Papuan students demonstrate for the independence of Papua province, at the police headquarters in Surabaya on Dec 1, 2021, to coincide with the anniversary of the Free Papua Movement. - AFP
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Indonesian military (TNI) chief Gen. Andika Perkasa has offered a new softer approach to resolving the long-standing conflict in the country’s easternmost provinces of Papua and West Papua.
But experts say integrated actions among cross-sector stakeholders are needed to solve the complex problems facing the Papuan people.
