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On 1 December 2018, an armed group with ties to OPM kidnapped 25 civilian construction workers in Nduga regency, Papua. The following day, the group killed 19 of the workers and a soldier . [ 36 ] One of construction workers had allegedly photographed the group raising the Morning Star flag at an independence celebration - considered illegal ...
Development of disadvantaged regions programs was started under the Abdurrahman Wahid presidency. At that time, the post of Undersecretariat of Acceleration of Development in Eastern Indonesia Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia: Menteri Muda Urusan Percepatan Pembangunan Kawasan Timur Indonesia Republik Indonesia) created by him through Presidential Decision No. 234/M/2000 on ...
10 August 2001 20 October 2004 Mutual Assistance: 2 Saifullah Yusuf (b. 1964) (State Minister) PKB: State Minister of Acceleration of Development in Underdeveloped Regions 21 October 2004 9 May 2007 First United Indonesia: 3 Muhammad Lukman Edy (b. 1970) (State Minister) State Minister of Development in Underdeveloped Regions 9 May 2007 1 ...
Richard Chauvel, Ikrar Nusa Bhakti, The Papua conflict: Jakarta's perceptions and policies, 2004, ISBN 1-932728-08-2, ISBN 978-1-932728-08-8; J. Budi Hernawan, Papua land of peace: addressing conflict building peace in West Papua, 2005; King, Blair (2006). Peace in Papua: widening a window of opportunity. Council on Foreign Relations.
5 December 2011: Two policemen were killed in Puncak Jaya during an exchange of gunfire with suspected members of the Free Papua Movement. [47] 12 December 2011: Police attacked the headquarters of a local cell of the OPM. The police seized firearms, ammunition, knives, combat gear, documents, and Morning Star flags, and killed 14 militants. [48]
13 April – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain. [2] 4 July – 2022 Papua New Guinean general election: Papua New Guineans go to the polls to elect their new government in a heavily guarded election. [3] 22 July – Prime Minister James Marape's Pangu Pati wins the general election. [4]
Justin Wayne Tkatchenko, CBE BEM (born 2 June 1972) [2] is an Australian-born Papua New Guinean politician. He currently served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Papua New Guinea since 18 January 2024. Tkatchenko has previously served in the role from 23 June 2022 to 12 May 2023. [3]
More than 1.5 million people are left without electricity in Odesa Oblast as a result of Russian drone strikes on two power facilities. Insurgency in Balochistan. One person is killed and six others are injured by a bombing in a bakery in Awaran District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Disasters and accidents. 2022 St Helier explosion