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Freeport Indonesia provides aid for refugees in Papua's Intan Jaya

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has supplied 5.3 tonnes of staple food for several hundred residents of Intan Jaya ...

Papua govt starts disbursing aid to refugees

The Papua provincial administration has begun distributing relief aid packages to prevent several hundred residents of ...

Papua government moves to restore normalcy in Intan Jaya

Papua’s provincial administration is making efforts to restore normalcy in Intan Jaya district, which has been ...

Kiosk owner attacked by men armed with machete in Puncak

In yet another instance of violence targeted at civilians, armed Papuan rebels reportedly attacked a housewife with a ...

Jayapura awaits Intan Jaya government's report on district's condition

The Papua provincial administration in Jayapura awaits the Intan Jaya government's official report on the ...

Find effective ways to crush Papua rebels: MPR tells TNI, police

The Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) has appealed to the Defence Ministry, National Defence ...

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 ...