Indigenous activists from the Indonesian province of West Papua have held traditional ceremonies outside the country’s Supreme Court in Jakarta calling for their traditional land and… Read More

 THE LEARNED SOLUTION: FIX PROBLEMS WITH VIOLENCEAre you well-armed, fired up, pitchfork to hand?  The quarry is elusive, his background suspect but we know his name - DV. Are we g… Read More

05/04/2024Papua is Indonesia’s easternmost province. With less than 5 million inhabitants, it's one of the least-dense provides of Indonesia, despite encompassing huge area that consis… Read More

 TROUBLES NEXT DOOR? NOT OUR PROBLEM                         An Australian academic is risking an eruptio… Read More

Comment on this storyComment JAYAPURA, Indonesia — Indonesian security forces recovered the bodies of four government soldiers who were killed in a separatist attack while… Read More

 Dutch (Nederlands [ˈneːdərlɑnts] (listen)) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language[4] and 5 million as a second language… Read More

If the Indonesian government does not meet their demands, Papua independence rebels have threatened to execute a captive Kiwi pilot.   The West Papua Liberation Army captured the pilo… Read More

Country most at risk of extinction: MaldivesThe Republic of Maldives is an island country made up of a group of 26 atolls in the Indian Ocean. It is Asia's smallest state, both in population… Read More

Author: Deka Anwar, IPAC Policymakers in Jakarta are forging ahead with a plan to divide Papua into four provinces despite strong local opposition. Jakarta claims this will accelerate develo… Read More

Hundreds of Papuans held rallies across at least eight cities in Indonesia on Dec. 2 to renew calls for independence, as a separatist group declared it had established a provisional governme… Read More

The oldest genome of a modern human from the Wallacea region -- the islands between western Indonesia and Papua New Guinea -- indicates a previously undescribed ancient human relationship. T… Read More

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, accompanied by security officials, delivers televised remarks at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 26, 2021. Credit: Faceboo… Read More

Before I digress slightly, let me state from the outset that the book by Greg Poulgrain that I am about to review is extraordinary by any measure. The story he tells is one you will read now… Read More

Education and health services in Papua Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) said maternal and child health services for indigenous Papuans, especially in West… Read More

Papua ab initio belongs to Indonesia (ab initio = From the beginning). Written by Papuan prominent figure Freddy Numberi, this article is a free translation from Indonesian online media Deti… Read More

Flagging racismThe ironies were stark and troubling.  On 17 August most Indonesians joyfully celebrated their nation’s proclamation of independence from the Netherlands 74 years a… Read More

Papua – deal or no deal?                            &n… Read More

A nice article from Jakarta Post by Muridan S. Widjojo The meeting between Vice President Jusuf Kalla, flanked by Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Widodo AS, M… Read More

Authors: Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge, Marthinus Academy, and Gafur Djali, Maluku Institute Since West Papua’s integration into Indonesia in 1969 through a United Nations-sponsor… Read More

by Mangadar Situmorang*) Having officially assumed the chairmanship of ASEAN, Indonesia brings forth an agenda of making ASEAN a people-centered community. This has proved that the widely… Read More