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Prabowo urges parties to help president convince Papuans

Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party General Chairman Prabowo Subianto has appealed to all parties, including ...

Three suspected of loot, rioting in Manokwari under police arrest

The West Papua Provincial Police arrested three for allegedly looting an automated teller machine (ATM) and setting ...

House Speaker urges UN to list OPM as terrorist organization

Indonesian House Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has urged the United Nations (UN) to enlist the Free Papua Movement (OPM) as ...

Pacific island countries appreciate Jakarta for Papua development

A number of Southern Pacific island countries have expressed appreciation for Jakarta`s new initiative in developing ...

Regional head elections in Papua relatively smooth, peaceful

Although reports on the implementation of gubernatorial election in Jakarta overshadowed simultaneous regional head ...

Jayapura police intensify security ahead of regional head elections

Jayapura Police have intensified security measures to prevent crimes and traffic accidents ahead of the simultaneous ...

Luhut warns Papuans of fatal threat of narcotics and HIV/AIDS

Coordinating Minister for Law, Security and Political Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan warned the West Papua people of the ...

Indonesia can independently resolve human rights cases in Papua: Horta

Indonesia is able to resolve human rights cases in Papua itself, without any assistance from outside institutions, ...

People across Indonesia witness solar eclipse

People across Indonesia witnessed the solar eclipse on Wednesday morning, with some people witnessing a total eclipse ...

No negative effects of amnesty given to Papuan prisoners yet: Indonesian military

So far, there have been no signs of negative impacts of the amnesty granted by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to five ...

Papuans` aspirations for a smelter to be soon realized

The aspirations of the Papuan provincial government and the local community to have a smelter will soon be met as the ...

Indonesia serious about advancing prosperity in Papua

The Government of Indonesia is fully aware of the problems existing in its easternmost province of Papua and has taken ...

news focus - govt trying to "bring Papua in harmony with unitary state of Indonesia"

The situation in Jayapura city, in particular, and Papua Province, in general, seems to be peaceful, after being hit ...

Govt has comprehensive design on Papua

The government remains committed to developing Papua into a land of peace as declared by President Susilo Bambang ...

One Papua tribe extinct, two more to follow soon

Unable to compete in the acculturation process with other groups, the Sebo tribe in Kayu Pulau, Jayapura, Papua, has ...