A small team of marine biologists at the University of Bristol, in the U.K., working with a colleague from the Regional ...

No Australian government has offered PNG a binding security guarantee in the past. The current government must address four ...

West Papua (Irian Jaya) is the twenty-sixth province in Indonesia and occupies the easternmost region of the archipelago. West Papua, then known as the West New Guinea, was colonized by the Dutch in ...

In 1969, West Papua became the 26th province of Indonesia, following a UN-supervised Act of Free Choice, the legitimacy of which has been debated by some observers. Later, the province was renamed ...

The unit, destined for the Kasuri block offshore Indonesia, is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter next year ...

West Papua’s struggle for self-determination is not up for negotiation, says Benny Wenda, the Interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), rejecting any dialogue with ...

SORONG, Indonesia (AFP): At least 18 people were killed in clashes between two groups in the town of Sorong in Indonesia's West Papua province, police said Tuesday (Jan 25). "The clash broke out ...

As the world closely watches Gaza and Ukraine, a source reaches out from another enclosed area of prolonged armed conflict: West Papua. A New Zealand pilot’s abduction focuses attention on Welli ...

A plan to create three new provinces in the Papua region highlights how ... called out Indonesia's "shocking abuses" in the eastern province. With a more violent armed separatist organization ...

building was set on fire Indonesian authorities say they have regained control after protesters set fire to a local parliament building in the eastern province of West Papua. Businesses ...

Two crew members were rescued by another fishing vessel on Monday afternoon, according to Monce Brury, head of the search and rescue office of South-west Papua province. Monce said the incident ...