JAKARTA — Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Indonesia’s northernmost province, Aceh, to support using a separatist flag as their official symbol. The dispute about the flag has raised ...

On December 1, 1961, the Morning Star flag was flown beside the Dutch tricolor for the first time. Indonesia took control over Papua with United Nations recognition in 1969.

On September 3, police arrested an activist, Sayang Mandabayan, at the Manokwari airport for traveling with 1,500 small Morning Star flags. She has been detained at the Manokwari police station.

Former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels raised a red crescent and star flag in Lhokseumawe, Aceh, to celebrate the group's 48th anniversary.

Indonesia and Monaco's flags are nearly identical, with red stripes over white. However, Indonesia's flag is longer and has a ...

Indonesia's government has given provincial authorities seven days to change it. The crescent and star on a red and white banner was used by the now defunct Free Aceh Movement.

The West Papuan Morning Star flag has been a point of contention across Indonesia for decades. The West Papuan flag is seen as a symbol of independence West Papua was incorporated into Indonesia ...

August 28, 2019: Papuan students painted with the Morning Star flag protest over the Surabaya university incident. Credit: AP One story said the Papuans had flushed the Indonesian flag down the ...

First raised 60 years ago, the Morning Star flag is a potent symbol of the people of West Papua's long struggle for independence, and people around Australia can expect to see it raised again on 1 ...