Pollution and deforestation arising from development in Papua’s capital have put a sacred space for women among the mangroves ...

As of 2025, more than 7,000 languages are spoken across the world. However, only about half of them are properly documented, ...

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Distinctive bag, handcrafted from natural fibers like tree bark or leaves, is woven and knotted with threads of Papuan ...

A West Papuan advocacy group is calling for an urgent international inquiry into allegations that Indonesian security forces have used the chemical weapon white phosphorus against West Papuans for a ...

Indonesia’s president Prabowo Subianto is considering pardons for prisoners linked to armed organisations in the restive easternmost province of Papua, including separatists, providing they ...

The resource-rich area borders Papua New Guinea and became part of Indonesia in 1969. In December Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe called on the army to leave the state amid a crackdown on rebels ...

The study, published in PNAS, addresses major gaps in the human genetic history of the Wallacean Archipelago and West Papuan regions of Indonesia—a region with abundant genetic and linguistic ...

President Prabowo Subi­an­to is considering pardons for prisoners linked to armed organisations in the restive easternmost province of Papua, including sepa­ratists, provided they renounce violence ...

The armed forces were forced to issue a rare apology after a video showing soldiers torturing a Papuan separatist fighter was posted online. As the hostage-taking of New Zealand pilot Philip Mark ...