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Authority confirms suspension of flight operations at Wamena Airport

The Wamena Airport authority grounded flight operations temporarily on Monday over a riot that broke out in this ...

Police interrogate 15 Papuan youngsters in Mimika

Some 15 young Papuans were questioned by Mimika police investigators for allegedly holding a traditional stone-burning ...

Yahukimo District head confirms 600 Papuan students returned home

A government official confirmed that some 1,950 native Papuan students from Yahukimo are studying at universities ...

KMSP confirms two deaths, 27 wounded in recent Papua protests

Papua Chapter Sem Awom stated, on August 29, three civilians incurred shot wounds during a rally that the local ...

Rights activists in Papua urge govt to offer comprehensive solution

Papua Chapter Sem Awom told a press conference on behalf of the KMSP members in Jayapura on Tuesday (Sept 17). The ...

Jayawijaya district govt says it is not responsible for returnees

The Jayawijaya district government said it accepts no responsibility to send the students, who had returned home in the ...

PNG consistently supports Indonesia's sovereignty over Papua: MP

While receiving Indonesian Parliament’s several members in Port Moresby last week, Papua New Guinean (PNG) ...

Biak Numfor's students urged not to join exodus: district govt

The Biak Numfor District Government has urged its students currently studying at various universities on the islands of ...

West Papua's ethnic group leaders await Jokowi's readiness: governor

West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan awaits President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi's) readiness to meet provincial ...

Indonesian police to prioritize handling Papua's armed criminals

The Indonesian police will channel its efforts into handling armed criminals targeting civilians after potential ...

Mandacan meets Sri Mulyani regarding property destruction

West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan said he had met Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in Jakarta September 9 ...

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Ensuring no more exodus of native Papuan students

Law and order have been restored by the Indonesian police in Jayapura, Papua, and Manokwari, West Papua Province after ...

Maluku police chief, Papuan students dine over food for thought

Maluku Police Chief Inspector General Royke Lumowa held a function at his residential house on Tuesday evening by ...

Speaker seconds president's keenness to build palace in Papua

House of Representatives' (DPR) Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah expressed support to President Joko Widodo's ...

Nearly 700 native Papuan students return home

Some 700 native Papuan students studying at various universities outside Papua Province have returned home in the ...