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Indonesian forces secure Papua village after school arson attack

Indonesia's security forces have tightened security in Mangoldolki Village, Pegunungan Bintang District, Highland ...

Freeport halts production, focusing on trapped miners evacuation

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has kept operations at its Grasberg Block Cave mine in Central Papua suspended as rescuers ...

Indonesia's army chief inspects seized illegal mine in Bangka Belitung

Indonesia's Army Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Richard Tampubolon on Tuesday inspected an illegal tin mining site ...

Police hunt 15 inmates after escape from Nabire prison

Police in Central Papua are searching for 15 inmates who escaped from Nabire Class IIB Prison early Monday morning, ...

Four rescued after rebel attack at illegal mine in Papua

Indonesian security forces evacuated four gold panners who survived an armed rebel attack at an illegal mining site in ...

Freeport Indonesia suspends operations to rescue trapped miners

Freeport has suspended operations and production in Indonesia for three weeks to focus on rescuing five miners trapped ...

Two bodies found in Grasberg mine, five workers still missing

Mimika Police Chief, adjunct commissioner Billyandha Hildiario Budiman, reported the rescue team on Saturday morning ...

Protect karst areas to maintain nature's balance, minister says

Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq has emphasized the need to include provisions to protect karst areas in ...

Papua Police retrieve bodies of 11 miners killed in rebel attack

Chief of the Papua Regional Police, Inspector General Patrige Renwarin, confirmed that the bodies of 11 illegal gold ...

Papuan rebels killed civilians, not TNI personnel: ministry

The Defense Ministry said that a Papuan separatist group killed 11 Indonesian civilians in Yahukimo, Highland ...

Papua police chief calls for immediate release of New Zealander pilot

Chief of the Papua Police, Police Inspector General Mathius Fakhiri, has urged the Egianus Kogoya-led armed group to ...

Police to crack down on separatists who led Yahukimo, Puncak attacks

Papua police have vowed to crack down on the armed criminals who killed 8 persons in Yahukimo district, Papua ...

Body of fallen worker, 22 survivors evacuated to Timika: police

Twenty-three workers working on a medical center project, who were attacked by a Papuan separatist group on Thursday, ...

Laskar Merah Putih condemns killing of 7 Yahukimo gold miners

The Laskar Merah Putih (Red-and-White Paramilitary) has condemned the killing of 7 traditional gold miners by a Papuan ...

Lecturer creates silica gel to protect traditional gold miners

A lecturer from the Science and Technology Faculty of Jambi University, Dr. Ngatijo, has created silica gel to avoid ...