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September 12, 2023
PNG Post-Courier The University of Papua New Guinea’s vice-chancellor, Professor Frank Griffin, has assured protesting students of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences that their concerns raised during a sit-in last Friday will be addressed immediately. He told the students when receiving a seven-page petition containing protests over the student’s welfare which was presented ... <a title="‘I hear your cry’, UPNG chief tells protesting medical students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/i-hear-your-cry-upng-chief-tells-protesting-medical-students/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I hear your cry’, UPNG chief tells protesting medical students">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Stuff New Zealand’s Stuff media group has joined other leading news organisations around the world in restricting Open AI from using its content to power artificial intelligence tool Chat GPT. A growing number of media companies globally have taken action to block access to Open AI bots from crawling and scraping content from their news ... <a title="Stuff joins global media groups curbing Open AI from using news sites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/stuff-joins-global-media-groups-curbing-open-ai-from-using-news-sites/" aria-label="Read more about Stuff joins global media groups curbing Open AI from using news sites">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
By Henry Pope Fiji’s government has taken the local leader of an influential South Korean doomsday sect into immigration custody after he and several other members of the Grace Road Church were declared “prohibited migrants” based on charges filed in 2018. Fiji had announced last Thursday that it was taking steps to deport Daniel Kim ... <a title="Korean doomsday sect Grace Road saga deepens with leader in Fiji custody" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/korean-doomsday-sect-grace-road-saga-deepens-with-leader-in-fiji-custody/" aria-label="Read more about Korean doomsday sect Grace Road saga deepens with leader in Fiji custody">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
By Aroha Awarau Christina Dawa Kutsmana Thomas is on a mission to save her indigenous language from extinction. There are only eight people from her reservation in the state of Nevada who are fluent in Numu Yadooana — Northern Paiute, and they’re aged 70+. “I feel like I’m under immense pressure. If I don’t do ... <a title="Te reo Māori inspires Native American to save her own indigenous language from extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/te-reo-maori-inspires-native-american-to-save-her-own-indigenous-language-from-extinction/" aria-label="Read more about Te reo Māori inspires Native American to save her own indigenous language from extinction">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has backtracked on his comments that PNG had “no right to comment” on human rights abuses in West Papua and has offered a clarification to “clear misconceptions and apprehension”. Last week, Marape met Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the sidelines of the 43rd ASEAN summit in ... <a title="PNG leader Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/png-leader-marape-denies-papua-human-rights-comments-were-his/" aria-label="Read more about PNG leader Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2023
RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, Mediawatch presenter The New Zealand Herald copped criticism for publishing a front-page attack ad targeting the National Party leader this week — but it was far from the first time ads like it have appeared in print. Meanwhile, questions were asked about other coverage that looked like it might be ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Political advocacy angst as campaign begins – officially" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/10/nz-election-2023-political-advocacy-angst-as-campaign-begins-officially/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Political advocacy angst as campaign begins – officially">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2023
By Vijay Narayan and Mosese Raqio in Suva Grace Road group Fiji president Daniel Kim is currently in Fiji immigration custody as he has been declared a prohibited immigrant, according to Immigration Minister Pio Tikoduadua. Speaking to Fijivillage News this afternoon, Tikoduadua confirmed that Kim had been located and that he was a prohibited immigrant. ... <a title="Fiji immigration officials detain Grace Road cult leader Daniel Kim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/08/fiji-immigration-officials-detain-grace-road-cult-leader-daniel-kim/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji immigration officials detain Grace Road cult leader Daniel Kim">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Northern Governor Gary Juffa has joined Papua New Guinea’s police chief and the Prime Minister in calling for Papua New Guineans to lay down arms and cease acts of local terrorism. “I stand with the Commissioner of Police, David Manning, and Prime Minister James Marape to apply the full force of the law ... <a title="Stamping out ‘local terrorism’ a high priority for PNG, says Governor Juffa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/08/stamping-out-local-terrorism-a-high-priority-for-png-says-governor-juffa/" aria-label="Read more about Stamping out ‘local terrorism’ a high priority for PNG, says Governor Juffa">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2023
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has told Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo that PNG has no right to criticise Jakarta over what he calls alleged human rights abuses in West Papua. The two leaders spoke on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Jakarta, reaffirming commitments to maintain dialogue to build stronger ... <a title="Marape claims PNG has ‘no right’ to criticise abuses in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/08/marape-claims-png-has-no-right-to-criticise-abuses-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Marape claims PNG has ‘no right’ to criticise abuses in West Papua">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2023
By Anish Chand in Lautoka The High Court in Lautoka yesterday issued orders to the Fiji police and the Immigration Department not to remove four members of the controversial South Korean religious cult Grace Road from Fiji. They are Beomseop Shin, Byeongjoon Lee, Jung “Daniel” Yong Kim and Jinsook Yoon. The interim injunction was issued ... <a title="Interpol ‘red notices’ against 7 Grace Road cult figures, but court orders stay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/08/interpol-red-notices-against-7-grace-road-cult-figures-but-court-orders-stay/" aria-label="Read more about Interpol ‘red notices’ against 7 Grace Road cult figures, but court orders stay">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2023
RNZ Pacific The Palestinian Authority has called the opening of Papua New Guinea’s Israeli embassy in Jerusalem an “aggression” and a “violation” of international law. In a statement, Palestine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates termed the embassy opening as “an aggression against the Palestinian people and their rights” and “a blatant violation of international ... <a title="Palestine furious at PNG Prime Minister opening embassy in Jerusalem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/08/palestine-furious-at-png-prime-minister-opening-embassy-in-jerusalem/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine furious at PNG Prime Minister opening embassy in Jerusalem">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2023
By Dianne Wilson in Rabaul, PNG As the Papua New Guinea government continues its globe trotting, the Nonga Base hospital in Rabaul, East New Britain province, is facing a crisis with no morgue cooling chamber for the last five years. The dead are piled on top of each other and are put into chest freezers ... <a title="Rabaul hospital’s morgue out of service for five years – funding needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/07/rabaul-hospitals-morgue-out-of-service-for-five-years-funding-needed/" aria-label="Read more about Rabaul hospital’s morgue out of service for five years – funding needed">Read more</a>
