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In 2020, 138 free WiFi spots to be available in Jayawijaya

Residents of mountainous Jayawijaya District, Papua Province, will be able to enjoy free wireless Internet (WiFi) ...

Lack of evidence stalls human rights violations settlement

Lack of evidence and the absence of an ad hoc human rights tribunal have stalled efforts to settle past gross human ...

Sorong police's probe ongoing into airport's attackers

The Sorong police in West Papua are investigating the case of vandalism and attack on Domine Eduard Osok Airport during ...

Court extends punishment to Jackob Fabian to seven years imprisonment

The Supreme Court in Indonesia extended punishment to a 39-year Polish citizen Jackob Fabian Szkripsi to ...

Papuan gunmen attack Freeport Indonesia's escort car

Papuan gunmen fired at an escort car owned by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) at around Mile 60 in Tembagapura ...

Papua police chief chairs meeting before OPM's anniversary

Papua Police Chief Inspector General Paulus Waterpauw on Tuesday chaired a meeting with police and military officers, ...

Ilaga airport authority intensifies security in run-up to Christmas

The authority of Ilaga Airport in Puncak District, Papua Province, has coordinated with related agencies to increase ...

West Papua's Unipa targets 100 doctors graduating in 2025

The University of Papua (Unipa) in Manokwari, West Papua Province, is aiming to produce 100 graduated young doctors in ...

Papua's honai to be lit with solar-powered lamps

The Jayawijaya district administration in Papua Province is continuing to set up solar-powered lamps across the ...

107 Papuan students have returned to Central Java

 A senior police official has said that 107 of the 207 native Papuan students who left for Papua and West Papua ...

DPR Commission I's 10 members visit Papua for first-hand accounts

Some 10 members of the House of Representatives' (DPR's) Commission I, overseeing defense and foreign affairs, ...

Tembagapura's security intensified as measure against rebels' terror

- were shot dead by an armed group. The Lekagak Telenggen-led armed rebels were allegedly responsible for the killing ...

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Our hope for General Idham Azis

General Idham Azis has become Indonesia's police chief since early November 2019 after President Joko Widodo ...

Mastermind behind deadly Wamena rioting arrested by Indonesian police

The Indonesian police in Jayawijaya, Papua, arrested a village head, identified by his initials as YA, 45, for ...

385 Wamena riot survivors keen to return to city: military

Some 385 survivors of the recent Wamena rioting are eager to return to Jayawijaya District’s capital city ...