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Not all of Papua witnessing violence: senior police officer

Not all parts of Papua are besieged by armed violence, chief of the National Police's Security Intelligence Agency, ...

Expect Cenderawasih University to serve as think tank: VP

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has expressed the hope that Cenderawasih University (Uncen) would function as ...

Govt offers 900 scholarships for native Papuans from poor families

The Papua provincial government has offered 450 scholarships for native Papuans from low-income families under each of ...

Indonesia has paid extraordinary attention to Papua: analyst

Indonesia has been paying extraordinary attention to Papua since the Soekarno era in its utmost endeavors to defend it ...

Some 24 native Papuan students depart for US Rhode Island

Some 24 native Papuan students have departed for Providence, the US, to pursue their undergraduate and postgraduate ...

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Awaiting endgame for Papua, West Papua's lingering problems

The Papua special autonomy law which has paved the way for significant amounts of funds to flow into Papua and West has ...

Renewal of Papua special autonomy law must solve problems: MPR

Renewal of Papua Special Autonomy Law No. 21 of 2001 should be able to solve problems lingering since the past two ...

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Social security program seeks to address poverty challenge

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has triggered a global economic crisis, is posing a real challenge to many countries, ...

Number of poor Indonesians rose by 2.76 million amid pandemic

The number of Indonesians living in poverty rose by 2.76 million to reach 27.55 million of the population in September ...

Four major projects to lower unemployment, poverty rates in 2021

Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono expressed belief that four major projects in infrastructure ...

Govt's intervention to curb increase in poor population: Bappenas

Governmental intervention to disburse social assistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic will curb the increase in the poor ...

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Integrated teams to combat stunting, enhance human resources quality

The Joko Widodo administration has outlined a reduction in the stunting and poverty rates as among the key targets for ...

Poverty still high in Indonesia: Ma'ruf Amin

Indonesia had been considered as a developed country, but the number of poor people and stunting was still high, Vice ...

Government stresses on curbing stunting to improve work force quality

The government has given due emphasis to efforts to reduce stunting in Indonesia under its program to boost the quality ...

Government prioritizes efforts to curb stunting, poverty rates

Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto cited reduction in the stunting and poverty rates as among this year's key ...