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Armed rebels remain serious threat in 2019: Papua police chief

Armed Papuan rebels would likely remain a serious security threat in certain areas of the central mountain range of ...

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolts Manokwari Papua

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted the districts of Manokwari and South Manokwari in West Papua ...

Shark fishing ban in Raja Ampat continues to be violated

Shark fishing activities in the waters of Raja Ampat District in West Papua Province continue unabated despite a ...

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 ...

Minister denies military uses bombs to chase armed criminal group

Coordinating Minister for Legal, Political and Security Affairs Wiranto denied that the Indonesian Military (TNI) used ...

Year ender - New era for W Papua in rail transportation

The year 2019 is expected to be a new era for the Indonesian province of West Papua in terms of railway project, after ...

Armed Papuan rebels who killed workers should be crushed: Politician

The Indonesian security personnel should crush the armed Papuan rebels who had brutally killed 31 construction workers ...

Minor earthquake rocks Manokwari in W Papua province

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the district of Manokwari, West Papua Province, on Saturday, but no casualties and ...

North Sumatran resident among victims of Papuan rebels` brutal shootings

The coffin of a North Sumatra resident, who died in the brutal killings by armed Papuan rebels, was flown from Jakarta ...

Bodies of Papua attack victims flown to Makassar

Bodies of 16 victims killed by an armed criminal group in Nduga, West Papua Province, were flown to the Hasanuddin Air ...

Yigi River bridge construction to resume next week: Military chief

Construction of a bridge over Yigi River located in Yall Sub-district, Nduga District, Papua Province, will resume ...

Eight bodies of slain workers moved to Timika

Eight bodies of the workers murdered by armed criminal group members in Nduga District, Papua Province, were moved ...

Survivors of Papua terror attack evacuated to Timika

Eight survivors of a terror attack committed by armed criminal group members in Nduga District, Papua, arrived in ...

President mourns deaths of construction workers murdered in Papua

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed condolences of the Indonesian people, who mourned the deaths of construction ...

Mily, police joint team to evacuate rebel attack victims

The military and police joint team is readied to evacuate victims of the armed Papuan rebel attack from the site in ...