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Indonesian soldier in Papua loses life in shoot-out

Several Indonesian soldiers engaged in a gunfight with an armed Papuan group's members in the Kaliasin area, Keerom ...

Eight thousand devout to attend Christmas Mass at Jakarta Cathedral

Some eight thousand people are projected to attend the Christmas Mass at the Jakarta Cathedral on Wednesday (Dec ...

Police rebuke baseless rumors of additional troops in Papua's Sugapa

Papua Police spokesman Commissioner A.M. Kamal dismissed unsubstantiated information on more troops being deployed to ...

Social affairs ministry assists South Solok's flash flood victims

The Social Affairs Ministry has distributed the emergency aid packages worth Rp1.6 billion to assist residents of South ...

Flash flood hits South Solok District

A flash flood struck South Solok District, West Sumatra Province, on Friday morning, inundating some one thousand ...

Police nab Papuan separatist movement's youth sympathizers in Abepura

Four youths in Abepura Sub-district, Jayapura, Papua, were apprehended, Sunday, over motifs of Bintang Kejora (Morning ...

700 security personnel secure Jayapura's Sentani area: police

Some 700 personnel of the Indonesian military and police as well as local government's public order officers were ...

Papuan gunmen attack Freeport Indonesia's escort car

Papuan gunmen fired at an escort car owned by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) at around Mile 60 in Tembagapura ...

Indonesia pushes for participation of civilians in peace maintenance

The Indonesian government has elicited greater participation of civilian components in defending world peace and ...

Jokowi confirms Rp115-trillion government spending on BPJS health

The government had spent Rp115 trillion on Indonesian healthcare insurance BPJS Health until 2018, according to ...

Tembagapura's security intensified as measure against rebels' terror

- were shot dead by an armed group. The Lekagak Telenggen-led armed rebels were allegedly responsible for the killing ...

Minister stresses public participation in war on plastic waste

Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has appealed to the public to join ...

Joint forest fire-fighting team deployed on Mount Sumbing

A joint team of military and police personnel, volunteers, and local rescue officers attempted to extinguish a wildfire ...

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Papua's crucial problems challenge Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin administration

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin officially took their oaths of office on Sunday but ...

President Jokowi conveys appreciation towards Jusuf Kalla

President Joko Widodo thanks and gives his high appreciations towards his Vice President for the period of 2014-2019, ...