Indonesia's military said it killed 14 Papuan fighters during an operation to free a village from the control of separatists in the restive province this week, and said residents ...

THE military said it killed 14 Papuan fighters during an ­operation to free a village from the control of separatists this week and that residents had ­welcomed its troops.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Carstenz Peace Operation Task Force revealed that the Papuan armed group or KKB, Free Papua Organization (OPM), obtained money to purchase weapons through the government’s ...

Zumretay Arkin, Member of the UNPO Presidency and Vice President at the World Uyghur Congress chaired the session, in her ...

A confrontation between security forces and a rebel group in Indonesia's volatile Papua region resulted in the death of five Papuan independence fighters. The rebels, armed with military-grade weapons ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - PAPUANS are like the ‘invisible man’, referring to the title of Ralph Ellison’s novel about the marginalization of African-Americans in the 20th century. Sophie Chao, an ...

The Catholic Church has been present in Papua for 127 years since the arrival of Father Cornelis Le Cocq d’Armanville, a Dutch Jesuit missionary priest, in 1894, but no native Papuan priest has ever ...

An indigenous Papuan farmer, Marius Betera, has died after allegedly being assaulted by a police officer when complaining about a palm oil company bulldozing his banana plot. Police at the district ...

The Papuan olive python, native to New Guinea's rainforests, is a large, non-venomous snake known for its unique ability to change colour. This elusive python can shift its skin tone, a phenomenon ...

The Free Papua Movement has fought for independence since the area came under Indonesian control following Dutch rule.

The Free Papua Movement has fought for independence since the area was brought underIndonesian control following Dutch rule, in a vote overseen by the United Nations in 1969. Papua is one of Indonesia ...