West Papua’s war isn’t just a war against subjugation and genocide. It is a war against the forced homogeny of Western civilization that those crimes serve.

West Papua occupies the Indonesian half of New Guinea, the second largest island in the world after Greenland. Indonesia unilaterally annexed the former Dutch colony in 1969 with the United Nations ...

We spent four weeks deep in West Papua - and it was one of the most intense, eye-opening adventures we’ve ever taken. From ...

Mystery in Jungle of Papua. By RICHARD C. PADDOCK . July 16, 2002 12 AM PT . ... But that made little difference to West Papua--it was already under Indonesian military rule. Advertisement.

The simmering brawl between the Indonesian army and jungle guerrillas in West Papua has now become a "time bomb" that's going to explode. 14. West Papua Liberation Army fighters. 14.

Apart from the brutality it undergirds, almost always fuelling violence, there’s something truly unhinged about political disinformation, especially in Indonesian-occupied West Papua because it ...

Much of West Papua's southern and western coastlines became islands. Social transformations during the past 10,000 years. As environments changed, so did people's cuisine and culture.

MANOKWARI, Indonesia — High in the northwestern mountains of Indonesia’s West Papua province, the newly established Pegunungan Arfak district has a bold idea: Its leaders hope to achieve ...

Protests in West Papua Have Turned Violent Amid an Internet Blackout. Here’s What to Know. 3 minute read. By Hillary Leung. August 29, 2019 5:17 AM EDT.

This has sparked concerns West Papua may again be on the brink of a violent crackdown — or worse — executed by Indonesia’s elite security forces, including the notorious Kopassus.

A video of a New Zealand pilot captured by members of the West Papua Liberation Army surfaced Tuesday along with a heartbreaking message to his family.. Philip Mark Mehrtens, 38, has been living ...