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Developing Biak to become international maritime hub in Pacific region

Biak Numfor District is an archipelagic region in Papua Province that has myriad natural potentials, including in the ...

TNI chief urges WPO to be able to help resolve interstate conflicts

Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) General Andika Perkasa has appealed to the World Peace Organization (WPO) to ...

President meets Papua People's Council representatives at Bogor Palace

President Joko Widodo met representatives of the Papua People's Council (MRP) and West Papua People's Council ...

Papua district heads support creation of Pegunungan Tengah province

The Association of Papua’s Pegunungan Tengah Region District Heads has expressed full support for the ...

Acting West Papua Governor appointment based on MRP proposal: minister

Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has said that the appointment of Commissioner General (retd.) Paulus Waterpauw as ...

West Papua to intensify vigil over mysterious acute hepatitis

The West Papua Provincial Health Office has declared province-wide alert status over the emergence of acute hepatitis ...

Paid tuition fees, living costs of 355 overseas Papuan students: govt

The Papua Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDM) has paid the tuition fees and living costs of 355 Papuan students ...

Scholarships handed to 89 university students in West Papua's Sorong

Member of the House of Representatives (DPR) Rico Sia handed out scholarships to 89 university students in the West ...

Some 82 percent Papuans press for new autonomous regions: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD pointed out that 82 percent people of Papua ...

Minister Mahfud reiterates President's focus on Papua, West Papua

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has channeled his utmost focus on the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, ...

Health Ministry identifies five regional zones for malaria elimination

The Ministry of Health has identified five regional zones for malaria elimination as part of an effort to realize ...

Sorong Port's authorities foil attempt to smuggle 81 endemic birds

A joint team of personnel from the Sorong Port Police and the West Papua Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) ...

District heads expect Papua Special Autonomy to provide authority

Several district heads in West Papua Province expect that the Special Autonomy (Otsus) for Papua and West Papua ...

Only 3 provinces have over 1,000 active COVID cases: minister

Indonesia’s COVID-19 situation has continued to improve, with only three provinces outside Java and Bali ...

Phase 1 accelerated BTS development reaches 86%: BAKTI

The Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) has said that Phase 1 of the accelerated ...