Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I Deputy Chairperson Satya Yudha believes that efforts by United Liberation Movement for West…

Calla Wahlquist – The Department of Agriculture is investigating a live export company after it received footage showing Australian cattle being…

The governor of Papua New Guinea's capital has promised more public action regarding West Papua.

Powes Parkop led thousands of people on a…

Michael Andrew – For the past three weeks a wave of violent protest has been spreading across West Papua and Indonesia.

Sparked by a racist…

Telly Nathalia & Mikael Erawan, Jakarta – The State Secretariat has announced a three-day national mourning period for former president…

Audrey Santoso, Jakarta – Police have arrested the deputy chairperson of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Buchtar Tabuni.…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The recent protests in Papua, West Papua and other regions have brought the issue of a Papuan referendum on…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government is mulling over a number of policies to improve the performance of the domestic timber and…

Jakarta – Papua has a special place in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's heart. Throughout his first four years in office, he visited Papua eight…

James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesia's third president, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, who was the first person to lead the country after 32 years of…

Caesar Akbar and L Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said his office will establish a design…

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The coalition against natural resources graft states that revising the KPK Law will benefit mafias of the mining…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – State-owned electricity firm PLN has enlisted the help of the Indonesian Military (TNI) to safeguard its Java-Bali…

Malaysia has stepped up pressure on neighbouring Indonesia to tackle huge blazes tearing through its rainforests and smothering Southeast Asia in…

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Jakarta's Directorate General of Politics and Public Administration (Kesbangpol) noted an additional surge…

Tracey Shelton – A group of students from West Papua say two bags of snakes were thrown into their dormitory amid weeks of unrest and protests…

Thousands of Papua New Guineans marched through Port Moresby in support of West Papuan freedom today.

This follows weeks of protests by…

Exposure of widespread racism against Papuans has prompted a shift in the discourse about the acceptance of Papuans in Indonesia.

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Jakarta (Reuters) – Police in Papua have arrested 85 suspects since ethnic unrest erupted in Indonesia's easternmost region in mid-August, a…

Heru Asprihanto, Bogor, Indonesia – It's a warm night in Indonesia and the air is filled with excitement as villagers watch a puppet show…

Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi has agreed on the provincial division (pemekaran) in Papua and West Papua as requested by…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – House of Representatives' (DPR) legal commission III frets on the attitude shown by the current Corruption…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has promised to build a new presidential palace in Papua, despite difficulties to find…

Galuh Putri Riyanto, Jakarta – The police denied claims posted to Twitter that a student in West Papua was shot by a police officer.…

Jakarta (Antara) – The Jakarta Legal Aid (LBH Jakarta) argues that the suspect-naming of human rights activist Veronica Koman by the Indonesian…

Hans Arnold Kapisa, Jakarta – West Papuan human rights activist and Manokwari Legal Aid Assessment, Research and Development Institute (LP3BH)…

Caesar Akbar and Aji Nugroho, Jakarta – Up to Monday night there has been 1,717 lecturers from 31 universities declaring their opposition against…

Jakarta (Antara) – Some 700 native Papuan students studying at various universities outside Papua Province have returned home in the aftermath of…

Huge fires are raging across vast swathes of Indonesia's rainforests – some of the world's biggest – with toxic smog shutting hundreds of schools…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – "Next year we will start building a presidential palace in Papua," President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Tuesday…

Jakarta – Amid maneuvers to weaken the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the anticorruption body on Tuesday named former president…

Evi Mariani – Indonesians love conspiracy theories. In 1999, I spent two months in Ambon, Maluku, just as a religious conflict between Muslims…

James Massola, Jakarta – Extra marital sex, homelessness, criticism of the President and spreading communist ideology would all be crimes – and…

Ratu Annisaa Suryasumirat, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Wiranto has responded to plans by separatist…

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) politician, Kapitra Ampera, boldly stated that showing defiance against…

Jakarta – Inter-faith religious leaders have called on the government to be careful in dealing with the problems in Papua. The figures, who came…

Centre Alliance Senator Rex Patrick is calling on the government to fix an "historic wrong" committed against Timor-Leste.

Crossbench…

Avit Hidayat and Maya Ayu Puspitasari, Jakarta – Hundreds of professors and lecturers from several universities reject the revision of the…

Singapore – Air quality in Singapore and parts of Malaysia may worsen in the coming days with Indonesian authorities warning of more forest fires…

An official from Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs apologized for the environmental damage caused by the reclamation of Benoa…

Human Rights Watch is demanding Indonesia urgently investigate the deaths of Papuans killed during protests across the country.

At least 10…

The UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet says her office has so far been unable to secure a trip to Indonesia's West Papua…

Helen Davidson and Kate Lamb in Jakarta – A sack containing a 15-20kg python was thrown into a West Papuan student dormitory in Surabaya by…

Should a tobacco company sponsor youth involvement in one of Indonesia's most beloved sports? A couple of child protection groups were…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says there are currently four attempts being pursued to systematically weaken the…

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – A solidarity group defending human rights activist Veronica Koman stated that the advocate did not disseminate false or…

Quinton Temby – Indonesia's riots in May serve as a warning to all democracies with polarised electorates, high social media penetration and…

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration officially enforced the expansion of the odd-even license plate traffic policy on Monday…

Kukuh S. Wibowo, Jakarta – Several unknown people reportedly attacked the Papuan dormitory in Surabaya on the early dawn of Monday, September 9.…

Syailendra Persada, Jakarta – Presidential Staff Deputy IV Ali Mochtar Ngabalin said that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has agreed…