CNN

APEC is being held by the member country that can least afford it

Port Moresby doesn’t know what’s about to hit it. The Papua New Guinean capital, a tiny cluster of high rise and residential buildings housing some 300,000 people on the Pacific nation’s southern ...
War on the Rocks

The APEC Summit: An Opportunity and a Challenge for Asian Leaders

Editor’s Note: A version of this article was originally published by The Interpreter, which is published by the Lowy Institute, an independent, nonpartisan think tank based in Sydney. War on the Rocks ...
The Diplomat

Shane McLeod on Papua New Guinea After APEC

“The test will be whether PNG will, in the short, medium, and long term, be able to realize the benefits of hosting.” From November 17-18, Papua New Guinea (PNG) became the first Pacific Island ...
East Asia Forum

No time for APEC to be asleep at the wheel

APEC leaders will be meeting on Friday at a time when the international order is confronted by more uncertainties and perils than at any other time since the organisation's creation. The APEC theme, ...
East Asia Forum

It wasn’t meant to be like this: PNG’s hosting of APEC

When Papua New Guinea (PNG) put up its hand to host APEC in 2013, its economy was booming. Prospects were bright. And reform was underway, in particular to clamp down on the corruption that has been ...
Mongabay

For APEC’s poorest member, flashy cars point to another boondoggle

Papua New Guinea will host the 2018 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit this week. The PNG government says the summit will catalyze economic growth and development, but opposition leaders ...
Bay News 9

Expensive APEC summit sows division in host Papua New Guinea

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — After three decades of promoting free trade as a panacea to poverty, the APEC grouping of nations that includes the U.S. and China is holding its lavish annual ...
Business Insider

The poorest nation in the Pacific will host its richest economic get-together, and it could descend into a dash for cash

This weekend, 21 world leaders will make their way to Papua New Guinea for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, an event marked by controversy and questionable fashion photo ops. The ...
Business Insider

This year's APEC summit set out to address problems in the Pacific, but it only deepened the US-China feud

A major Asia-Pacific summit’s failure was down to "deliberate protectionism" and "excusing” by "individual economies," China's foreign ministry spokesperson said in a statement on Monday, using loaded ...
Business Wire

DataCo and SES Networks to Provide Broadband Network for APEC 2018

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ahead of the 26th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum taking place in Papua New Guinea, the PNG Government through its implementing agency, DataCo with the ...
EDN

Still another hidden ‘Gem’ from APEC 2018: AEM, Inc.

AEM, Inc. did have a small booth at APEC 2018 this year and I had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Montgomery, General Manager, AEM. High-Rel fuses and tin whiskers were our topics of discussion. Both of ...