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

Archaeologists once assumed that men were responsible for seafaring trade in Papua New Guinea. New research shows how women ...

Capital has become less safe in last five years, say half of respondents, in blow to efforts to tackle violence against women ...

Biologists have discovered seven news species of freshwater lobster in Indonesia's West Papua region. Their findings are the ...

New commitments at Bali forum drive momentum to save hundreds of thousands of girls and women from cancer.Bali, Indonesia, 19 June 2025 - Governments, donors, multilateral institutions, the private ...

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua said civilians killed included a 75-year-old, two women and a child. Both the women were allegedly found on 23 May in shallow graves. A spokesperson from ...

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.

Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific Journalist A West Papua independence leader says escalating violence is forcing indigenous Papuans to flee their ancestral lands. It comes as the Indonesian military ...

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - Papuans, on Thursday, commemorated the 62nd anniversary of the integration of West Papua, New Guinea Island's western half, into Indonesia on May 1, a day described as a ...