Papua

The Sorong fish market at Jembatan Puri, the fishers who supply it, and plans to make Sorong a seafood processing hub for Southwest Papua.

Can foreign journalists and tourists visit West Papua? The 2015 opening, visa and police rules, why critics say access is limited, and travel advice.

Religion in West Papua: about 80% of people are Christian. What the law says, the role of churches, past tensions, and claims of persecution.

Where Pacific countries stand on West Papua: who backs Indonesia’s sovereignty, who raises rights concerns, and how Indonesia responds.

The Grasberg mine explained: who owns it since 2018, how much it pays Papua, what it does for local people, and the main criticisms.

Why Indonesia split Papua into six provinces in 2022, what has changed since, from elected governors to new offices, and why some Papuans object.

Papua special autonomy explained: how Otsus works, the Rp190.9 trillion sent since 2002, what it pays for, the results so far and the criticism.

Papuan food is built on a few traditional staples. On the coast and in the lowlands, people rely on sago,…

Visiting West Papua usually means diving the coral reefs of Raja Ampat, meeting the Dani people of the Baliem Valley…

The people of West Papua include indigenous Papuans, who are Melanesian, and migrants from other parts of Indonesia. Together, they…