Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have started holding annual defence ministers meetings to build trust and boost ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities on Thursday denied claims by separatist rebels in the Papua region that at least 17 gold miners slain by insurgents were members of security forces.

“The people are angry. They are very angry,” said Harun, my 50-year-old Asmat guide as we were frogmarched off the rickety pontoon and seated next to the chief and deputy chief of Otsjanep, the most ...

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 ...

A supporter of the independence of the West Papua wearing a headband with the colors of the banned separatist ‘Morning Star’ flag takes part in a rally commemorating the 60th anniversary of the failed ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. When Indonesian President Joko Widodo took office in October 2014, he made it clear that one of his key domestic policies was to develop and ...

Indonesia has sent more than a thousand security personnel to quell protests in the restive provinces of Papua and West Papua, as violence spirals in the region. The protests were sparked by ...

The Indonesian minister in charge of investments has declared there will be no new permits approved for oil palm plantations in the country’s Papua region, and that crops such as nutmeg and coffee ...

A Papuan activist with her face painted with the colors of the separatist Morning Star flag shouts slogans during a rally near the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019.

Pro-independence protests in Indonesia's restive Papua and West Papua provinces have resulted in violence for a second week, according to activists and reports from the area, where most Internet ...

As Indonesia’s presidential candidates draw massive crowds to rallies across the country, leaders in the resource-rich but restive twin provinces of Papua and West Papua have called for an election ...