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Military chief to visit riot-impacted Wamena on Monday

Several ministers have planned to pay a visit to riot-inflicted Wamena in Papua Province on Monday to outline steps for ...

Military's roles in civil offices may widen: watchdog

Role of the military in civil institutions may widen after the 1998 Reformation, a movement which ended the ...

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Indonesian forest fire chokes millions of people, animals

In June 2019, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMK) had warned that this year's dry season is ...

Government prepares to deal with forest fires

The Indonesian government is planning several measures to address land and forest fires in several parts of the ...

Military, police chiefs meet figures of different faiths in Papua

National Defense Forces (TNI) Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and National Police (Polri) Chief General Tito Karnavian ...

Restore security and order in Papua: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered restoration of security and order in Papua and West Papua Provinces ...

President Jokowi leads limited meeting on Papua

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) conducted a limited meeting at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta Friday to discuss the ...

DPR denounces vandalistic attack on ANTARA office in Papua

House of Representatives' Commission I Deputy Chairman Satya W. Yudha deplored, Friday, the vandalism on ANTARA ...

Security situation in Papua is far better now: Police chief

Chief of the National Police, General Tito Karnavian, said that the situation in Papua is far better than it was a few ...

All parties urged to maintain security in Papua

National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian has urged all parties to maintain security in Papua. "All parties in ...

200 Brimob personnel reach Timika to ensure conducive atmosphere

Some 200 Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel from the Maluku Provincial Police and Gorontalo Provincial Police landed in ...

Lemhanas emphasizes tighter recruitment of military cadets

Indonesia's National Defense Institute (Lemhanas) has called for tighter recruitment of cadets for the Military ...

Satellites identify 152 hotspots on Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua Satellites, on Tuesday, at 6 a.m. local time, detected 152 hotspots on Sumatra Island, including 75 ...

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Tackling forest fires in 5 Indonesian provinces

Several children attending the Islam Akramunnas Kindergarten in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, had no option but to wear ...

Jokowi instructs to immediately extinguish forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given orders to immediately put out the forest fires currently raging in several ...