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Investigation ongoing after Central Papua Ojek driver assault

An ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver in Central Papua was brutally attacked with a machete after dropping off a passenger ...

Intan Jaya: Rebel guns down kiosk owner, manhunt underway

The Operation Peace Cartenz Task Force has launched a manhunt for a Papuan separatist who shot dead a kiosk owner in ...

Indonesia nabs eight Papuan KKB members linked to teacher’s killing

Eight suspected members of a Papuan armed criminal group (KKB) have been arrested by Indonesia's Cartenz Peace Task ...

Police planning to employ robots to boost performance

The Indonesian National Police (Polri) is planning to induct police robots to enhance performance and efficiency as ...

Indonesian forces secure Papua airport after armed group attack

A joint Indonesian military-police team has restored security at Aminggaru Ilaga Airport in Central Papua’s ...

Tracing Garuda troops' training for peace mission

The Garuda Contingent (KONGA) or Garuda Troops are Indonesian National Army troops who participate in peacekeeping ...

PMPP TNI-UNIC host landmark Journalist Boot Camp event

Indonesian National Defense Forces Peacekeeping Center (PMPP TNI) and United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Jakarta ...

Indonesia pursues balanced strategy to counter terrorism threats

The Indonesian National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) is currently focusing on implementing a balanced approach that ...

RI denies report of accepting Palestinians released by Israel

The Foreign Ministry has denied news of the Hamas group's plan to place Palestinian prisoners released by Israel ...

President Prabowo seeks enhanced strategic ties with New Zealand

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto affirmed his commitment to intensifying  strategic relations between ...

List of women ministers in Prabowo's Red and White Cabinet

President Prabowo Subianto, at the Merdeka Palace on Sunday (October 20), announced seven coordinating ministers, 41 ...

Indonesia paid no ransom to free NZ pilot Mehrtens: Minister

Indonesia did not pay any ransom to free Philip Mark Mehrtens, a Susi Air pilot from New Zealand abducted by a Papuan ...

Indonesia hands over pilot Mehrtens to New Zealand government

The Indonesian government handed over Susi Air pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens, who was in captivity by the separatist group ...

House's Commission I lauds soft approach in release of NZ pilot

Indonesian House of Representatives' Commission I Chairwoman Meutya Hafid commended the soft approach applied ...

NZ pilot Mehrtens in touch with family following release: Police

The Papua Police announced that New Zealand pilot Mark Mehrtens, recently freed from the Free Papua Movement's ...