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Papua police promise prosperity-oriented approach

Papua police have pledged to adopt a prosperity-oriented approach to win the hearts and minds of native Papuan ...

Papua provincial govt urged to allocate endowment fund for education

The Indonesian finance ministry has urged the Papua provincial government to allocate an endowment fund to finance ...

Armed violence: Soldiers provide aid to returning refugees in Mimika

Soldiers from the 756/WMS Infantry Battalion's security task force prepared and distributed 100 boxes of packaged ...

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Wenda's political gambit backfires in Papua

On December 1, 2020, Papuan separatist leader Benny Wenda declared an “interim government” in West Papua ...

MPR supports Indonesian government to act sternly against Benny Wenda

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) speaker Bambang Soesatyo appealed to the Indonesian government to act sternly ...

Govt, military, police urged to maintain state authority in Papua

Responding to the recent developments in Papua and West Papua, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), ...

Govt must ignore Benny Wenda's maneuver: UI law professor

Hikmahanto Juwana, professor of international law at the University of Indonesia, has urged the Indonesian government ...

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Papuans split over status quo on autonomy

Over the past few months, several sections of communities in the Indonesian province of Papua have been deliberating ...

LIPI launches three books on native Papuans

The Center for Demographic Research under the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has launched three books on the ...

Armed Papuan criminals in Intan Jaya committed 17 crimes: police

Over the last nine months of 2020, armed Papuan criminal groups operating in Intan Jaya, Papua, were involved in 17 ...

Police expose Benny Wenda's involvement in Wamena's lethal riot

The Indonesian police unearthed the involvement of Benny Wenda, a West Papua movement separatist group member, in ...

UK reaffirms support for Indonesia's territorial integrity

The United Kingdom Government has reaffirmed its support for Indonesia's territorial integrity and recognized Papua ...

Indonesia condemns decision to award Benny Wenda

Indonesia has strongly condemned the Oxford City Council’s decision to award Benny Wenda, a member of the ...

Al Assad keen on closer military cooperation with Russia

Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, received on Saturday Russia's Defense Minister, Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu, who ...

President Jokowi sees peace, stability as key for global economic growth

A war is not only bloody, cruel and expensive but also detrimental to economic growth. The reality was ...