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After COVID warriors, Olympic-bound athletes to get vaccine shot

The Tokyo Olympics, which were postponed for a year owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, will now be hosted by Japan from ...

BPJN-Wamena team examines condition of Transpapua highway's roads

Wamena National Road Construction Agency (BPJN) has deployed a team to conduct a thorough examination of the condition ...

Soldiers offer mobile health service to Papuans in Tembagapura

Several personnel from the 756/WMS Infantry Battalion's security task force offered a mobile health service to ...

Jayapura-Wamena road temporarily closed for repairs: BPJN

The Jayapura National Road Construction Agency (BPJN) has temporarily closed 320 kilometers of the Jayapura-Wamena ...

Army to clamp down on illegal goods flow on Papua highway

The Indonesian army will secure the 575-kilometer Transpapua section of the Jayapura-Wamena highway in Papua province ...

Freeport Indonesia provides aid for refugees in Papua's Intan Jaya

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has supplied 5.3 tonnes of staple food for several hundred residents of Intan Jaya ...

Soldiers near Indonesia-PNG border help residents to construct church

Personnel of the Indonesia-PNG Border Security Task Force worked with residents of Yetti Village, Arso Timur ...

Soldiers near Indonesia-PNG land border conduct bridge repair work

The Indonesia-PNG Border Security Task Force's 312/Kala Hitam Infantry Battalion personnel, along with villagers, ...

Maluku police investigate arms trafficking case

Police investigators in Maluku Province are coordinating with their counterparts from the West Papua Police to ...

Papua: Armed group member killed in gunfight near airport runway

A suspected member of an armed Papuan group was killed in a gunfight with Indonesian military and police personnel near ...

Lawmaker urges government to assess strategy for handling Papua rebels

A lawmaker urged Indonesia's government to improve its strategy to handle armed criminal groups in Papua Province ...

Kiosk owner attacked by men armed with machete in Puncak

In yet another instance of violence targeted at civilians, armed Papuan rebels reportedly attacked a housewife with a ...

Jayapura awaits Intan Jaya government's report on district's condition

The Papua provincial administration in Jayapura awaits the Intan Jaya government's official report on the ...

Find effective ways to crush Papua rebels: MPR tells TNI, police

The Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) has appealed to the Defence Ministry, National Defence ...

TNI, police ready to tackle head-on armed Papuan criminal's challenge

Indonesia's military and police personnel will respond to an open warfare if ever challenged by the armed Papuan ...