Comment Comment by jakzurr Yeah, it's a complicated mess. I'm just going to link some of the New Guinea wiki articles:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea (the Eastern half; an independent state, technically a realm of King Charles III)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_New_Guinea (Indonesian since 1962)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Papua_(province) (The province in Western New Guinea where that giant mine is)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasberg_mine (see parent comment; tons of ore)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_conflict (still going on; horrific)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_West_Papua (proposal for independent state in place of Western New Guinea; likely a lot of politics and money involved in stopping it)Probably still lots of people being killed to keep Indonesia (and commercial interests) in control of Western New Guinea. I don't even pretend to understand it all. parent jakzurr 10 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea (the Eastern half; an independent state, technically a realm of King Charles III)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_New_Guinea (Indonesian since 1962)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Papua_(province) (The province in Western New Guinea where that giant mine is)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasberg_mine (see parent comment; tons of ore)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_conflict (still going on; horrific)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_West_Papua (proposal for independent state in place of Western New Guinea; likely a lot of politics and money involved in stopping it)
Probably still lots of people being killed to keep Indonesia (and commercial interests) in control of Western New Guinea. I don't even pretend to understand it all.