Under the so-called Merauke food estate project, agribusiness giants have secured vast concessions to clear 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of land in Merauke, two-thirds of it for ...

A panel of Jayapura Corruption Court judges has sentenced former Merauke regent John Gluba Gebze to a year in prison and fined him Rp 50 million after he was found ...

At least 10 companies, organized into four consortiums, are involved in the food estate project in Merauke initiated by Jokowi's government.

Five middle-aged Australians detained for almost nine months in Papuan town give different reponses when asked what the worst thing about their ordeal is.

The Indonesian government has designed a mega National Strategic Project (PSN) food estate in Merauke. The project will open 2.29 million hectares of forest and land in Merauke.

‘Pagelaran Sabang Merauke’ returns in August with Padi, Yura Yunita The show will feature over 600 musicians and dancers, combining theatrical elements with traditional and contemporary dance ...

Basuki admitted, before the plan of developing 10 thousand hectares of rice fields in Merauke, the ministry has built long storage in transmigration settlements. With the 10 thousand hectares of new ...

Merauke (AsiaNews) – Mgr Petrus Canisius Mandagi is the new archbishop of Merauke, an archdiocese located in the southern part of Papua. The ceremony of possession canonica, which had been ...

Jl. Mandala 30, Merauke 99602, Irian Jaya, Indonesia Phone: (0971)321.611 Fax :326.574 Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, MSC, was born in Kamangta, North Sulawesi, on April 27, 1949. He was ordained ...

Evidence has emerged suggesting that the prosecution of five Australians detained in Papua since last September is partly motivated by anger towards Australia's treatment of Indonesian fishermen.

U.N. special rapporteurs have raised concerns that Indonesia’s food estate project in Merauke district is displacing Indigenous communities, clearing forests without consent, and using military ...