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Papua PON: People cheer Torch Relay in Biak Numfor

The XX Papua National Sports Week (PON) Torch Relay in Biak Numfor district was welcomed enthusiastically by local ...

COVID-19: Indigenous Baduy people enthusiastically get vaccinated

Members of indigenous Baduy community who live in the remote parts of Lebak District, Banten Province, ...

Minister lauds bus drivers serving PON contingents

Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi visited a bus depot at the former PTC terminal, Entrop, Jayapura city on ...

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Papua terror campaigns hobble development efforts

The Indonesian government has been making dedicated efforts to accelerate regional development in Papua and West Papua ...

Ministry to invite Kampus Merdeka students to solve poverty problem

The Ministry of Social Affairs has said it will involve students participating in the Kampus Merdeka (Campus Freedom) ...

Indigenous people bind their soul to geographical spaces: AMAN

Thousands of indigenous communities in Indonesia are dynamic groups that have tied their souls to geographical spaces, ...

Graduation of BEKAL Pemimpin 2.0, Passes 58 Candidate Leaders of Change of Natural Resources Management Of Indonesia

United In Diversity (UID) affirms its commitment to support the government to encourage sustainable economic growth. ...

Four Papuan districts can form South Papua Province: Home minister

Home Minister Tito Karnavian highlighted "a specialty" pertaining to the public's aspirations in the ...

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West Papua: TNI, police continue crackdown over soldier deaths

Eight days after four soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack on a military post in Kisor village, South Aifat ...

West Papua: TNI urges refugees to return home

Indonesian soldiers are using the indigenous language of the Aifat ethnic group to persuade locals who are currently ...

Domestic factory to use same vaccine technology as Pfizer: Minister

Vaccine factory PT Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia, East Jakarta will develop its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine by using the ...

Yogyakarta declared Hanacaraka City in bid to promote Javanese script

The decision to anoint Yogyakarta as "Hanacaraka City" on International Literacy Day, which falls on ...

Indonesia's illiteracy rate down to 1.71% in 2020: ministry

Indonesia's illiteracy rate fell from 1.78 percent in 2019 to 1.71 percent in 2020, Director General of Early ...

Vaccinations opportunity for improving Indonesia's population data: FI

Executive Director of Filantropi Indonesia (FI) Hamid Abidin has urged the government to use the COVID-19 ...

APEC pushes bold, practical trade policies amid uncertainties

APEC senior officials are convening to push for bold and practical trade policies aimed at driving recovery as ...