Indonesian government sensitivities about West Papua are woven deep into the fabric of its national story. After Indonesia gained its independence from the Dutch in 1945, it fought for Papua to be ...

Indonesia: West Papua -- Violence against indigenous women. Fien Jarangga & Galuh Wandita May 20, 2011. Papuan women have been suffering terrible violence both outside and inside their homes for ...

The Free Papua Movement has long sought self-determination and independence in West Papua, on the grounds that the Indonesian government-controlled “Act of Free Choice” in 1969 was ...

Attackers from the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, carried out the assault against Indonesian soldiers on Saturday in the hilly district of Nduga, a ...

The forest is a short 13 kilometers (8 miles) away from downtown Jayapura, the capital city of Papua, Indonesia’s easternmost province. It’s been known as the women’s forest since 2016, when Enggros’ ...

The future of Eastern Indonesia—and indeed, the whole of the country—is dependent on the success of women in business. It is time for all of us to work together to make it a reality.

West Papua was handed to Indonesia (and international corporations) by the United Nations in a trumped-up referendum in 1969, ... Two women were raped and murdered last October.

JAYAPURA, INDONESIA — Indonesian security forces Saturday recovered the bodies of four construction workers who were killed in a separatist attack in the restive province of West Papua, police said.

Indonesian security forces on Tuesday recovered the body of a New Zealand pilot who was killed in an alleged separatist attack in the restive Papua region, officials said. Glen Malcolm Conning, a ...