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.

Today, West Papua remains Indonesia’s most underdeveloped and poverty-stricken province and human rights abuses are rife. Skip to cookie privacy notice Skip to main content ...

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

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

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 ...

Further reports of civilian casualties are coming out of West Papua as clashes between Indonesia's military and the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement continue.

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.

Similar resin was collected during the 20th century around West Papua and used for fires before gas and electric lighting was introduced. The tree resin artefact found at Mololo Cave dates back to ...