West Papua (or West Melanesia) is a subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. The region is home to some 12 million people ...

Supporters of West Papua independence hold the Morning Star flag outside the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra this week. Source: SBS News West Papuans around Australia have raised their Morning Star ...

His abductors, the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), have told BBC Indonesian he is "safe". But they say they won't release him until the independence of West Papua is recognised.

A referendum on its independence was held in 1969 but only ... Papua is divided into two provinces, Papua and West Papua - the two regions are collectively referred to as West Papua.

Papua and West Papua. It is separate from Papua New Guinea, which secured independence from Australia in 1975. Papuan rebels ...

In the years prior to his officially taking office, General Suharto oversaw the mass murder of up to 1 million local ...

Later, the province was renamed Irian Jaya. Since then, there has been an ongoing call for independence by the people of West Papua, led by the Free Papua Movement (OPM), in an effort to assert ...

The final vote tally was 124 member states in favour and 14 against, with 43 nations abstaining. The Pacific countries that ...

Papua New Guinea marked its independence from Australia — achieved in 1975 — on September 16. But West Papua, a province on the same island, continues its struggle for self-determination in one of the ...

Rebels had demanded Indonesia recognise Papuan independence in return for his freedom. An armed faction of the West Papua ...

Tempo have chosen three Papua figures: Frans Kaisiepo, Silas Papare, and Marthen Indey for the Independence Day edition. . TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - This year Indonesia is 78 years old. This is quite old ...

Victor Yeimo stands accused of organizing the wave of violent pro-independence protests that hit the region in August 2019. Protests continue in West Papua as the Pacific Islands Forum seeks ...