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Papuan official suspected of being involved in weapon smuggling

Papuan Provincial Police Chief Inspector General Tito Karnavian suspected a local official of being involved in ...

Government Working Out Roadmap for Seaweed Development

Indonesia, the worlds third largest seaweed supplier, is working out a roadmap for integrated development of ...

Participatory approach needed to overcome haze

Indonesia needs to take a participatory approach where the central government, local administrations, non-governmental ...

Legu Gam able to generate people`s economy

Organized by Ternate Sultanate to mark the birthday of the Sultan of Ternate, the annual Legu Gam Festival in North ...

Biak Fair closed after shooting incident

The Biak Numfor district administration closed the Biak Fair on Monday after the shooting incident in which an elite ...

Mt Slamet still on alert status

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said on Sunday Mount Slamet which straddles the five districts of ...

Malaria remains endemic in five Indonesian provinces

Malaria is a major public health problem in most tropical countries, including Indonesia with five of its provinces ...

Dubai`s Al Jumeirah group developing luxury resort in Southeast Sulawesi

Dubai-based Al Jumairah group is currently developing a luxury resort and cottages in Matahora island, Wakatobi ...

Eastern Indonesia`s biodiversity prone to biopiracy

The biodiversity in Eastern Indonesian region was prone to biological theft or biopiracy as most of the species ...

Economic gap seen as cause of security problem in Papua

Economic and social gap is the root cause of persistent security problem in Papua, Velix Wanggai, a special staff of ...

Bengkulu to open 1,000 hectares of new rice fields

The Bengkulu agriculture service was reported to utilize 1,000 hectare of idle lands in the province for expansion of ...

Batam to become cinematography hub of Southeast Asia

The Government of Batam City, Riau Islands, is planning to make the city a hub of cinematography in the Southeast ...

Hundreds of papua separatists change allegiance

At least 212 members of the Papua separatist, OPM, have pledged to forgo the idea of establishing a free Papua state ...

Semen Indonesia opens packing plants in Papua

Publicly listed cement company PT Semen Indonesia Tbk.(SMGR) has set up a packing plant in Sorong, West Papua, to meet ...

Flood still inundating Jakarta`s main road

Flood is still inundating parts of Thamrin road in Central Jakarta on Thursday afternoon. In accordance with ...