Politics

For more than twenty years, Indonesia’s Special Autonomy policy for Papua has symbolized a national commitment to justice, inclusion, and accelerated development in one of the country’s most complex regions. …

When Indonesia proclaimed its independence on 17 August 1945, the declaration was not only a political statement but also a promise. It promised that the former territories of the Dutch …

In Papua, conversations about governance rarely emerge from abstract political theories. They grow from geography, distance, and daily experience. In recent months, such conversations have intensified around a renewed proposal …

For many Papuans, government policy is not just discussed in meeting rooms in Jakarta. It is felt in classrooms where children wait for teachers, in remote clinics that struggle to …

When President Prabowo Subianto convened regional leaders and senior officials to discuss the acceleration of development in Papua, the meeting carried a significance that went far beyond administrative routine. It …

In a remote highland district of Central Papua, a quiet yet profound event unfolded on 13 December 2025, one that symbolized a possible shift in the long-standing and deeply complex …

At around 03:15 WIT on the early morning of Friday, 28 November 2025, a joint team from Satgas Ops Damai Cartenz and Polres Yahukimo descended on a reported disturbance in …

When Papua Tengah (Central Papua) Province was officially formed in late 2022, few imagined that within just three years it would stand on a national stage, receiving a prestigious award …

On the evening of Saturday, 29 November 2025, a gruesome attack shook a remote wood-gathering camp in the highlands of Papua—a place where ordinary Indonesians had long ventured in search …

Every 1 December, whispers, rumors, and tension quietly resurface across Papua. For some, the date carries symbolic weight—a vestige of a colonial past, repurposed by those calling for independence. For …