The Indonesian administration of President Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo is sending mixed signals about a proposed amnesty ...

Interview with Otis Tabuni, Chairman of Nduga Student and Student Center, about Pilkada (local election) in Papua which has different system to other regions in Indonesia. The tribal chief in ...

JAKARTA (Reuters ... of Papua since it was brought under Indonesian control following a disputed referendum overseen by the United Nations in 1969 at the end of Dutch colonial rule. Many Papuans have ...

The Indonesian government has consistently rejected calls for Papua’s independence. The region is home to the Grasberg mine, ...

Ancient “pig feast” asserts indigenous Melanesians’ ancestral land rights in face of government-backed agricultural programs.

A reporter from the AFP news agency estimated that several thousand people took ... Twitter by 17:00 local time (10:00 GMT) in Indonesia. The Indonesian government considers Papua an integral ...