JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities on Thursday denied claims by separatist rebels in the Papua region that at least 17 gold miners slain by insurgents were members of security forces.

Church groups in Indonesia’s Christian-majority Papua region joined the government to provide food aid to hundreds of indigenous people hit by famine because of crop failure. In collaboration with ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region said on Thursday they have killed more than 17 people since the weekend, claiming that they were soldiers disguised as gold miners, and police ...

Sugar-cane planting ceremony in Merauke, West Papua, July 2024. Indonesian presidential office handout/Muchlis Jr. “By way of transmigration … the different ethnic groups will in the long run ...

The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) expressed profound concern regarding the systematic occurrence of gross human rights violations against the Papuan people, involving security forces and law ...

Prabowo acknowledged that working conditions in Papua are not easy, so he set a longer target for August 17, 2026, to establish all free nutritious meal kitchens in Papua. Today's Top 3 News: World ...

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 ...

Separatists in Indonesia's restive eastern region of Papua have killed at least 11 people working as gold miners in less than a week, the defence ministry said on April 10, with rebels claiming they ...