A pristine archipelago off Indonesia's east coast emerges as the latest battleground between conservationists and the government, who are at odds over the country's nickel industry.

We are in Raja Ampat, an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays and shoals. It seems hard to believe that this deserted paradise could ever become crowded, but as the popularity of ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The popular tourist area of Wayag Island, one of the main icons of Raja Ampat, has been temporarily closed following increased social tensions after President Prabowo Subianto ...

The Raja Ampat islands are so remote that most Indonesians have never even heard of them. Excursions to this corner of the archipelago in eastern Indonesia, off the coast of Papua in Cendrawasih ...

Satellite analysis and on-the-ground visits found a rapid increase in land given over to mining pits in Raja Ampat Regency, a group of tropical islands near West Papua, according to the report ...

It’s a “magical” spot not many people have heard of but those who have visited can’t stop raving about it. The Raja Ampat Islands are an archipelago off the northwest tip of Bird’s Head ...

Raja Ampat, the archipelago of more than 1,500 jungle-covered islands located in Indonesia’s West Papua province, is bound to figure on any diver’s wish list. The waters around them teem with ...