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Indonesia’s parliament passed legislation on Thursday to create three new provinces in its underdeveloped region of Papua, a move critics fear could undermine the standing of the area’s ...
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 ...
Indonesia’s free press landscape. Even outside the press abuses in Papua, Indonesia’s media faces a challenging landscape. While Jokowi ran a presidential campaign promising to bolster Indoenisa’s ...
As Indonesia’s presidential candidates draw massive crowds to rallies across the country, leaders in the resource-rich but restive twin provinces of Papua and West Papua have called for an ...
As one of the largest emerging markets in Southeast Asia, Indonesia has been at the forefront of investments in the region. It is an archipelago consisting of 17,508 islands that rest on the ...
Indonesia Has a Papua Problem. A racial slur. Riots. And the real character of a popular president revealed. Sept. 26, 2019. Papuan activists protesting against racism, in central Jakarta ...
Ten people have been killed and over 20 others injured in riots in Indonesia’s restive Papua province. The protests started Thursday afternoon amid rumors of a child kidnapping.
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto will pardon tens of thousands of prisoners ranging from activists convicted of defamation to those jailed in the easternmost province of Papua for ...
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 ...
Hospitals in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua are nearing full capacity amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, with health officials bracing for the full impact of the virulent Delta variant on ...
Indonesia’s Papua was struck by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4. There were no immediate reports of serious casualties or damage, but aftershocks may still occur.