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Police arrest 12 suspected OPM members in Papua

Police in Papua have arrested 12 suspected separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM) members who had attacked a ...

TNI in Papua for peaceful purposes : mily command official

Chief of Staff of the Cendrawasih Military Command Brigadier General Indra Hidayat said National Defense Forces ...

news focus: govt to step up socio-economic approach toward Papua

Poverty and perceived injustices are believed to be among the problems triggering violence from time to time in ...

Solve tensions in Papua through dialogue : rights official

The tensions and violence that happened in Papua province recently need to be solved through dialogue between the ...

news focus: police deploy more personnel to defuse tensions in Papua

Following a series of shooting incidents in Papua Province that killed several people, including Mulia Sector Police ...

NU leader asks govt to handle Papua problems without violence

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) leader KH Said Aqil Siroj on Friday asked the government to handle the problems in Papua "with ...

hundreds of Papua state museum`s exhibits damaged

The curator of Papua`s State Museum, Sukardi, said 700 of the museum`s exhibits were now in damaged condition due ...

Papua referendum idea not popular among local people

Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the demand for a referendum as voiced by a group of Papuan people recently ...

1000 tifa echo beats to enliven Lake Sentani Festival

The grand feast of the people and the Jayapura administration, Papua, namely the fourth Lake Sentani Festival 2011, ...

Freeport pays Rp5.6 trillion in financial obligations to govt

PT Freeport Indonesia has paid Rp5.8 trillion in taxes and other financial obligations in the first quarter of 2011 ...

Balinese dances to be proposed as UNESCO`s best practice

Balinese dances and two other Indonesian cultural features have been proposed as UNESCO`s Best Practices in Indigenous ...

US concerned about court sentences in Papua torture case

The US embassy in Jakarta issued a statement here Wednesday expressing deep concern that three Indonesian soldiers ...

Three soldiers sentenced for brutalizing Papua civilians

The Military Court III-19 in Jayapura, Papua, has sentenced to 8-10 months in jail three soldiers who were seen on ...

Papuan youth must study hard: Governor

Governor of Papua Barnabas Suebu asked the youth here Thursday to study hard to build Papua and the country in ...