrakonei said the earthquake had impacted all six districts of East Sepik The quake hit the remote Chambri Lake, south-west of Wewak, at a depth of 60 ...

A massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck in Papua New Guinea's East Sepik Province. A quake of 7.0 on the Richter scale is massive and has the potential to cause major destruction.

To address these questions, we analyzed the mtDNA sequences from 219 volunteers from eight villages in the Wewak and Yangoru districts of East Sepik Province on the north coast of PNG (Fig. 1a ...

The shocking video depicts a gang using bush knives to decapitate the body of a villager killed in a massacre in Papua New Guinea's far north-west East Sepik province two weeks ago.

Wewak and its surrounds, in Papua New Guinea’s East Sepik Province, feature tough, rugged country where mountains and coastal villages come together. But the area is full of life, and full of Laif FM.

The men of the Chambri tribe in the East Sepik province of PNG practise crocodile scarification, an initiation for boys entering manhood during which their skin is cut and scarred to represent the ...

Lily King's new novel was inspired by a real-life moment in 1933, when the lives of anthropologist Margaret Mead and two of her husbands intersected on an expedition to the Sepik River in New Guinea.

"So far, around 1,000 homes have been lost," East Sepik Governor Allan Bird said, adding that emergency crews were "still assessing the impact" from a tremor that "damaged most parts of the province." ...

The Sepik River, the longest in Papua New Guinea, is central to life in the region. It serves as a vital artery for transportation, fishing, and daily activities, supporting diverse communities.

Journal of Human Genetics - Austronesian origin of the 27-bp deletion of the erythrocyte band 3 gene in East Sepik, Papua New Guinea inferred from mtDNA analysis Skip to main content Thank you for ...