In the 1960s Indonesia laid claim to West Papua. Despite efforts to control the West Papuan people, it has failed on all aspects of doing so. Indonesia uniliterally annexed the former Dutch colony in ...

West Papuan "freedom fighters and advocates" have formally submitted a petition to the Vanuatu government in which they ...

Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have started holding annual defence ministers meetings to build trust and boost ...

Below is the full version of the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave at Oxford Town Hall on December 1, 2025 ...

Supporters of self-determination for West Papua joined together on December 1 for the annual Morning Star flag raising at Leichhardt Town Hall. Peter Boyle reports.

December 1st marked the 64th anniversary of West Papua’s original Independence Day in 1961. The Morning Star was raised in ...

July 26 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.93 struck West Papua region of Indonesia on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles ...

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Spending four weeks in West Papua sounds like an adventure until the reality of the terrain, weather, and remoteness hits.