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Helicopter believed to have crashed in Papua`s interior

An Airfast helicopter carrying staff from mining company PT Freeport was reported to have crashed at 11.00 local time ...

Freeport appeals to protesters to open blockade

PT Freeport Indonesia again appealed to protesting employees to open blockade to smoothen flows of logistic supplies. ...

Police identify six involved in Mimika shooting incident

Police said they have identified six people involved in the shooting of a car at Mile 37, Tanggul Timur, Mimika, ...

Govt to increase pearl production to seven mln tons annually

Having the potential to produce up to 20 million tons of south sea pearl (SSP) a year, Indonesia intends to increase ...

Plane crashes in PNG with 32 on board: Official

A passenger plane carrying 32 people crashed near the Papua New Guinea coast, officials said Thursday, with witness ...

National police headquarters team investigating Timika shooting incident

The National Police Headquarters has sent a team to investigate the shooting of an employee of PT Pangansari Utama ...

Freeport management asks demonstrators to remove road blocks

The management of PT Freeport Indonesia has asked striking employees to remove logs and other materials blocking the ...

news focus: shooting at Freeport must be investigated

The shooting incident during a clash between demonstrating PT Freeport workers and patrolling police in Mimika, Papua, ...

One dead from Freeport clash

A PT Freeport Indonesia employee was fatally shot in a clash between hundreds of police and thousands of the mining ...

Slovakian companies to invest us$1 bln in RI

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that a number of private Slovakian companies want to invest US$1 billion in a ...

Papua`s forests facing serious threat: Greenpeace

A Greenpeace campaigner for Papua, Ricarth Tawaru, said with forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan having almost ...

news focus: U-23 soccer team wishes Singapore, Thai players to play friendly

The Indonesian under 23 years old (U-23) soccer team wished to play Singaporean and Thai senior soccer players to hold ...

Japanese ambassador visits Biak exploring cooperation prospects

Japanese ambassador to Indonesia Yoshinori Katori paid a working visit to Biak Numfor regency in Papua to explore ...

President Yudhoyono asks military to help police deal with terrorism

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked the military here Wednesday to help the police in overcoming national ...

KPK grills finance minister over manpower ministry graft case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo in connection with an ...