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Papua police arrest one behind Mar-30 attack on Freeport employees

Papua's Law Enforcement Task Force arrested TW, a member of a criminal armed group that attacked PT Freeport ...

New Zealander killed in Papua shooting

One New Zealand national died and two Indonesian workers were injured after members of a Papua armed group opened fire ...

Minister urges TNI, Police to bolster security in Papua

Indonesian Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian urged the Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police to fortify ...

800 villagers evacuated to Timika City to evade rebels' terror

The police evacuated 800 villagers in the mountainous area in Timika, Papua, to Timika City to avoid acts of terror by ...

Joni Botak led Papuans who killed policeman

Joni Botak led a group of Papuan criminals involved in a two-hour gunfight with Indonesian security personnel in ...

Policeman dies in shootout with armed criminal group in Papua

Papua Provincial Police Chief Inspector General Paulus Waterpauw has confirmed the death of a police officer in a ...

Three wounded in exchange of fire in Nduga, Papua

Three people were injured, including a member of the Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob), in an exchange of fire between ...

Respect native Papuans' cultural norms, traditions: military officer

XVII/Cenderawasih Regional Military Command Commander Major General Herman Asaribab reminded soldiers joining the task ...

PBNU rejects plan to repatriate ex-ISIS combatants

Nadhlatul Ulama (PBNU), Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, turned down a plan to repatriate former ISIS ...

Five Indonesians abducted in Malaysian waters

Five Indonesians of a fishing boat were abducted in the Tambisan waters in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Thursday, ...

Last Indonesian hostage in South Philippines set free

Muhammad Farhan, an Indonesian held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf armed group in South Philippines, was successfully freed ...

PNG urges Indonesia to organize another BTF in border area

The Government of Papua New Guinean (PNG) has appealed to the Indonesian government, through the Papuan provincial ...

Sorong police's probe ongoing into airport's attackers

The Sorong police in West Papua are investigating the case of vandalism and attack on Domine Eduard Osok Airport during ...

Indonesian soldier in Papua loses life in shoot-out

Several Indonesian soldiers engaged in a gunfight with an armed Papuan group's members in the Kaliasin area, Keerom ...

Police, military hunt armed group on Indonesia-PNG border

A joint task force of Papua Police and military launched a manhunt for  an armed Papuan group at the ...