Indonesia plans to develop oil palm plantation in Boven Digoel regency, South Papua province, to strengthen economic resilience and energy independence, the Defence Ministry said.

Protests from environmental activists and church leaders have compelled the Indonesian government to halt nickel mining at an ecologically sensitive tropical marine hotspot in the Papua region. On ...

Papua New Guinea's bid to join Asean will be among the key items discussed at the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) in Kuala Lumpur next week, Indonesia's Foreign Ministry said.

Top nickel ore producer Indonesia revoked permits for four mining firms in Raja Ampat in its easternmost region of Papua, the country's energy minister said on Tuesday, after concerns about their ...

GILIMANUK, Indonesia, July 4 (Reuters) - Indonesian rescuers are battling strong currents on Friday as they resume the search for 30 people still missing at sea about 35 hours after a ferry sank ...

U.N. special rapporteurs have raised concerns that Indonesia’s food estate project in Merauke district is displacing Indigenous communities, clearing forests without consent, and using military ...

JAKARTA: US$31 trillion - that’s the amount of wealth that Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto claimed the Netherlands had extracted from Indonesia during its colonial rule over the ...

Papua New Guinea is grappling with a severe resurgence of HIV, prompting the government to declare a National HIV Crisis.

Rabbitohs CEO Blake Solly has issued the new Papua New Guinea expansion side a hands off edict as the club aims to extend master coach Wayne Bennett for the rest of his career.

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - Search and rescue workers on Friday afternoon recovered the body of the third landslide victim in Wembi Village, Mannem Subdistrict, Keerom District, Papua, near the ...

JAKARTA — Papua New Guinea’s bid to join ASEAN will be among the key items discussed at the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) in Kuala Lumpur next week, Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry said.

West Papua remains an enclosed conflict zone, off-limits for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, international human rights groups, independent journalists, and humanitarian aid ...