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A glimpse into the voting preparation at the RI-PNG border

With Indonesia's presidential and legislative elections just a few days away, the election fever is being felt all ...

Jokowi urges Papuans to remain optimistic over 2020 National Games

President Joko Widodo urged the people of Papua Province to remain optimistic that the 2020 National Games (PON) would ...

Iindonesia deplores irresponsible media report on Papua

Indonesia deplored irresponsible media report as demonstrated by print and online media based in Australia, known as ...

Year Ender - Development in Papua remains priority despite security challenges by Fardah

The fact that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has visited Papua nine times since December 2014 shows that his ...

US ambassador learns so much from people in Timika

The United States Ambassador to Indonesia, Joseph R. Donovan Jr., has stated that he learned a lot through the ...

Papua`s Padaido island to serve as seaweed culture center

The Government of Biak Numfor Disrtrict, Papua, is preparing four villages in the subdistrict islands of Padaido and ...

Indonesia military put Aroanop under control

The Indonesian Army has taken back Aroanop village in Papua from armed criminal groups respectively led by Joni Botak ...

Released migrant workers should return to their hometowns: Police chief

General Tito Karnavian, Indonesia`s Police Chief, has asked migrant workers who were freed from the armed criminal ...

803 inhabitants of Banti, Kimbeli evacuated to Timika

As many as 803 inhabitants of Banti and Kimbeli kampongs, Tembagapura sub-district, Mimika District, Papua Province, ...

house appreciates military, police cooperation to free hostages

The House of Representatives (DPR) has appreciated the cooperation of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) and the ...

Some 346 civilian hostages in Papua released amid crossfire

The Indonesian police and military personnel have released a total of 346 civilians taken hostage by the armed ...

Government praised for successfully dealing with PT Freeport

A parliamentary leader has praised the government of President Joko Widodo for having successfully secured a deal to ...

Young Papuans at IT Del to become harbingers of change

Premi Yigibalom represents the bright future of young native Papuans amid the poor human development index of Papua, ...

Caring Papua for one Indonesia

West Papua has been final for Indonesia as a result of the UN-supported Act of Free Choice or "Pepera", held on May 1, ...

Papua religious leaders calls on government to consider locals` interest

Papua religious leaders have called on the government not to put aside the interest of the local community, amidst the ...