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April 16, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Most of Iranian oil — 96.7 percent — is destined for China. If you note this figure, you will realise that the Americans are really trying to choke off the supply of Iranian oil to China by blockading the Strait of Hormuz. This is a major part of the American containment ... <a title="Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/trumps-naval-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz-actually-targets-china/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have formally ratified a defence agreement a decade after its initial signing. PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko and the Indonesian ambassador to the Pacific nation, Andriana Supandy, convened a press briefing in Port Moresby on February 29 to declare the ratification. The agreement enables an enhancement ... <a title="Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/11/question-for-png-foreign-minister-tkatchenko-what-does-the-defence-pact-mean-for-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2023
PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside. Video: ABC News ABC PACIFIC BEAT: By Marian Faa, Prianka Srinivasan and Belinda Kora Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Minister has stepped aside after a widespread backlash to comments he made in defence of a video his daughter posted on TikTok. Justin Tkatchenko called critics of the video “primitive ... <a title="PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside over video row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/13/pngs-foreign-minister-justin-tkatchenko-steps-aside-over-video-row/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside over video row">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya “We are part of them and they are part of us,” declared politician Augustine Rapa, founder and president of the PNG Liberal Democratic Party, on the 61st anniversary of the struggle for West Papuan independence earlier this month. Rapa’s statement of West Papua at Gerehu, Port Moresby, on December 1 was ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: While West Papuans face an ‘existential threat’ under Indonesia, PNG plans defence pact with Jakarta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/yamin-kogoya-while-west-papuans-face-an-existential-threat-under-indonesia-png-plans-defence-pact-with-jakarta/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: While West Papuans face an ‘existential threat’ under Indonesia, PNG plans defence pact with Jakarta">Read more</a>
