A plan to create three new provinces in the Papua region highlights how Jakarta's development approach has failed to resolve a long-running conflict. The attack came on the same day that a group ...

Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped by West Papua National Liberation Army fighters in February 2023 and was released after lengthy ...

In March, three Indonesian soldiers were killed in a violent ambush, believed to have been carried out by West Papua National Liberation Army, as part of mounting tensions over a controversial ...

A New Zealand pilot, Philip Mark Mehrtens was taken hostage by an armed horde of West Papua Liberation National Army (TPNPB) led by Egianus Kogoya. The hostage took place after the plane took off ...

The rebels then set fire to his small plane. The Daily Mail of Britain reports Mehrtens is held by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPN-PB), which opposes Indonesian control of western New ...

The attack, which claimed the lives of four soldiers, was the deadliest to have taken place in the region this year. Victor Yeimo stands accused of organizing the wave of violent pro-independence ...

In a concerted effort to stifle support for West Papua's aspiration for independence, Indonesia has embarked on diplomatic initiatives with Pacific nations and communities, writes Ali Mirin.