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Papua politicians urged to unite in seeking a share in Freeport

Chairman of the Papua regional executive board of Hanura party Yan P. Mandenas calls on regional political leaders to ...

Jakarta police secures demonstrators for raising morning star flag

The Jakarta Police have secured several demonstrators from the Papua Students Alliance (AMP) for raising the banned ...

Papua needs more forest rangers

Indonesias easternmost province of Papua is in need of more rangers to protect the forests from damage and illegal ...

President Yudhoyono to inaugurate Sail Raja Ampat

President Susilo Yudhoyono is scheduled to open the international maritime event of Sail Raja Ampat on August 22, ...

Freeport makes great contribution to Papua: Envoy

PT Freeport Indonesia, in Mimika district, Papua province, has made significant contributions to the province, ...

Papuan official suspected of being involved in weapon smuggling

Papuan Provincial Police Chief Inspector General Tito Karnavian suspected a local official of being involved in ...

Papuan leader says Netherlands created OPM to oppose Indonesia

A Papuan community leader, Nicolaas Jouwe, said the Netherlands officers created the Free Papua Movement (OPM) in ...

Papuan singer receives native support in Indonesian Idol finals

Papuas local government will support a Papuan girl, Nowela Mikhelia Elizabeth Auparay, who has been chosen as one of ...

Police investigate cross-border arms-for-drugs barter in Papua

The Indonesian Police has investigated the cross-border marijuana barter trade with weapons that occurred at the ...

Hundreds of papua separatists change allegiance

At least 212 members of the Papua separatist, OPM, have pledged to forgo the idea of establishing a free Papua state ...

Freeport incident must be settled

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa hoped that Monday`s incident at PT Freeport would not escalate and a solution ...

One dead from Freeport clash

A PT Freeport Indonesia employee was fatally shot in a clash between hundreds of police and thousands of the mining ...

Papua`s forests facing serious threat: Greenpeace

A Greenpeace campaigner for Papua, Ricarth Tawaru, said with forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan having almost ...

Preserving Papua`s Culture Through Lake Sentani Festival

Indonesia`s easternmost province of Papua will this year again organize a Lake Sentani Festival (FDS in a bid to ...

Journalist in Jayapura stabbed by unidentified people

Journalists in Indonesia continue to run the risk of becoming victims of violence in carrying out their professional ...