Raja Ampat, located in the West Papua province of Indonesia, is an archipelago of 1,500 small islands. It’s one of Southeast Asia’s most beautiful and pristine regions, and is known for its ...

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 ...

The turquoise water and forested islands of Raja Ampat. Beginning around 1900, these wooden boats, known originally as pinisi (now also spelled phinisi) for the specific types of rigging they ...