British Ambassador Summoned to Foreign Ministry – Papua Independence DeclarationIndonesia ExpatDecember 4, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 4, 20200699 Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi has summoned the British Ambassador in Jakarta, Owen Jenkins, regarding the declaration of an independent...
Development of Jayawijaya Tourism Raises ControversyIndonesia ExpatAugust 4, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 4, 20200601 Baliem Valley in Jayawijaya, Papua has become one of the most frequently visited tourist attractions by both local and foreign...
Wiranto: Papua Protests Orchestrated by External OrganisationIndonesia ExpatSeptember 25, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatSeptember 25, 20190712 The government has stated that the deadly clashes in Jayapura and Wamena, which took place on Monday, are being orchestrated...
Papua Unrest: Death Toll Rises to 26Indonesia ExpatSeptember 24, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatSeptember 24, 20190731 At least 26 people have been killed in the recent unrest in Papua. Thousands have fled to shelters after violence...
Jokowi: Papua to have Presidential Palace and 4GIndonesia ExpatSeptember 11, 2019September 11, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatSeptember 11, 2019September 11, 20190624 President Joko Widodo has said that he will begin constructing a presidential palace in Papua. “Next year we will start...
Wiranto: Internet Access in Papua to ReturnIndonesia ExpatSeptember 6, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatSeptember 6, 20190616 The Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security Issues, Wiranto, has announced that the internet curbs in Papua and West...
Police Name Two Suspects East Java Racism Case Against PapuansIndonesia ExpatSeptember 4, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatSeptember 4, 20190938 Two people have been named as suspects in racist speech reports against Papuan students in Surabaya and Malang, East Java....
Police Name 30 Suspects in Papua RiotsIndonesia ExpatSeptember 1, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatSeptember 1, 20190929 Thirty people have been named as suspects by the Papua regional police in the rallies which turned into riots in...
Powerful 6.3 Quake Hit Papua Early Morning, 20th JuneIndonesia ExpatJune 20, 2019June 21, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 20, 2019June 21, 201901213 According to the US Geologic Survey (USGS), a powerful earthquake hit the eastern province of Indonesia at 248 kilometres west...
Polish National involved in Papua Separatist Movement Sentenced to 5 Years of PrisonIndonesia ExpatMay 3, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatMay 3, 20190803 A Polish man has been sentenced to five years in prison by the Wamena State Court, after being charged with,...
Mass Burial for Victims of Flash Floods and Landslide in PapuaIndonesia ExpatMarch 21, 2019March 25, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 21, 2019March 25, 201901358 Papua is set to hold mass burials for victims of disastrous flash floods which have plagued the easternmost province of...
6.1 Magnitude Earthquake hits JayapuraIndonesia ExpatDecember 17, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 17, 20180816 A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua on the capital city of Jayapura on Sunday after a volcano...
Papuan Villagers Flee to the Forest to Hide from FightingIndonesia ExpatDecember 16, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 16, 20180662 At least 300 villagers have hidden in a forest in the Papua province on Friday. They fled due to the...
Papuan Rebels Ignore Indonesia’s Call to SurrenderIndonesia ExpatDecember 12, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 12, 20180560 Separatist Papuan rebels who killed at least 16 construction workers at a remote jungle camp refused Indonesia’s demand to surrender...
Construction Workers Killed by Gunmen in PapuaIndonesia ExpatDecember 5, 2018December 5, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 5, 2018December 5, 20180397 At least 24 construction workers have been killed by gunmen in Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua, officials said. A soldier...
Polish Man Arrested After Allegedly Trying to Film Papuan Armed GroupsIndonesia ExpatAugust 29, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 29, 201801327 A Polish citizen is currently in custody with police in Papua over his alleged attempt to film what the Indonesian...
Plane Crash Kills Eight, 12-Year-Old Boy Sole SurvivorIndonesia ExpatAugust 12, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 12, 20180712 A 12-year-old boy has been found alive in the wreckage of a plane crash which killed eight people in Indonesia....
Almost 300 Crocodiles Slaughtered by Angry MobIndonesia ExpatJuly 16, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatJuly 16, 201801287 A mob of angry villagers has killed hundreds of protected crocodiles in Indonesia’s far-eastern province of West Papua in what...
Three Dead, One Child Injured During Gun Attack at an Airport in PapuaIndonesia ExpatJune 26, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatJune 26, 20180437 Three people were killed and a child was wounded when separatist fighters in Papua province opened fire on a small...
BBC Journalist Ordered To Leave Papua After Her Tweets “Hurt Soldiers’ Feelings”Indonesia ExpatFebruary 17, 2018February 17, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 17, 2018February 17, 20180550 Australian BBC Journalist Rebecca Henschke was ordered to leave the province of Papua after the Indonesian military said tweets she...
More than 50 Children Die in Papua as Authorities Struggle to Contain OutbreakArdi WirdanaJanuary 18, 2018 by Ardi WirdanaJanuary 18, 201802279 Indonesian authorities are facing difficult challenges in their efforts to contain an outbreak of measles in Papua which has plagued...