Indonesia’s Provinces with Most Poverty Population
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has recorded that the number of people living in poverty in Indonesia has reached 26.5...
West Papua
Papuan Flying Architect: The Vogelkop Bowerbird in Pegunungan Arfak
The land of Papua is one of the best places to enjoy the diversity of wildlife in Indonesia. It is...
British Ambassador Summoned to Foreign Ministry – Papua Independence Declaration
Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi has summoned the British Ambassador in Jakarta, Owen Jenkins, regarding the declaration of an independent...
Miss New Zealand Blasted Over West Papua Comments
Miss New Zealand 2019 Diamond Langi has claimed to have received unpleasant comments from Indonesian netizens due to her support...
5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts West Papua, No Tsunami Potential
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake had shaken West Papua today at 12.42pm Eastern Indonesia Time. The epicentre of the quake has...
West Papua Shaken by 3.0 Magnitude Earthquake
A 3.0 magnitude quake has shaken Fakfak Regency, West Papua Province on Saturday 24th August, at 16:16 East Indonesia Time...
Almost 300 Crocodiles Slaughtered by Angry Mob
A mob of angry villagers has killed hundreds of protected crocodiles in Indonesia’s far-eastern province of West Papua in what...
Solar Energy: The Key to Sustainability in Raja Ampat
Indonesia’s islands span a distance equivalent to one-eighth of the Earth’s circumference. Understandably, one of the main challenges the country...
Rockefeller and the Demise of Ibu Pertiwi
It was towards the end of my tour at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta when, in 1969, West Papua became...
Edge of the Ocean: Local Narratives of Marine Conservation in Raja Ampat
Expensive dive resorts and ecotourism seem to be the first things that come to most people’s minds at the mention...
Could Accountability in Sustainable Oil Palm Prevent Further Forest Fires?
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Green Commodities Programme (GCP) are working with oil palm stakeholders to ensure this sector’s...
Holiday-makers clean Birie Island Beach in Raja Ampat
Raja Ampat in West Papua is known for being a paradise for divers, bird-watchers and nature lovers. Although it is...
No Way Out
Papua’s abundant natural resources are a blessing and a curse. As the Indonesian military’s last remaining place to quash rebellion,...
The Delicacy that May Turn Your Stomach
Eating a tambelo is a lot like swallowing 30 centimetres of your own mucus. Foodies brave enough to take the...
Meet Jez O’Hare
Meet Jez O’Hare, the adventurous aerial photographer, whose work you’ve probably already seen in books and magazines. You were...