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Government`s intention to settle human rights violation in Papua remains strong

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto said the government still has strong intention ...

Acceleration of infrastructure development is today`s catchword

The key to success in transforming backwardness into modernity is infrastructure. Indeed civilization is often gauged ...

Pluralism guaranteed by constitution: President Joko Widodo

President Joko Widodo reaffirmed here Saturday that Indonesias constitution honors and guarantees the values of ...

Jokowi`s emotional relationships with Papua

Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, has been only two years as president, but has set foot on the countrys most ...

Wamena airport closed after plane skids off runway

The Wamena Airport in Jayawijaya District, Papua Province, was temporarily closed after a Trigana Air cargo plane, ...

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, ...