Social & Culture

On morning February 27, 2026, in Weghete, the capital of Deiyai Regency in Papua Tengah (Central Papua) province, the yard of State High School (SMA Negeri) 1 Weghete usually echoes …

On the morning of 3 March 2026, as the doors of Messe Berlin opened for the first day of Internationale Tourismus Börse (ITB), the world’s largest travel trade fair once …

On a warm morning in Jayapura, the campus of Universitas Cenderawasih (Cenderawasih University) felt different. Students gathered early. Some wore white coats. Others stood quietly beside proud parents who had …

The air in the forests of Papua is full of life on a humid morning. Cicadas hum. Rain from last night makes leaves drip. A small bird moves quietly from …

On many mornings in Papua, long before the sun rises fully above the mountains, women are already awake. They prepare food over wood fires, braid their daughters’ hair before school, …

On many evenings in Papua, as the sun slips behind the mountains and the air turns cool, families gather inside homes that have sheltered them for decades. Some of these …

The provincial hall in Jayapura felt more like a community gathering than a government ceremony on a warm afternoon on February 25, 2026. Pastors from the mountains and imams from …

Not the lack of sound, since the rainforest in Papua is never really quiet. Birds call across the canopy. Insects hum in a steady beat. There are things that you …

In a small, river-lined area of Asmat, Papua, where wooden boats glide along muddy waterways and life goes on far from Indonesia’s biggest cities, a young girl once dared to …

On February 20, 2026, in Nabire, the capital of Papua Tengah (Central Papua) Province, Governor Meki Nawipa stood in front of reporters and community leaders and gave a speech that …