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Indian dancer enliven Baliem Valley Festival

The Baliem Valley Cultural Festival in Jayawijaya district area of Walesi in Papua on August 8-10, 2016, is also ...

Papua`s cultural diversity praiseworthy

The Baliem Valley Cultural Festival being held on August 8-10, 2016, in the Jayawijaya district area of Walesi had ...

Baliem Valley Festival showcases Papua`s tribal culture

Warriors of the Dani, Lani, and Yali tribes in Baliem Valley, Jayawijaya, Papua, usually engage in a mock war to ...

Some 200 foreign tourists attend Baliem festival

Some 200 foreign tourists are attending the 27th Baliem Valley Cultural Festival being held in Wamena, Walesi ...

West Papua begins to grow coffee

The provincial administration of West Papua is opening 20 hectares of lands for coffee plantation in the regency of ...

Papua`s biodiversity going international

The International Conference of Biodiversity in Jayapura, Papua, in September 2016 will highlight the existence of a ...

Freeport starts flights to interior Papua for employees

International mining company PT Freeport Indonesia, which is operating in Papua province, has started a special flight ...

Rights violation cases in Papua to be settled definitively: Minister Pandjaitan

An Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said here on ...

Light aircraft crashes in Papua

A light aircraft belonging to flight operator Associated Mission Aviation (AMA) skidded off the runway during landing ...

Numerous Trans-Papua road sections prone to landslides

Numerous sections of the Trans-Papua road in Papua and West Papua are prone to landslides during the rainy season, ...

Police investigate attempt to open separatist office in Papua

The Jayawijaya Resort Police officers are questioning three witnesses on the alleged attempt to open an office of the ...

Road construction in Papua costs Rp15 billion per kilometer

Road construction in interior areas in Papua cost up to Rp15 billion per kilometer, an provincial official said. ...

President indicates railway construction to start this year in Papua

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the government will likely start construction of railway track in Papua from ...

President celebrates New Year`s eve in Papua

President Joko Widodo attended "a peoples party" to celebrate New Years Eve in the Rajaampat district of West Papua ...

President visits Sorong airport project to evaluate construction progress

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo inspected the progress of construction work at the ...