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Seven Papuans tried in Balikpapan are not political prisoners: police

Indonesia's National Police spokesman, Inspector General Argo Yuwono, dismissed a claim that seven Papuan youths, ...

Flight services resume in West Papua's Sorong City

The Sorong city administration in West Papua Province reopened public access to flight services to and from the city ...

Papua's 52 paramedics contract COVID-19 infection

Some 52 paramedics in Papua Province got infected with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but most of them fully ...

Policeman dies of COVID-19 in Papua

A 50-year-old police officer succumbed to the novel coronavirus disease in Jayapura on Friday, according to ...

Court rules govt's internet shutdown decision in Papua as unlawful

The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) ruled that the Indonesian government’s decision to block internet ...

Papua airport to reopen for Jakarta-Jayapura flights from June 10

Papua Province will reopen its airport for to-and-fro direct flights between Jakarta and Jayapura from June 10, 2020, ...

Corrected-Court rules govt's internet shutdown in Papua as 'unlawful'

(Corrects the verdict's details) Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) ruled that the Indonesian ...

34 medical workers in Papua exposed to COVID-19

Two more medical workers have been infected with COVID-19 in Papua, bringing the total number of such workers testing ...

Armed criminal group shoots medical workers in Papua

An armed criminal group reportedly shot two medical workers, one of them fatally, while they were delivering medicines ...

26 medical workers in Papua exposed to COVID-19

A total of 26 medical workers in the easternmost Indonesian province of Papua have been exposed to the novel ...

Task force spokesman reports 134 COVID-19 recoveries in Papua

Some 134 out of the total 538 people testing positive for COVID-19 in the easternmost Indonesian province of Papua have ...

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Indonesian media outlets need help to survive COVID-19

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has become a global disaster that causes serious implications to public health and ...

48,289 workers in West Java's tourism sector sent home

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has severely affected the tourism sector in West Java Province, with businesses ...

SAR team finds American pilot''s body in Lake Sentani, Papua

The body of US national Joice Lin, pilot of an MAF airplane that crashed into Lake Sentani, Papua Province, Tuesday ...

Mamit-bound MAF Aircraft crashes into Lake Sentani, Papua

A Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) aircraft, with registration PK-MEC, crashed into Lake Sentani on Tuesday at around ...