Teluk Wondama has become a regency since 2002 after being separated from Manokwari Regency, West Papua. The regency has interesting stories since being established, but surprisingly Teluk Wondama history is…
As the largest ethnic group in Papua, Asmat tribe resides in a part of West Papua specifically southwest of the island. These Melanesian people live separately into two regions where…
Papua in the Colonial Era In the colonial era, the west part of New Guinea (Papua and West Papua Province nowadays) was named Dutch New Guinea. This region was…
For the last couple of years, there had been news about genocide in West Papua as the rebellion of Free Papua Movement keeps striving for its independence. The issues had…
History of foreign exploration and colonialism in Indonesia is inseparable from what happened in West Papua. This province has been a curious subject of many foreign traders, explorers, and colonial…
The western part of New Guinea better known as West Papua literally conceals countless out of the ordinary facts. From the unbelievable range of 4,000-meter peaks to the exceptional Melanesian…
In respect to the negotiations undertaken by Indonesia and Dutch in 1945-1949, West Papua (then West Irian Jaya) should be handed to Indonesia as late as 1950. Even according to…
Close your eyes for few seconds and imagine this scene: a 17-year-old girl joined her father and male troops in a guerilla war, she even threw rocks to enemy when…
The Indonesian-Dutch round table conference held in The Hague, the Netherlands is in point of fact, the follow-up of preceding indecisive negotiations from Linggarjati, Roem-van Roijen to Renville agreement. The…
West Papua is known as the easternmost island and province of Indonesia, but that name did not exist from the start. Papua has experienced name changes many times. The history…
