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Basarnas confirms eight untraceable while fishing in Manokwari waters

The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Office in Manokwari received a report of eight people having gone ...

Whale stranded in Raja Ampat dies

A whale -- measuring 12.3 meters in length and with a chest circumference of four meters -- was found stranded in a ...

Security threats from armed Papuan criminals in Mimika identified

The Indonesian military and police personnel in Mimika District, Papua Province, detected potential security threats ...

Shootings by armed Papuans break out outside Freeport's mining areas

Several shootings by armed Papuan criminals broke out outside the areas of the mining sites of PT Freeport Indonesia, ...

Papua's Tolikara residents asked to refrain from holding hands

The government of Tolikara in Papua province has urged residents to refrain from practicing a local custom of holding ...

Panama-flagged vessel under tightened surveillance in N Kalimantan

The Nunukan Seaport authorities have tightened watch on a Panama-flagged vessel currently docking off the port's ...

Jayapura youths praise military for evacuating Tembagapura residents

The Indonesian National Youth Committee (KNPI) Chapter in Sentani Sub-district, Jayapura District, Papua Province, has ...

West Papua takes precautionary measures for Chinese ship's arrival

The Indonesian authorities from immigration and other related agencies in Manokwari, West Papua Province’s ...

MPR speaker backs extension of autonomy funds for Papua, West Papua

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo said he urges the government and House of ...

Two motorists bear brunt of Manokwari's landslide

A landslide that buried Pahlawan Road of Manokwari, the capital of West Papua Province, on Monday, uprooted several ...

Students in Indonesia-PNG borders receive first aid training

The Indonesian military (TNI) provided first aid training for 52 students of integrated Islamic junior high school (SMP ...

Joni Botak led Papuans who killed policeman

Joni Botak led a group of Papuan criminals involved in a two-hour gunfight with Indonesian security personnel in ...

80 percent of marijuana in Papua smuggled from PNG: BNN

Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN) reported on Friday that 80 percent of the marijuana sold in Papua ...

Former Papuan separatist hands over rifle to military

A former supporter of an armed Papuan separatist group, handed over his rifle and two 22-caliber bullets to the ...

Indonesia monitoring Chinese ship's arrival in West Papua

Indonesian authorities in West Papua Province have taken precautionary measures due to the planned arrival of a Chinese ...