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Church supports ‘concrete feet’ environment protest in Jakarta
The church in Indonesia has lent its weight behind an ongoing demonstration outside the presidential palace by Javanese farmers protesting against the establishment of...
Prominent opposition Indonesian journalist Ahmad Taufik dies
Prominent Indonesian journalist Ahmad Taufik has died after an illness in Jakarta. He was 51.
Taufik, known as an opposition journalist during President Suharto’s dictatorship,...
Environmental damage, social conflicts overshadow Indonesia’s palm oil future
By Ratri M. Siniwi and Muham in Jakarta
Palm oil is an important commodity for Indonesia's economy, contributing US$17.8 billion, or about 12 percent, to...
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls: Feminists face shrinking spaces at UN
COMMENT: By Sharon Bhagwan Rolls in New York
Pacific -- and global -- feminists are facing challenging times this week in New York with efforts...
Indonesia steps up fight against foreign research biopiracy
By Hans Nicholas Jong and Moses Ompusunggu in Jakarta
Though it may sound like a conspiracy theory, the Indonesian government has taken seriously allegations that...
Asia Pacific Report tribute to Teresia Teaiwa – thanks to Tagata...
Dr Teresia Teaiwa featured in a Tagata Pasifika video when winning the Manukau Institute of Technology Pacific Education Award prize at the SunPix Pacific...
NZ climate change protesters blockade oil conference in Taranaki
Climate change protesters blockaded the Petroleum Summit in the New Zealand city of New Plymouth today where the government was expected to announce the...
CAFCA calls on NZ to ‘pull the plug’ on American Empire
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) says it is time for New Zealand to pull the plug and to finish the business...
Former guerrillas dominate Timor-Leste’s presidential election
People in Timor-Leste went to the polls yesterday to elect a new president. Their choice was between eight candidates with former guerrilla fighter Francisco...
Supreme Court gives green light to PNG to deport 166 non-refugees
PNG's National Planning Minister Charles Abel has called on the Australian government to work with Papua New Guinea to facilitate the closing of the...
Not enough funds for HIV/AIDS advocacy, says PNG cardinal
By Annette Kora in Port Moresby
Lack of funds hampers addressing issues faced by the increasing number of people living with HIV in Papua New...
‘Polynesian soul’ – schools, performers and diversity on show at Polyfest
Six stages, four days, 214 groups from more than 60 schools, 10,000 performers and up to 40,000 spectators ... The four-day festival of Māori,...
Timber firm accused over Indonesian threat to last orangutan strongholds
By Basten Gokkon in Pontianak, West Kalimantan
A timber plantation company is illegally clearing one of Indonesia’s last coastal peat swamp forests, a carbon reservoir...
Kava industry bounces back after Cyclone Pam devastated Vanuatu
By Jonas Cullwick in Port Vila
Kava export returns in 2015 after Tropical Cyclone Pam devastated parts of Vanuatu as it trekked through the country...
Cardinal Ribat calls on PNG churches to ‘work together’ over HIV
EMTV News reports on the HIV Summit in Port Moresby and other Papua New Guinean news.
By Annette Kora in Port Moresby
The first HIV Summit...
Iranian refugee Sawari’s PNG trial deferred to end of month
EMTV News report of the court hearing in Port Moresby yesterday.
By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby
The trial against Iranian refugee Loghman Sawari, who fled...
PISAN Fono big winner with Pacific and Timor-Leste scholars
By Michelle Curran in Auckland
Ten years ago, Tonga’s Kisione Manu was studying a Bachelor of Science at Palmerston North-based Massey University on a New...
PNG parents must ‘be serious’ on education for girls, says councillor
An EMTV report calling for a "breakthrough" in education for girls in Papua New Guinea.
Young Papua New Guinean women and girls must be encouraged...
Bishop speaks up for jobless Papuan workers in Indonesian mining dispute
By Katharina R. Lestari in Jakarta
A bishop in Papua has called for government aid for thousands of Papuans made jobless because of a bitter...
Indonesian women march for equal rights and protection
The women's march in Jakarta. Video: UNANews
By Katharina R. Lestari in Jakarta
More than 1000 Indonesian women took to the streets of Jakarta this week...
Walden Bello: Duterte fascism and naked force ruling Philippines
"Like the anti-Marcos resistance four decades back, the only certainty members of the anti-fascist front can count on is that they’re doing the right...
Asian human rights agency backs probe into Papua torture case
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has backed an appeal from the International Coalition for Papua (ICP) for an investigation into an alleged torture...
