Susi Air pilot Philip Mehrtens was released after nineteen months in captivity by the West Papuan liberation army and returned to his native New Zealand. Mehrtens’s kidnapping was a personal trauma — ...

Pro-independence protests in Indonesia's restive Papua and West Papua provinces have resulted in violence for a second week, according to activists and reports from the area, where most Internet ...

Demonstrations showing solidarity with West Papuans have also been held in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Protesters face off with Indonesian police in Manokwari, Papua on Aug. 19, 2019. STR ...

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia has deployed more troops to West Papua as demonstrations calling for the region’s independence spread. Government buildings have been torched and reports of ...

In April, an overloaded truck carrying 29 people hit a hillside and overturned near an illegal gold mine in Indonesia’s West Papua province, killing 18 people and leaving others injured.

As Albanese jets to Jakarta, there are calls for him to confront an 'oppressor' Human Rights Monitor says at least 13 people have been killed in West Papua in the past six months as tensions ...

Prime Minister James Marape has called on Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) member states to put West Papua and New Caledonia ...

JAKARTA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on Friday launched construction of a carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)project in West Papua province operated by BP Plc ...

The seven new species of freshwater lobster were found in several remote locations across Misool, Kaimana, Fakfak, and ...

If you visit Indonesia’s National Library—home to 7.7 million physical books—and do a search with the keywords “West Papua”, “Irian Jaya” or even simply “Papua”, you’ll find a ...