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 ...

Ever since Indonesia achieved independence in 1949, the Jakarta government has faced a constant battle to keep the nation's 13,000 islands together. Click on the map below for some of the main areas ...

JAKARTA — A court in Indonesia has ordered the government to publish detailed maps of oil palm plantations in the country’s easternmost Papua region, an area increasingly targeted by the ...

Papuans march for secession from Indonesia JAKARTA, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Thousands of protesters marched for independence in Indonesia's Papua region Tuesday despite threats of violence, police and ...

How Papua is depoliticised in Indonesia’s presidential election Published: March 20, 2019 3:25am ... This rules out any discourse on secession, which is likely to arise when the issues of Papua ...

JAKARTA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Indonesian police fired tear gas and warning shots in eastern Papua on Wednesday, breaking up a meeting and detaining 300 people who had declared the province ...

Both the “pro-independence” protests and the Islamist-linked repression are driven by efforts to divert underlying and growing working class discontent.