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Police deploys 456,141 personnel to secure regional election phases

The police have stationed 456,141 personnel to secure all phases of the 2020 simultaneous regional head elections, ...

MPR supports Indonesian government to act sternly against Benny Wenda

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) speaker Bambang Soesatyo appealed to the Indonesian government to act sternly ...

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Green economy takes precedence in push for recovery

With people forced to lock themselves at home to break the chain of COVID-19 spread, pollution has reduced ...

Benny Wenda is creating an illusory state: Minister Mahfud

Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD opined that Benny Wenda was creating an illusory ...

Govt, military, police urged to maintain state authority in Papua

Responding to the recent developments in Papua and West Papua, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), ...

Benny Wenda has no authority to declare independence: Lemhanas

United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) leader Benny Wenda, in exile in the UK, has no authority to declare a ...

11 provinces meet WHO testing target: task force

Eleven Indonesian provinces have reached the target of one thousand PCR (polymerase chain reaction) examinations per ...

Govt must ignore Benny Wenda's maneuver: UI law professor

Hikmahanto Juwana, professor of international law at the University of Indonesia, has urged the Indonesian government ...

House seeks government's firm, prompt measures against ULMWP's claim

Deputy House Speaker Azis Syamsuddin urged Indonesia's government to act sternly and promptly against the claim of ...

Prosperity-oriented approaches to solve problems in Papua, West Papua

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) unswervingly drew emphasis to prosperity-oriented approaches to tackle ...

Second phase of special autonomy to make Papua prosperous: Moeldoko

Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko affirmed that the second phase of special autonomy status granted for Papua and ...

Police urged to clamp down on anti-Indonesian campaigners in Papua

Hengky Heselo, a native Papuan community leader in Jayawijaya District, Papua Province, appealed to the police to crack ...

Papua police continue probe into arms smuggling racket

West Papua Police are investigating an illegal racket involving the smuggling of firearms from the Philippines to an ...

West Papua police foil arms trafficking operation; arrest three

West Papua police thwarted an attempt by an underground arms syndicate to trade weapons and ammunition smuggled from ...

No trade-off between economic recovery, environmental preservation

The Indonesian government has stressed that there will be no trade-off between economic recovery and environmental ...