PNG foreign minister resigns after coronation trip scandal

PAPUA New Guinea’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko stepped down today following criticism of his state-funded trip to King Charles III’s coronation and for calling his detractors “primitive animals”.

Earlier this week, a flashy TikTok video of the trip posted by Tkatchenko’s daughter, who accompanied him to London, angered residents of the Pacific nation where 40% live in poverty according to the World Bank.