Rising unrest in Indonesia's Papua region kills more than 40

70,000 displaced as rebel group and military trade barbs and bullets

Villagers in Indonesia's remote South Papua province cast their ballots during the presidential election in February 2024. Tensions have been escalating in the resource-rich Papua region in recent months, with civilians caught in deadly clashes between armed separatists and the Indonesian military. © Reuters

ISMI DAMAYANTI

May 23, 2025 14:47 JST

JAKARTA -- An eruption of violence in Indonesia's eastern Papua region, which has seen more than 40 people killed this year, has prompted calls for the government to pay greater attention to the area that has been home to an armed separatist movement for decades.