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President celebrates New Year`s eve in Papua

President Joko Widodo attended "a peoples party" to celebrate New Years Eve in the Rajaampat district of West Papua ...

Dubai`s Noor Bank to invest $500 million in Indonesian sukuk

A group of investors led by Dubais Noor Bank will invest more than US$500 million in the Indonesian state sukuk, the ...

September is month of festivals in East Nusa Tenggara

East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) will hold at least two festivals this September to attract domestic, as well as foreign ...

Names of missing airplane passengers in Papua

Special Staff for Public Information Transparency Affairs of the Transportation Ministry Hadi Mustofa Djuraid has ...

Regional leaders` forum can resolve Tolikara incident: Indonesia minister

The Regional Leaders Communications Forum (Forkompimda) of Papua province will be able to resolve the Tolikara ...

Tolikara situation calm: Indonesia minister

Chief security minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno said here Saturday that the situation in Tolikara, Papua, has been calm ...

Kadin to establish agencies to boost growth in eastern Indonesia

The Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) will establish a special agency to draw development funding and ...

Growth of E. Indonesian regions priority for Kadin

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) is shifting its focus on developing businesses in eastern ...

President jokowi commences working visit to Maluku, PNG

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his entourage arrived in Ambon from Jakarta on Thursday morning for a working visit ...

Densus 88 arrest terror suspect in South Sulawesi

The counterterrorism squad of the police, Densus 88, have arrested Ambo Ece (36), wanted for alleged terror ...

Indonesian govt boosts deployment in Poso to hunt terror suspects

Following the central governments directive to crush "Islamic State members" in Indonesia, hundreds of military and ...

Police arrested 23 terror suspects in Central Sulawesi last year

Some 23 suspected terrorists were arrested in Central Sulawesi in 2014, according to police. Two of the suspects ...

Radicalism can be prevented in appropriate manner: Yudhoyono

Indonesia has adopted a sound approach to handle terrorism and radicalism, so that the influence of these ideologies ...

Indonesian National Police maps community group affiliated with ISIS

The Indonesian National Police (Polri) has mapped a community group, which is allegedly affiliated with Islamic State ...

Garuda cancels flights following West Nusa Tenggara`s volcanic eruption

The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia cancels flight from Denpasar to five destinations in east Indonesia ...