Tag: Traditional string bags
Researcher warns over West Papuan deforestation impact on traditional noken weaving
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan doctoral candidate has warned that indigenous noken-weaving practices back in her homeland are under threat with the world's biggest...
‘It’s our identity’, declare Papua’s defiant mamas over Morning Star
By Yance Wenda in Jayapura
A Papuan woman politician has warned Indonesian security forces against restricting women from selling noken -- traditional string bags --...




![Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof "That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-WikiP-680wide-218x150.png)






![Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof "That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-WikiP-680wide-100x70.png)

