Irian Jaya is home to a large native Melanesian population, mostly Christians, who share no ethnic, cultural or religious ties to the rest of overwhelmingly Muslim Indonesia. Advertisement Article ...

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The State Minister forEastern Indonesian Development, Manuel Kaisiepo, hasdenied that the Pacific Islands nations support thefreedom of Irian Jaya, otherwise known as West ...

Indonesia occupied the former Dutch colony in 1963. Since East Timor voted to sever its ties to Indonesia in a UN-sponsored referendum, the independence movement in Irian Jaya has gained momentum.

Separatist rebels in Indonesia's Irian Jaya province have killed four members of an army special forces brigade in a clash near the border with Papua New Guinea. The rebels of the Free Papua Movement ...

Indonesia to probe Irian Jaya killing. Thousands attended the funeral of Theys Eluay . Indonesia's Human Rights Commission is to ask the government to set up an investigation into the death of Irian ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's Irian Jaya late at night on Saturday, the National Centre for Seismology reported. Wed, Feb 26, 2025 | Updated 08:24 IST ...

World News: JAYAPURA, Indonesia: Police in Indonesia's restless easternmost province of Irian Jaya have arrested a fifth leader of the independence movement, an o ...

TIMIKA, Indonesia — Were it not for the U.S.-owned mine that shares the snowcapped mountains with the wreckage of allied bombers from World War II and tribesmen who have clung to Stone Age ...

Indonesia's Irian Jaya region, previously known as West Irian and West Papua, was hit by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. No casualties or damage has been reported yet.