Jakarta sends 21,000 troops to Papua over last three years, says...
By Arnold Belau in Nabire
Victor Yeimo, international spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), has revealed that over the past three years the...
A catastrophe looms with PNG’s covid crisis. Australia needs to respond...
By Brendan Crabb, Burnet Institute and Leanne Robinson, Burnet Institute
The covid epidemic in Papua New Guinea has significantly accelerated, judging by the available reports...
Muslim community to pray in private on anniversary of NZ attacks
RNZ News
Christchurch's Muslim community will today hold private prayers to remember the 51 people killed in the terror attacks on the Masjid Al-Noor and...
After 19 years of special autonomy, trust between Jakarta and Papua...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Victor Mambor in Jayapura and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta
As it approaches two decades in force, the special autonomy status of...
Papuan students report Malang police chief over racist ‘shoot to kill’...
By Igman Ibrahim in Jakarta
Malang city district police chief (Kapolres) Senior Commissioner Leonardus Simarmata has been reported to the Indonesian police's professionalism and security...
Green Climate Fund whistleblowers urge US to take its money elsewhere
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Green Climate Fund is a beacon of rich-poor cooperation on tackling the climate crisis, reports Climate Change News.
A newly reengaged...
‘Bittersweet day for my family’, says Dulciana at Somare funeral
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The youngest daughter of the Somare family Dulciana Somare-Brash told mourners the state funeral for Papua New Guinea's Grand...
NGOs, MPs warn ‘draconian’ draft bill will turn Fiji into police...
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
A proposed draft Police Bill in Fiji has come under intense scrutiny from civil society groups and opposition parties.
The...
Somare family says thank you to PNG for the love at...
The Loop PNG livestreaming of the Sir Michael Somare funeral in Port Moresby today.
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Somare family has thanked the people of...
NZ covid: Calls to dump ‘dangerous’ fringe anti-vaccine magazine
By Katie Doyle of RNZ News
A new anti-vaccine publication with links to the Advance New Zealand fringe political party should be ripped up and...
Government pleads with Fijians to register to vaccinate against covid
By RNZ Pacific
Fijians have been urged to register as the government's covid-19 vaccination campaign got underway this week.
The vaccine rollout started on Wednesday following...
NZ Super Fund dumps Israeli banks for funding settlements in Palestine
By Roger Fowler in Auckland
The multi-billion-dollar NZ Super Fund - New Zealand's state pension fund - has finally divested from five of Israel’s biggest...
Gallery: Somare tribute marches from Hela, Western Highlands and Jiwaka people...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Sir Michael Somare. Founding father and three times prime minister of Papua New Guinea. Born Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, April 9,...
After a year of pain, here’s how the covid-19 pandemic could...
ANALYSIS: By Michael Toole, Burnet Institute
One year ago today, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared covid-19 a pandemic, the first caused by a coronavirus.
As...
PNG health official fears covid spike for Somare state funeral
Asia Pacific Report news desk
East Sepik, preparing for the state funeral of Papua New Guinea's Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, could expect a surge...
Son of former migrant refugee voted in as Palmerston North city...
By Laurens Ikinia
A son of former migrant refugees who came to New Zealand from DR Congo, Africa, has fulfilled a childhood dream by being...
Dear editor, we have you in our sights for reporting ‘the...
EDITORIAL: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report, the Auckland-based independent news and analysis website, has been increasingly targeted by Indonesian...
Teen killed as Indonesian police tell Papuans: ‘You’re legitimate target! Shoot!’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A 17-year-old youth has become the latest victim of Indonesia’s six-decades-long colonisation of West Papua, alleges the United Liberation Movement of...
The Moruroa Files – how cutting edge science, secret documents and...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Cutting edge nuclear science, a trove of declassified documents, and investigative journalism have exposed the human and environmental impacts of French...
Royal family can’t keep ignoring its colonialist past and racist present
ANALYSIS: By Benjamin T. Jones, CQUniversity Australia
The most explosive element of the Sussexes’ highly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey was the claim that someone...