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Bookmark or Share- Sundanese people - WikipediaThe Sundanese (Indonesian: Orang Sunda; Sundanese: ᮅᮛᮀ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ, romanized: Urang Sunda) are an indigenous ethnic group native to the western region of Java island in Indonesia, primarily West Java.They number approximately 42 million and form Indonesia's second most populous ethnic group.They speak the Sundanese language, which is part of the Austronesian languages.
- Western New Guinea - WikipediaWestern New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region is also called West Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat).. Lying to the west of Papua New Guinea and geographically a part of the Australian continent, the territory is almost ...
- West Papua, Indonesia Fights for Racial Justice and Independence | TIMEWest Papua—which sits on the western half of the island of New Guinea, about 1,900 miles east of the Indonesian capital Jakarta—has seen decades of unrest Lon Tweeten for TIME.
- Provinces of Indonesia - WikipediaSeven provinces in Indonesia, which are "special autonomous regions" that have special characteristics, are: Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua, which have their special status in the recognition and special respect for indigenous Papuans. Two provinces that is a "special region" which has ...
- Why Indonesia fails to address the West Papua conflictIt has been over a month since an armed group abducted Phillip Merthens, a New Zealand-born pilot, on February 7, 2023, in Indonesia’s Nduga, West Papua. The group is the West Papua Liberation Army.
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