West Papua

Demonstrations have been held around the Pacific to mark the anniversary of West Papua's declaration of independence when the Morning Star flag was first raised.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says Solomon Islands' support for its cause remains firm despite a change in leadership.

Members of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua are converging on Vanuatu's capital for a major summit.

Thousands of West Papuans have demonstrated in Jayapura, calling for the closure of the massive Freeport gold mine in Mimika regency. Video

The West Papua National Liberation Army, or TPN, has told villagers in Mimika regency their conflict is not with them but with Indonesian security forces.

An Indonesian human rights lawyer says there is no hostage crisis in the Mimika regency of Papua province as claimed by police and government officials.

The Indonesian unit of Freeport-McMoRan has temporarily shut the main supply route to its Papua mine after a shooting incident, a spokesman says.

West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea are being urged by the country's authorities to register for citizenship.

Indonesia's foreign minister says it is the right of Pacific Island countries to raise issues about West Papua in international fora.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it hopes New Zealand's new prime minister will take up the issue of Papuan self-determination.

An academic says recent violence near Papua's Grasberg gold mine could be connected to plans to divest half of the American-owned operation to Indonesian entities.

An indigenous community in Indonesia's Papua region claim a house in the village of Utikini was razed to the ground by Indonesian Military Police.

One policeman has been killed and two others wounded in shootings near the Grasberg copper and gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province.

Police in Indonesia's Papua province have defended the heavy security presence at the inauguration of two new regents.

Two members of parliament from Vanuatu's opposition have joined a government party in a move described as being good for West Papua.

Two rescue helicopters were sent to evacuate the body of a hiker who died on the Carstensz Pyramid in the Indonesian region of Papua on Tuesday.

An international law specialist says it's not a question of if but when West Papuans will be granted a genuine act of self-determination.