Deputy Minister of Human Rights Mugiyanto has assured that the aspirations of the Papuan people will be accommodated as a ...

JAYAPURA, IndonesiaJAYAPURA, Indonesia — Two Papuan separatist leaders were killed in a shootout between security forces and their rebel group near one of the world’s largest gold mines in Indonesia’s ...

The Papuan Olive Python, Apodora papuana, is a large, non-venomous snake native to New Guinea, distinguished by its rare ability to change skin color, similar to chameleons. This adaptation aids ...

Papuan students at a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 28, 2019. Protests have gripped the Indonesian province of West Papua for more than a week as racial and political tensions boiled over into ...

Since West Papua’s integration into Indonesia in 1969 through a United Nations-sponsored people’s referendum — a process considered deeply flawed — the Papuans’ problems have haunted all Indonesian ...

Separatist fighters in Indonesia’s Papua region yesterday took a New Zealand pilot hostage after the small commercial plane that he was flying landed in a remote and militarized region of the Papuan ...

Indonesia’s military said it killed 14 Papuan fighters during an operation to free a village from the control of separatists this week and residents had welcomed its troops. The Free Papua Movement ...

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Five Papuan independence fighters were killed in a clash between security forces and a rebel group in Indonesia’s restive Papua region, police and rebels said Monday. A ...

Benny Wenda meets with Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne and Jennifer Robinson of International Lawyers for West Papua, at Parliament House in Australia, February 13, 2013. Credit: ...

Up until the 20th century, the use of bone daggers among the Papuan males of New Guinea was commonplace. Many of these daggers were forged from the femurs of large birds, but some were made from the ...