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Papua: Armed group targets PT Palapa Ring, burns down property

An armed Papuan group reportedly vandalized and set fire to property owned by telecommunication developer PT Palapa ...

Papua police chief to lead Nemangkawi task force

Amid armed groups unleashing a spate of violence in Papua, the national police chief has approved Papua Police chief, ...

359 terrorized Papuans in Intan Jaya take refuge in church

Some 359 residents of Intan Jaya, Papua, terrorized by a shooting of a villager, identified by his initials as RNR, by ...

Shooting survivor evacuated to Timika hospital: police

A civilian who was reportedly shot at close range by an armed rebel in Bilogai village of Sugapa sub-district, Intan ...

Coffin of fallen soldier arrives in Bandung for burial

The coffin of Private Roy Vebrianto who died of a gunshot wound following a gunfight with several armed Papuan ...

Security imperative for Papua flight operators: airport authority

A guarantee of security from regional governments is indispensable for flight operators serving Papua in light of the ...

Gunfight in Papua's Titigi claims life of Indonesian soldier

Commander of the 173 PVB Military Resort Command Brig. Gen. Iwan Setiawan confirmed that an Indonesian soldier died in ...

10 armed Papuans torched MAF plane, American pilot tells police

American pilot Alek Luferchek has told Papuan police officers that his Quest Kodiak aircraft was torched by around 10 ...

Police probe attack on MAF plane in Papua's Intan Jaya

Police in Nabire and Intan Jaya districts of Papua province have launched a probe into the torching of a Mission ...

Armed Papuan group burns down plane, American pilot evacuated

An American pilot, identified as Alek Luferchek, was evacuated to Jayapura, the capital of Papua province, on Thursday, ...

Papua's Intan Jaya civil servant detained for arms trade: police

Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Paulus Waterpauw confirmed on Tuesday that a civil servant at the Intan Jaya district ...

Search continues for missing soldier in Papua

Search efforts continued on Saturday for an Indonesian soldier who went missing during a routine patrol in Utikini ...

TNI commander visits Timika before heading for Makassar

Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto planned a meeting with several Papuan community ...

Police urged to clamp down on anti-Indonesian campaigners in Papua

Hengky Heselo, a native Papuan community leader in Jayawijaya District, Papua Province, appealed to the police to crack ...

Papua's human rights group condemns armed attack on students

The Advocate for Papua Policy and Human Rights (PAK HAM) has condemned a fatal shooting incident in Ilaga Subdistrict, ...