Social & Culture

When Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana arrived in Raja Ampat on May 11-12, 2026, the visit was deliberately kept relatively low profile. There were meetings with regional officials, inspections of …

Inside a classroom in Sorong earlier this year, a teacher stood in front of a group of elementary school students and slowly repeated a sentence in the Moi language. Some …

The ceremony on May 9, 2026, in Raja Ampat was supposed to focus mainly on the regency’s 23rd anniversary. There were cultural performances, government speeches, and rows of invited guests …

Before sunrise each morning in Merauke, a group of young Papuan students begins another long day inside a temporary quarantine dormitory prepared by the provincial government. Some start with physical …

The waiting room at RSUD (Regional Public Hospital) Merauke was already filling up when the morning rain started outside. A woman from a village near the border sat quietly beside …

At first, nobody at the field seemed to think the ceremony on May 2, 2026 would become national news. Students stood in neat rows at Mepa Boarding School, Naibire, Papua …

The numbers came out in a government meeting, but they did not feel abstract. 38,732 children in Papua Selatan are currently out of school. Some stopped attending years ago. Others …

The final prayer recited briefly silenced the departure hall in Manokwari on May 6, 2026. Elderly pilgrims wiped away tears. Families stood close together, some holding phones to capture the …

By the time the session began, most seats were already taken. Inside a modest hall in Jayapura, people kept arriving in small groups, some still checking their phones, others greeting …

At first, nothing about the boat seemed unusual. It had just arrived at the port in Juwana, Bajomulyo Village, Pati Regency, Jawa Tengah (Central Java) Province, blending in with others …