Susi Air pilot Philip Mehrtens was released after nineteen months in captivity by the West Papuan liberation army and returned to his native New Zealand. Mehrtens’s kidnapping was a personal trauma — ...

The West Papua provincial government is intensively coordinating with the Teluk Bintuni district government to advance the ...

The Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Mendiktisaintek) Brian Yuliarto has emphasized the three ...

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 ...

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 ...

Militant rebels in Indonesia’s restive West Papua are urging their most feared comrade to release New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, who’s been held hostage for a year.

In West Papua, the struggle isn’t about isolated tribes trying to protect their bit of turf, but a nationwide social movement with a comprehensive political platform, the Green State Vision.

The seven new species of freshwater lobster were found in several remote locations across Misool, Kaimana, Fakfak, and ...

West Papua’s war isn’t just a war against subjugation and genocide. It is a war against the forced homogeny of Western civilization that those crimes serve.

The National Liberation Army of West Papua, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, has claimed responsibility in the killing of 17 alleged miners between April 6 and April 9, 2025.

The simmering brawl between the Indonesian army and jungle guerrillas in West Papua has now become a "time bomb" that's going to explode. 14. West Papua Liberation Army fighters. 14.