In the 1960s Indonesia laid claim to West Papua. Despite efforts to control the West Papuan people, it has failed on all aspects of doing so. Indonesia uniliterally annexed the former Dutch colony in ...

JAKARTA: President Prabowo Subianto's aspiration to expand palm oil plantations in Papua for biofuel production has drawn ...

Heritage Foundation for the People's Land/Realm has identified 94 palm oil plantation companies in Papua, covering 1.3 million hectares.

BP has approved plans to significantly expand its Tangguh LNG facility in Indonesia, with a view to using natural gas from the nearby Ubadari field as feedstock for the liquified natural gas plant ...

West Papuan "freedom fighters and advocates" have formally submitted a petition to the Vanuatu government in which they ...

Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have started holding annual defence ministers meetings to build trust and boost military cooperation, while PNG proposes building a 10km-wide demilitarised ...

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, March 28, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Christian Solidarity International (CSI), a Christian human rights organization, has drawn attention at the ...

More than 90 West Papuan tribes, political organizations and religious groups called on March 20 for a boycott of products allegedly implicated in the "ecocide" of the region, according to a ...

Spending four weeks in West Papua sounds like an adventure until the reality of the terrain, weather, and remoteness hits. The region’s beauty is undeniable, but so are the challenges: unpredictable ...