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Separatists in Indonesia's restive Papua region ambushed a helicopter on Monday and murdered its New Zealand pilot. The pilot, 50-year-old Glen Malcolm Conning, was killed after he landed in Alama ...
Even by the bloody standards of Indonesia’s decades-long Papua conflict, one massacre stands out for its brutality – and the seeming impunity of those behind it. On December 8, 2014, a crowd ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia has been freed by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities on Thursday denied claims by separatist rebels in the Papua region that at least 17 gold miners slain by insurgents were members of security forces.
An earthquake with a 6.2 magnitude struck off Indonesia's Papua province on Monday, the national geophysics agency said, adding there was no tsunami potential. The quake was strongly felt in ...
Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969, after a U.N.-sponsored ballot that was widely seen as a sham. Since then, a low-level insurgency has simmered in the region, which was divided into ...
(CNN) — New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed after more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s restive Papua region, according to a statement from Wellington’s foreign ...
It was Prabowo’s first visit to the Papua region after being inaugurated as Indonesia’s 8th president last month. The food programme was started during former president Joko Widodo's era.
By Heather Chen, CNN Even by the bloody standards of Indonesia’s decades-long Papua conflict, one massacre stands out for its brutality — and the seeming impunity of those behind it. On ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia has been freed by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old ...
Separatists in Indonesia's restive Papua region ambushed a helicopter on Monday and murdered its New Zealand pilot.. The pilot, 50-year-old Glen Malcolm Conning, was killed after he landed in ...