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Minister Wiranto, Military, Police chiefs review condition in Wamena

Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto, Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) Chief Marshal ...

Papuans to vote in simultaneous regional election in 2020

Eligible Papuans will vote in a simultaneous regional election in 11 districts in 2020, as violence and ongoing ...

Ten Acehnese survivors of Wamena riot take refuge

Ten Acehnese community members who survived the recent Wamena rioting have been taking refuge at a house in Doyo area ...

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Lesson learned from Wamena rioting

A deadly riot that broke out in Wamena, the capital city of Jayawijaya District, Papua Province, on Sept 23, has left ...

Blitar district govt ready to evacuate its people from Papua: official

The Blitar District Administration has revealed that it is ready to evacuate its people from Papua Province in the ...

23 Wamena riot survivors to return to Banten

The Banten provincial administration's humanitarian team members have discovered 25 survivors of the recent Wamena ...

Papuan provincial government encourages young doctors to pursue PhD

The Papua provincial government has been endeavoring to step up the quality of the province’s young doctors by ...

Wamena riot survivors ail from diarrhea, fever, skin itchiness

Several survivors of the recent deadly rioting in Wamena currently accommodated in temporary shelters are ailing from ...

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Suppressing armed Papuan rebels paramount to saving innocent civilians

Two motorcycle taxi (Ojek) drivers dying near the Muara suspension bridge in Amnunggi Village, Ilaga Sub-district, ...

Banten governor vows evacuation of his people from Papua

Banten Governor Wahidin Halim made a solemn promise to evacuate the province’s 16 people residing in Papua and ...

MUI elicits governmental action for justice to Papua's Indonesians

Padang City Chapter urged the government to bring true justice to and ascertain the safety and security of Indonesians ...

31 dead in Wamena rioting: Health Ministry

The death toll from the rioting in the Jayawijaya district capital of Wamena in Papua province reached 31 as of ...

3,225 refugees in Jayapura, confirms coordinating minister

The number of refugees in Jayapura, Papua due to the deadly riots in Wamena, currently has reached 3,225, Coordinating ...

Fiji ex-defense minister holds meeting with Wiranto

Fijian former minister of national security and defense Ratu Inoke Kubuabola paid a visit to Coordinating Minister for ...

MUI deplores brutal killings of innocent civilians in Papua's Wamena

Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) Secretary General Anwar Abbas deplored the brutal killings of innocent civilians and ...