Australia's closest neighbor, Papua New Guinea, is a place of remarkable cultural diversity. Home to cultures speaking more ...

Susi Air pilot Philip Mehrtens was released after nineteen months in captivity by the West Papuan liberation army and ...

Much of West Papua's southern and western coastlines became islands. Social transformations during the past 10,000 years. As environments changed, so did people's cuisine and culture.

Prime Minister James Marape has called on Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) member states to put West Papua and New Caledonia ...

The Indonesian government's project to establish village cooperatives across the country could potentially create up to 16,000 jobs in West Papua, ...

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck near the south coast of Indonesia's West Papua on Thursday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The Free Papua Movement has long sought self-determination and independence in West Papua, on the grounds that the Indonesian government-controlled “Act of Free Choice” in 1969 was ...

International human rights organisation Human Rights Monitor says in the past six months, at least 13 people have been killed in West Papua, while more than 200 others have been victims of ...

The NGO Coalition on Human Rights is calling on Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to confront unfinished business in Melanesia.

Indonesia's National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) announced on Monday that it prioritizes 821 families in six districts of West Papua in ...

The species is already available in the pet trade under the common name, the peacock crayfish. The scientific name, however, honors the partnership between the crayfish community in Indonesia and the ...

The Indonesian government says they have suspended four nickel mining operations in one of the country’s top tourist destinations for diving and snorkeling. The decision comes after an ...