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Gunmen kill New Zealand helicopter pilot in new attack in Indonesia's restive Papua region
Gunmen stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly after it landed in Indonesia's restive Papua region on Monday, and they released two health workers and two children it was carrying, the Associated Press reported. Glen Malcolm (...)

06 - 08 - 2024
UN rights experts report shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans
Shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans have been taking place in Indonesia, UN-appointed rights experts said on Tuesday, citing child killings, disappearances, torture and enforced mass displacement. "Between April and November 2021, we have (...)

02 - 03 - 2022
Indonesia says flight data recorder of plane still missing
AlQa'dah 4, 1436, Aug 19, 2015, SPA -- Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency said it is still searching for one of the two "black boxes" from a passenger plane that crashed into a mountain over the weekend, killing all 54 people on board, AP (...)

19 - 08 - 2015
Searchers spot wreckage of missing Indonesia passenger plane
AlQa'dah 02, 1436, August 17, 2015, SPA -- Rescue officials say a search plane has spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger plane that went missing with 54 people onboard, according to AP. There was no immediate word if there were any (...)

17 - 08 - 2015
Searchers spot wreckage of missing Indonesia passenger plane
AlQa'dah 02, 1436, August 17, 2015, SPA -- Rescue officials say a search plane has spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger plane that went missing with 54 people onboard, according to AP. There was no immediate word if there were any (...)

17 - 08 - 2015
4 killed in clash in Indonesia's Papua province
Police said a clash between security forces and locals has left at least four people dead in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, AP reported. Local police chief Major General Yotje Mende said 10 other people were wounded in the clash, which (...)

09 - 12 - 2014
Gunmen kill 5 soldiers, 2 civilians in Indonesia
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed seven people Thursday in two separate attacks against the Indonesian army in the restive easternmost province of Papua, AP quoted a military spokesman as saying. Rear Adm. Iskandar Sitompul said assailants armed (...)

21 - 02 - 2013
Magnitude Quake Hits Gorontalo
A 5.6-magnitude undersea earthquake rocked the city of Gorontalo, the capital of the Gorontalo province in northern Sulawesi early Saturday, the Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said. The quake which struck at 00.32 local time (...)

29 - 12 - 2012
Moderate Quake Jolts Indonesian Province of Lampung
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook the western part of Lampung province on Thursday evening. The quake which struck at 06.24 p.m. was centered 5.89 degrees southern latitude and 103.56 degrees eastern longitude or 109 km (...)

13 - 04 - 2012
Earthquake Jolts Nabire, Papua
An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale jolted northeast of Nabire, Papua Province, on Saturday at 6.14 am local time. The temblor's epicenter was located at 3.08 degrees northern latitude and 135.87 eastern longitude, at a depth of 13 km, (...)

17 - 12 - 2011
Japan Tsunami Ripple Destroys Several Houses in Papua
A ripple of Friday's devastating tsunami in Japan has reached the Indonesian province of Papua, destroying several houses and a bridge, and leaving one person dead, according to Indonesia News Agency (Antara). 'Darwanto (Anto) Odang, a 35-year (...)

12 - 03 - 2011
Japan Tsunami Ripple Destroys Several Houses in Papua
Akhir 07, 1432 / March 12, 2011, SPA -- A ripple of Friday's devastating tsunami in Japan has reached the Indonesian province of Papua, destroying several houses and a bridge, and leaving one person dead, according to Indonesia News Agency (...)

12 - 03 - 2011
Magnitude-4.6 Earthquake Jolts Indonesian Province
An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale jolted Serui, Papua Province, Wednesday at 11.21 am local time. The quake's epicenter was located at 1.80 degrees southern latitude and 136.44 degrees eastern longitude, around 24 km northeast of (...)

08 - 12 - 2010
Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Jolts Indonesia
Hijjah 21, 1431 / Nov. 27, 2010, SPA -- An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted Fakfak in West Papua in the early morning of Saturday. The local Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that the epicenter of (...)

27 - 11 - 2010
Magnitude Quake Strikes Indonesia
Hijjah 12, 1431 / Nov. 18, 2010, SPA -- A 6.0-magnitude quake shook Saumlaki, Maluku Islands, on Wednesday at 10:53:33 pm West Indonesia Time. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said that the quake was located 8.06 degrees (...)

18 - 11 - 2010
Quake Hits Indonesia
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake rocked North Maluku province on Monday but there was no immediate report of casualties or material damage. The quake which struck at 04.07 p.m. was centered 253 km northeast of the North Maluku provincial capital of (...)

12 - 07 - 2010
Land, air search for missing plane in Papua
A land and air search will be conducted to find a Twin Otter aircraft belonging to the state-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines that went missing here on Sunday, ANTARA reported. Chief of the Jayapura air base Col. Suwandi Miharja said here on Sunday (...)

03 - 08 - 2009
Cargo plane crashes in eastern Indonesia; 6 killed
A cargo plane crashed into a hillside in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province Thursday, killing all six people on board, police said, according to AP. The Avia Star was carrying food and building supplies from the provincial capital, Jayapura, (...)

09 - 04 - 2009
Vessel sinks on Timika-Dekai waters, one missing
A vessel carrying heavy equipment reportedly sank in an area between Timika and Dekai waters in Yahukimo district and a passenger went missing on the accident, ANTARA reported. Yahukimo district head Ones Pahabol on Sunday confirmed the accident (...)

10 - 02 - 2008
Floods force thousands to evacuate in Papua
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, ANTARA reported. Contacted (...)

07 - 01 - 2008
Mild quake jolts Papua
A mild earthquake measuring at 5.5 at the Richter Scale jolted Papua at 6.30 am local time, sending the people in some villages into panic, according to ANTARA. At attendant at the Papua`s Meteorological and Geophysics Body (BMG) Mardianto said the (...)

21 - 08 - 2007
Four security officers killed in protest over Freeport mine in Papua province
Protesters killed four security officers after clashes broke out Thursday during a rally demanding the closure of a U.S.-owned gold mine in Papua. The officers were either hacked or burned to death, police and witnesses said, according to (...)

16 - 03 - 2006
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