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1,040 quakes in West Papua's Sorong district in 2020: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), Sorong office, recorded 1,040 earthquakes in various parts ...

Papua's Intan Jaya civil servant detained for arms trade: police

Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Paulus Waterpauw confirmed on Tuesday that a civil servant at the Intan Jaya district ...

Vice President seeks fresh blueprint for Papua, West Papua development

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has sought a more effective blueprint for accelerating development in Papua and West ...

Police confirm situation under control in West Papua during Pilkada

Senior Adjunct Police Commissioner (AKBP), the West Papua Regional Police's spokesperson, Adam Erwindi confirmed ...

Papua police vigilant ahead of voting day

The security situation in 11 Papuan districts headed for simultaneous regional elections on December 9, 2020 has so far ...

Six figures to receive national heroic awards from president

President Joko Widodo will bestow national heroic awards upon six figures at the State Palace on November 10, according ...

West Papuan voters should visit polling stations without any concerns

West Papua General Elections Commission (KPU) Head Paskalis Semunya insisted on applying health protocols in all ...

Jokowi inaugurates TVRI's West Papua station

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated public broadcaster TVRI’s West Papua station on Wednesday and ...

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Papuans split over status quo on autonomy

Over the past few months, several sections of communities in the Indonesian province of Papua have been deliberating ...

West Papua governor urges candidates, voters to help maintain peace

West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan has appealed to all candidate pairs contesting this year’s simultaneous ...

LIPI launches three books on native Papuans

The Center for Demographic Research under the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has launched three books on the ...

Government firm over not holding negotiation on Papua's independence

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD made it amply clear that the government was ...

Manokwari's 38 healthcare workers contract COVID-19

Some 38 healthcare workers in Manokwari District, West Papua Province, contracted COVID-19 as of Sept 22, 2020, thereby ...

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Awaiting final fate of Papua, West Papua's special autonomy funds

The Papuan people are currently consolidating to show their supports for a necessity to evaluate and continue the ...

Indonesia,Canada complete regional development program

Indonesia and Canada have completed the second phase of the Responsive Innovation Fund (RIF) program, which aims to ...