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Indonesia needs Rp1,000 trillion in investments for growth

Indonesia would need nearly Rp1,000 trillion of investment to boost its economic growth from five to six percent as per ...

Misool's Kajang boat race expected to draw more foreign tourists

The Kajang boat race at this year's Wonderful Misool Festival is expected to attract more foreign tourists to ...

Maluku, Papua's 51 patrol stations apply one fuel price policy

State-owned oil and gas holding company PT Pertamina has applied the one fuel price policy at 51 filling stations in ...

Wamena riot victims ready to hold dialog with President: Police

Chief of Papua Police Inspector General Paulus Waterpauw spoke of the Wamena riot victims' readiness to meet and ...

Jokowi pledges to build market and roads in Arfak, West Papua

President Joko WIdodo (Jokowi) has pledged to build infrastructure including roads, hospital and market in Pegunungan ...

Jokowi to stay overnight in Kaimana, West Papua

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana are expected to stay overnight in Kaimana District, West Papua, on ...

President Jokowi appoints native Papuan as deputy minister

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has appointed a native Papuan figure named Wempi Wetipo as deputy minister of ...

Jokowi expected to soak in sunset at West Papua's Kaimana

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is expected to reap the rewards of a scenic sunset in Kaimana District during his ...

Missing Swiss citizen in Raja Ampat found alive

A national from Switzerland, Aurelien, who was missing in the forest of Misool, Raja Ampat District, West Papua, was ...

Jokowi confirms total evaluation of Papua's special autonomy status

Indonesia's central government, along with the Papua provincial government, will conduct an evaluation of the ...

Minister Nasution inaugurates 523.7-ha Special Economic Zone in Sorong

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution inaugurated a Special Economic Zone (KEK) on a land ...

Search halted for missing Swiss tourist in Papua

The Sorong search and rescue office (Basarnas) has temporarily halted an operation to find a Swiss tourist missing in ...

UI Medical School's alumni in Papua to not join exodus

Several medical doctors from the University of Indonesia's (UI's) Medical School pledged to not join an exodus ...

Transportation ministry prepares ships to evacuate Wamena's refugees

The Ministry of Transportation is preparing ships to evacuate refugees in Wamena and Jayapura, Head of the ...

West Papua's Doom Island mourns B.J. Habibie

The residents of Doom Island in Sorong Kepulauan District, West Papua, mourned the passing of Indonesia's third ...