Crowds sang hymns and waved separatist flags as they accompanied the body of a slain independence leader to his home in Indonesia’s restive Irian Jaya province. Thousands of mourners filled the ...

Irian Jaya, Indonesia's easternmost province, is beset by regional and ethnic conflict, fueled by resentment among the local population toward Jakarta's rule. Decades of government neglect ...

Police in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya have taken down the flag of independence supporters under a deal reached on Thursday. The flag has been the rallying point for the independence movement ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Security forces battled independence activists armed with bows and arrows in Indonesia’s remote Irian Jaya province, leaving at least 31 people dead, human rights workers ...

HONG KONG, China -- The chips are down in Irian Jaya as a conflict between the Indonesian government and the local population over logging grows more intense. Hostages-taking is the latest stage ...

More than 5,000 mourners in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya have been taking part in a procession for the pro-independence leader, Theys Eluay, who was found dead on Sunday. Mr Eluay's body was ...

At dawn that day, Dec. 15, 2000, Sahrudin and four fellow soldiers had climbed the high hill where the Dani of Tiom and Pirime villages in Irian Jaya's western Baliem Valley had hoisted the banned ...

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:President Abdurrahman Wahid said that it is impossible to claim that Irian Jaya is a Christian province. “Why? The reason is that there are many Muslims [in Irian Jaya]. And ...