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 — ...

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

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

TotalEnergies is among the first global oil and gas companies to return to Indonesia amid growing investments in the sector, ...

BMKG reports that above-normal rainfall anomalies observed since last May continue to persist. What is the weather forecast ...

The international organisations want the Melanesian Spearhead Group to elevate the membership status of the United Liberation ...

Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry is reviewing 14 locations totaling 50,984 hectares in the Papua and Kalimantan regions for ...

Amid reports of increased military activity in Nduga regency, Highland Papua, following the release of a New Zealand pilot from rebel captivity, rights groups said that Indonesian Military (TNI) ...

Indonesia’s free meals programme was touted as a potential driver of local economic growth and job creation. But the promise ...

Further reports of civilian casualties are coming out of West Papua, with clashes between Indonesia's military and the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement continuing.

The decision comes after reports earlier this year that Moscow had lobbied Jakarta to house long-range bombers in the country's Papua province.