The fog that clings to the mountains of Papua is as old as the island itself—thick, mysterious, and full of echoes. But on an October morning in 2025, those echoes…
When Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) signed the historic Pukpuk Defense Cooperation Agreement on October 10, 2025, the eyes of the region turned toward Jakarta. The pact—symbolically named after…
At around 10:20 a.m. local time on October 8, 2025, an ordinary workday on a remote mountain road became a scene of fatal violence. Anselmus Arfin, a 25‑year‑old worker with…
Under the glimmering chandeliers of the State Palace in Jakarta, a new era dawned for Indonesia’s easternmost province. After months of legal wrangling, electoral controversy, and political uncertainty, Mathius D.…
In the lush, isolated highlands of Sopamikma Village, Kiwirok District, nestled deep within Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Papua Pegunungan (Papua Highland) Province, a school once stood as a beacon of learning…
In a momentous occasion for the people of Papua Barat, nine Indigenous Papuan representatives have officially been inaugurated as members of the Provincial Regional House of Representatives (DPR) of Papua…
The Pacific is shifting. Strategic lines are being redrawn, and new alliances are crystallizing. On the surface, the recent defense pact between Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) might seem…
In the misty highlands of Seradala District, Yahukimo Regency, Papua, the silence that followed the gunfire was deafening. On the morning of September 25, 2025, seven civilians—many of them young…
At first light on Sunday, October 5, 2025, the skies over Hamadi crackled with anticipation. In the streets, villagers in woven sago-fiber skirts, young men in batik shirts, and schoolchildren…
Two arrests have revealed a dangerous game of clandestine warfare in the highlands of Papua. On September 29, 2025, Indonesian security forces captured Erek Enumbi, alias Udara, and Hugon Gire,…