Papua New Guinea hosts some 11,800 asylum seekers and refugees. Around 100 people were transferred there under PNG’s former regional processing arrangement with Australia, most from Indonesia ...

The town has a population of 10,000 and lies on the north coast, near Papua New Guinea's border with Indonesia ... to inculcate peace and avoid tribal conflict. This would help "to drive out ...

West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB-OPM) speaks out against the ongoing deployment of Indonesian National Army (TNI) ...

Papua's TPNPB-OPM has confirmed the addition of troops from the Meepago region to Kodap VIII Intan Jaya to fight against the ...

JAYAPURA, Indonesia ... Conflicts between Indigenous Papuans and Indonesian security forces are common in the impoverished Papua region, a former Dutch colony in the western part of New Guinea ...

Bishop Yanuarius Teofilus Matopai You of Jayapura in Indonesia sent a statement to Crux saying the conflict in Papua has persisted ... military in Western New Guinea voted unanimously in favor ...

Papua is a former Dutch colony in the western part of New Guinea that is ethnically and culturally distinct from much of Indonesia. Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969, after a U.N ...

Pope Francis is visiting Papua New Guinea until Monday as part of a tour that first included a stop in Indonesia. He travels next to East Timor, then Singapore, before returning to Rome.

According to U.N. Women, 60% of Papua New Guinea's women have experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their lives, double the global average. Allegations ...