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Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have started annual defence ministers meetings to build trust and boost military cooperation after a new defence treaty between Canberra and Port Moresby ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Politics: Kennedy told the Netherlands NATO would not back a war over West Papua
New Guinea is divided between independent Papua New Guinea in the east and Indonesian-controlled West Papua in the west. The story traces that split back to European colonial borders, Indonesia’s ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Politics: Advocacy group condemns joint Australian military training with Indonesia and ‘silence over Papua’
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has condemned Australia and Indonesia conducting joint military exercises while Indonesian security forces have been conducting military operations against ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Politics: 'They just have to get out': Civilians pay the price for West Papua conflict
Caption:A makeshift West Papuan refugee camp in Puncak Regency after dozens of villagers were displaced from their community by armed conflict, 10 February 2026.Photo credit:ulmwp.org More than ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Politics: Protests held over Indonesia’s media blackout of West Papua
DOZENS of protesters gathered at Brisbane's King George Square last night as part of a global day of action against Indonesia’s media blackout of West Papua. Similar demonstrations were held in New ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Politics: American pilot killed by rebels in Papua, says Indonesian military
The attack was a message to the Indonesian and U.S. governments for “failing to address the root causes of the conflict in Papua between the Indonesian military and the West Papua National ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Politics: How British companies profit from West Papuan repression
British companies and investors are profiting from gold mining, gas extraction and palm oil plantations in West Papua, while the British government supports the Indonesian military through arms ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Politics: West Papua and Its Quest for Freedom
Deep in the jungle of West Papua, Tinus pulls back firmly on his bow string and with clockwork precision takes aim at a bird perched high in the canopy. As he releases the bamboo arrow takes flight ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Politics: Indonesia Recovers Body of American Pilot Killed by Papuan Separatists
A village in the Baliem Valley in Yahukimo Regency, in Indonesia’s Highland Papua province. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Lasthib Subscribe for ads-free reading Indonesia’s military says that it has ...