The Indonesian government has consistently rejected calls for Papua’s independence. The region is home to the Grasberg mine, ...

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 may have again used the chemical weapon White Phosphorus on indigenous West Papuans in Kiwirok. I am calling for an ...

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

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

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 ...

Ancient “pig feast” asserts indigenous Melanesians’ ancestral land rights in face of government-backed agricultural programs.

The Amungme tribe in Indonesia's Papua region celebrated a historical milestone on January 10, 2025, when the Faculty of Medicine of the Christian ...

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

While optimistic that the temporary truce in the three-phase agreement agreed to between the Hamas resistance fighter force ...

The woman carries bananas, yams and vegetables in a knotted bag on her head as she wanders through a market in a suburban ...