From the outset of PT Freeport Indonesia's operations, the Government has looked to the Company to provide logistical and infrastructure support, a prudent response by our Company to protect its ...

Irian Jaya, Indonesia Phone: (0967)533.092; 536.411 Fax :536.427 Pope Francis appointed Father Yanuarius Teofilus Matopai You as Bishop of Jayapura on Oct 29, 2022. Bishop You was born on Jan 1, 1961, ...

Soldiers in Indonesia's eastern province of Irian Jaya shot dead four highland tribespeople for raising the separatist Morning Star flag last week, a rights monitor said Wednesday.

If you visit Indonesia’s National Library—home to 7.7 million physical books—and do a search with the keywords “West Papua”, “Irian Jaya” or even simply “Papua”, you’ll find a ...

Irian Jaya, Indonesia's easternmost province and a former Dutch colony, was formally incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 after a UN supervised act of free choice, which Papuans say was flawed.

The decolonization process of (West) Papua was a complex one. Retained by the Netherlands when it recognized Indonesian independence in 1949, the territory then known as West New Guinea (other names ...

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.

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.

A day ago 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.