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Indonesia organizes capacity building courses for Asian, African countries

Some 400 participants from 58 Asian and African countries have attended capacity building courses and training ...

Indonesia to host initiatives for capacity building in Asia-Africa

The government of Indonesia, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will undertake several capacity building ...

Indonesia sinks more than 100 foreign fishing boats

In a bid to demonstrate its commitment to fighting fish poaching, Indonesia has sunk 101 foreign fishing boats for ...

Over 90 Ships Sunk By Indonesia Until Mid-October 2015

Indonesia has incurred material losses and environmental damage due to illegal fishing activities mostly conducted by ...

Melanesian Festival Celebrates Cultural Diversity

The Melanesian Cultural Festival is being held in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, on October 27-30, 2015, to celebrate ...

Festival expected to improve public understanding of Melanesian race

The Melanesia Cultural Festival to be held in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, from October 26 to 30, is expected to help ...

Melanesia festival to strengthen melanesian countries` cooperation

Indonesia, for the first time, will be hosting the Melanesian Cultural Festival 2015 in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara ...

Airlines welcome visa free facility, offering discount

Airlines began to race offering discount in welcoming the government policy which offers visa free facility for short ...

RI, PNG agree to open new flight route

The governments of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea have agreed to open the Jayapura-Port Moresby flight route, reaching ...

Govt prioritizes border area development

The government will give priority to the accelerated development of border areas in the next three years, Home Affairs ...

President Jokowi signs decree for visa-free facility for 75 countries

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has signed a Presidential Decree (Perpres) No.104/2015 on a visit visa exemption for ...

Seven hostage takers arrested by PNG military

The commander of the XVII Cenderawasih military region, Major General Hinsa Siburian, said here on Sunday that the ...

House lauds Jokowi for peaceful solution of hostage crisis

House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Setya Novanto lauded President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) for coordinating with Papua ...

Commission I lauds release of two Indonesian citizens

House of Representatives Commission I Chairman Mahfudz Siddiq lauded the governments efforts in securing the release ...

Police arrest man for carrying four kilograms of methamphetamine

The Papua Police has arrested a man identified by the initials MZS at the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea (PNG) border post ...