National awareness in Papua Wamena (ANTARA) – Radio of the Republic of Indonesia (RRI) in Wamena in Jayawijaya Regency, Papua Province, instills awareness of the nation in early childhood in the interior of Papua. The […]
What do Papuans really want? It is not an easy answer because if we ask majority ordinary Papuans they will straightforwardly answer they want to live a peace and happy life in accordance to their […]
KPU Papua Jayapura (ANTARA) – The General Election Commission (KPU) of Papua Province has determined 28,584 voters to be included in the Provisional Voters List (DPS) for the 2020 Pilkada in Mamberamo Raya Regency. Papua […]
COVID-19 news in Papua Jayapura (ANTARA) – The Public Broadcasting Institute (LPP) RRI Jayapura provides news content about the corona virus (COVID-19) every day, especially in relation to appeals for people to avoid disease. Head […]
What’s going on in West Papua? This question has been used frequently to attract readers to read. If you are not satisfied with my version of answering such question, it is your rights to agree […]
Safe and peaceful regional elections Jayapura (ANTARA) – The Papua Regional Police’s Public Relations Division held an interactive police dialogue greeting at RRI Nusantara V Jayapura with the theme of creating a safe, peaceful and […]
No Politics for Teachers in Papua Jayapura (ANTARA) – The Papua Province Education, Libraries and Archives Office asked teachers in its region not to get involved in practical politics, considering that 11 districts will hold […]
Papua Regional Elections Jayapura (ANTARA) – A total of 35 regent and deputy regent candidate pairs took part in the regional elections which were held in 11 districts in Papua. Secretary of the Papua KPU, […]
Religious harmony in Papua Jayapura (ANTARA) – Minister of Religion Fachrul Razi presented the Mayor of Jayapura, Papua, Benhur Tomi Mano, the Harmony Award for fostering religious harmony. The Minister of Religion gave the award […]
Democracy Matters in West Papua #democracy values A former Dutch colony, West Papua was formally incorporated into Indonesia in 1969, after an undisputed vote of about 1,025 representative tribal leaders. The result of the plebiscite […]
Regional elections in Papua Jayapura (ANTARA) – The head of the Papua Election Commission (KPU), Theodorus Kossay, admitted that currently there are five candidates for regent and deputy regent candidates from individuals or non-parties participating […]
Lesson learned for West Papua West Papua Blog (Opera News) – Timor Leste is a country that cannot be separated from Indonesia’s history. The country, which was once part of the Unitary State of the […]
Papua local election Wamena (ANTARA) – The General Election Commission (KPU) of Yalimo Regency, Papua Province confirmed that the campaign stages for prospective participants in the simultaneous regional election on December 9, 2020 have not […]
What’s happening in West Papua? This question is about curiosity or provocation? In one side, such question has been used repeatedly to attract international attention by separatist group, but the other side this question may […]
Jayapura, West Papua Blog – Arguing that special autonomy did not fail, Christian Arebo (Chair of National Leadership Council of the Papuan Indigenous Youth) said that the central government had given full authority to the […]
Dishonest twitter campaign is not something new. Political campaign using twitter platform is massive in every corner of the world. West Papua Blog calls for fact-checking of political campaign by both pro separatist Papua and […]
Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, Deputy Five for Politic, Law, Defense, Security, and Human Rights of the Presidential Staff Office wrote the following article in Kompas. It is very important to look at the facts and data before […]
British radical left movements have existed since around the late 19th century, with the formation of various organisations following ideologies from the far-left’s revolutionary socialism, anarchism and syndicalism to the center-left’s socialism, liberal socialism, ethical socialism, social democratic, progressives and […]
What actually happened in West Papua? How do foreign media preach it to foreign readers? What information is spread outside Indonesia about Papua, especially in the Pacific and European countries? Why foreign journalists never or […]
Seputar Papua | TIMIKA | Mimika Regency DPRD (Regional People’s Representative Council) held a Plenary Session I of the Second Session Period on the Discussion of the Regional Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMD) for 2020-2024, Friday […]
Papua and West Papua are two most eastern provinces of Indonesia, which experience challenges from separatism. Since the reform movement in 1998, Indonesia has carried out serious reforms from Jakarta to all provinces, including Papua […]
West Papua’s Future The biggest region in East Indonesia is Papua Island, which consists of two provinces Papua and West Papua (Papua Barat). The two provinces cover the western part of New Guinea. About fifty […]
The impact of #BlackLivesMatter campaign in the US and other countries in the world has reached to Papua and West Papua provinces. Some people in Australia, UK, US, and also in Indonesia somehow used the […]
The name “West Papua” is used differently by separatist group and government of Indonesia. It sometimes creates confusion due to its political used. The name refers to the western half of the island of New […]
The position of the United Nations and countries around the world on West Papua has been very firm in support to the referendum in 1969. Perhaps only Vanuatu supports the Free West Papua separatist cause. […]
Pluralism in West Papua Pluralism, tolerance, peace and security in interactions among Papuan tribes and between Papuans and other ethnic groups is under the umbrella of democracy. Indonesian is a pluralistic society; that is many […]
To think about the future of West Papua is very important. West Papua separatist leaders, West Papua local leaders, and West Papua local government are responsible for the next generation of West Papuan. All must […]
I wrote this article on Injustice in West Papua around 8 years ago. I want to share my personal feeling while writing articles in my blog. My first impression is there are so many hatred […]
Noken and Act of Free Choice Since the beginning of the country, the Republic of Indonesia has been using democracy as its government system. The system involves the rule of majority where the people have […]
Challenges in West Papua Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Opening up isolation, creating new jobs, alleviating poverty, carrying out more equitable development, and increasing the human development index are part of efforts to overcome challenges in […]
West Papua is an integral part Indonesia. Commenting on the conduct of the whole process, Petrus Wettebossy, the representative of the Indonesian Christian Party of Manokwari, Papua and a local Papuan leader who had previously […]
Dr. Martin Ira Glassner (1998) stated in his book : “The UN’s record in postcolonial territorial disputes is not good, with West Irian the solitary success. Source: Glassner, M. I. (1998) The United Nations at […]
29th July 2013 Yorries Raweyai. (ANTARA) “Now it is up to us legislators from Papua and West Papua to push for the acceptance of the proposal in the House” Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) – A […]
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