Economy

Life in Indonesia speeds up a little in the weeks leading up to Eid al Fitr. As the holiday approaches, towns and villages fill with the familiar excitement. Markets get …

In many villages in Papua Barat, cocoa trees grow quietly behind wooden houses and along the edges of small family farms. The green leaves on the trees give shade to …

In the early morning at a logistics warehouse in Jayapura, stacks of rice bags were ready to start a long trip across the easternmost part of Indonesia. Trucks waited in …

The Papua government starts a program to make food more affordable so that prices stay stable before Eid al-Fitr. On the morning of March 11, 2026, in Jayapura Regency, people …

Merauke is becoming an important logistics hub for the future in Papua. It is located in the far southeastern corner of Indonesia, where huge wetlands meet the Arafura Sea and …

The sea isn’t just a stretch of blue water along the horizon for a lot of people in Papua. It is a place to make a living, remember things, and …

As the sun sets over Jayapura and the first call to prayer rings out across the hills, Ramadan in Papua has a rhythm that feels both close and far away. …

The morning air at Jayapura Port carried the scent of salt and diesel fuel as workers moved carefully between rows of insulated boxes. Inside those boxes lay something more than …

The bright green of the newly sprouted rice paddies in the early morning mist of Jayapura and Keerom tells a story of hope, strength, and change. These fields are more …

In the early morning sunshine that filters through the dense rainforest canopy of Papua, small families cultivate sago palms by hand. They tend the trees and process the starch with …