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Jokowi receives laid-off employees of Freeport Indonesia

Three laid-off employees of PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) were finally received by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on ...

320 children take refuge in Jayawijaya due to firefights in Nduga

Some 320 children from Nduga district in Papua province have fled to the neighboring Jayawijaya district along with ...

Subianto-Uno pair pledges to strengthen regions` tourism sector

Indonesian Vice Presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno hinted that strengthening the regions` tourism sector would be ...

Stop circle of violence in Papua

A circle of violence remains unstoppable in the Indonesian province of Papua. Last weekend, a civilian was again ...

Investigation into a kiosk keeper`s murder still underway: Papua police

The Indonesian police in Puncak Jaya District, Papua Province, continued probing into the murder of Sugeng Efendi, a ...

Indonesian military officer shot dead in Papua

An Indonesian military officer was killed in a shootout with armed criminal group (KKB) members in Longsran Baganbaga, ...

Papua police look for three missing victims in Goyage flood

Papua provincial police have deployed several officers to search for three missing residents after a flash flood hit ...

5.0-magnitude earthquake jolts West Southeast Maluku

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale jolted the district of West Southeast Maluku (MTB), Maluku Province, ...

Raja Ampat issues regulation on cruise ships

The Raja Ampat district administration has issued a regulation to control cruise ships entering Raja Ampat ...

4.9-magnitude earthquake jolts South Manokwari, W Papua

An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richer Scale jolted Ransiki, South Manokwari District, West Papua Province, on ...

High rainfalls cause flooding and landslides in Jayapura

High rainfalls in the past few days have caused floods and landslides in several parts of Jayapura city, Papua ...

Flood inundates residential area in Jayapura, Papua

A flood triggered by incessant rain since Thursday evening, inundated Yahim Gajah Mada housing complex in Sentani, ...

4.2-magnitude earthquake jolts Jayapura, Papua

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Jayapura District, Papua Province, on Friday at 8:15 a.m. ...

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 ...