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> Papua is hardly a hermetically sealed off North Korea. We're talking about West Papua. Not Papua New Guinea. The Western half of the island is occupied by the Prabowo regime.…
by papua_is_being_ · Sep 20, 2026
It was buried in the FAQ. It’s available in these countries. Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Be…
by al_borland · Sep 17, 2026
> and no media or journalists, and not even Indonesians are allowed to enter West Papua. Uh, no? There's an active tourism industry particularly around the Baliem Valley and the…
by motionlessveloc · Sep 15, 2026
In 2005, I took an ethnography class at my university. There were about 10 students (it was an advanced course - Rhetoric and an introductory Anthropology course were pre-requis…
by initramfs · Sep 15, 2026
I personally know Benny Wenda and the Wenda family. Benny Wenda was the West Papuan President before his people were overthrown and violently ousted by the Indonesian government…
by alt227 · Sep 15, 2026
To save people googling > the music has nothing musically or culturally to do with the country of Papua New Guinea. ( https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dak3Viig…
by tim333 · Sep 15, 2026
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Papua may refer to:New Guinea, the world's second-largest island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean Western New Guinea, an Indonesian region comprising the western half of the island of New Guinea Papua (province), an Indonesian province in the north coast of Western New Guinea Papua New Guinea, a country comprising the eastern half of the island of New Guinea Territory of Papua, former Australian external territory in southeastern New Guinea Southern Region, Papua New Guinea, officially known as Papua Region up to 2011 Read more on Wikipedia