Representatives of 157 countries to visit Paniai Lake, Papua

Jayapura, Papua province (ANTARA News) - Representatives of 157 countries which have lakes will visit Paniai Lake in Papua Province which they consider to be the world`s most beautiful and preserved lake, a local official said. The interest to visit Paniai Lake was expressed...

Papuans holding foreign citizenship resume status as Indonesians

"Two Papuan indigenes -- Franzalbert Joku and Nicholas Simion who were formerly Papua New Guinean and Swedish citizens repectively -- have officially resumed their status as Indonesian nationals, it was reported here Sunday. Franzalbert Joku and Nicholas Simion regained the...

New Zealand to help train Papua community police

Jayapura (ANTARA News) - The New Zealand Police are considering the possibility of cooperating with the Papua police in carrying out a program to train community police for Indonesia`s most-eastern province, a Papua police spokesman said.To study the possibilty, the New...

Papua Government, Freeport to build cement factory

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) and Papua`s provincial government are to build a cement factory using the giant US-based copper and mining company`s tailings waste as feedstock, a PTFI spokesman said. The cement factory project would be carried...

Jayapura`s Mt. Cycloops areas rich in nickel deposit

Jayapura (ANTARA News) - The Cycloops mountain range which stretches from Jayapura city to a number of districts in Papua, sits on a huge nickel deposit believed to be the biggest in the world, a local official said. "But the mining resource could not be exploited because the...

Rescue workers recover bodies of 11 landslide victims in Jayapura

Jayapura (ANTARA News) - The bodies of all 11 dead victims of a landlide in Jayapura General Hospital`s resettlement, Bahayangkara village, Jayapura Municipality, Papua, have been recovered thanks to cooperation between the military, police and local people. The 11 bodies...

Freeport denies holding six foreign mountain climbers

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - Copper and gold mining company PT Freeport Wednesday denied that it has detained six foreign mountain climbers for intruding into its working area in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua. "We did not detain them. Instead, we helped them on...

Floods force thousands to evacuate in Papua

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - Massive floods triggered by torrential rains in the Papuan district of Yapen Waropen on Saturday swept some 27 houses and two bridges into the sea and forced thousands of people in the district town of Serui to evacuate. Contacted by phone here...

Security situation in areas berdering PNG under control

"He expressed hope that with good communication and coordination among the relevant parties, no "Bintang Kejora" (Morning Star) flag (of the OPM) would be hoisted anywhere in the region."Our region is indeed vulnerable to security disturbances as it borders on PNG while...

Residents attack police post in Papua village, one killed

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - Police manning a post in Banti village, Tembagapura, Mimika District, Papua Province, fatally shot a local resident who was among a mass of people who attacked the post early Friday at around 6 a.m. local time. The police fired warning shots...

Independence issue not discussed in meeting between US congressman

""The issue of giving the Papuan people the right of self determination was actually raised at the meeting but the US Congressman refused to comment on it," Governor Suebu said here on Wednesday.Suebu said the US Congressman`s intention to visit Papua was to obtain first-hand...