Yamin Kogoya – The sudden death of activist Leonie Tanggahma has shaken Papuan communities. Her loss last week has shocked West Papuans who regarded her as one of those who had stood strong for decades advocating independence for the Indonesian-ruled region.

Jakarta – Being the governor of Jakarta comes with its own pitfalls and perks.

As the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta is the seat of political and economic power and there is a unique complexity involved in managing business in the city.

The Jakarta governor has his or her own authority, but any major decision would have to be consulted with the central government.

Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker – Oppression in West Papua by Indonesia is ongoing. It is happening decade after decade. However, with Australia and Japan taking more proactive anti-China and anti-Russian Federation foreign policy decisions – how come they turn a blind eye to West Papua?

Jayapura, Jubi – Head of Jayapura City Food Security and Agriculture Office Jean Hendrik Rollo said about 21,000 ha of land in the city has the potential for agricultural development to increase food security.

Jayapura, Jubi – Families of victims of the murder and mutilation of four Nduga residents in Mimika Regency asked that the perpetrators be given death sentences.

Fikri Harish, Jakarta – Days after receiving the NasDem Party's backing for the 2024 presidential race, outgoing Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is facing renewed criticism over his handling of the city's perennial flooding problem, including from the central government and the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – The People's Justice and Prosperity Party (PRIMA) claims it will submit a challenge against the General Election Commission (KPU) with the Elections Supervisory Board (Bawaslu).

A fact-finding team tasked with investigating a deadly soccer stampede in Indonesia has concluded tear gas was the main cause of death in one of the world's worst stadium disasters.

Sebastian Strangio – Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has officially launched the country's first domestically-produced COVID-19 shot, marking an important milestone on the country's road to vaccine independence.

Stevani Wijaya, Jakarta – Newly-appointed East Java Police Chief Insp. General Teddy Minahasa was arrested for alleged illegal use of drugs on Friday, only four days after his appointment, a lawmaker said.

National Police Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo has yet to comment on the report but his office said he will speak in a press conference later today.

Antara, Bogor – After Bogor City Mayor Bima Arya officially issued that the city is under disaster alert until December, the city's budget for unforeseen expenses or BTT has been increased from Rp12 billion to Rp25 billion. This is a direct attempt to prepare for risks of flooding and other hydrometeorological hazards that the city is expected to face in the coming months.

Nugroho Catur Pamungkas, Jakarta – The Indonesian Immigration acting director general Widodo Ekatjahjana in an immigration-themed event on Thursday announced that his office, state ministries, and other related state agencies will soon launch a program touted as a 'second home visa' aimed at attracting international investors and billionaires.

Hamdan Cholifudin Ismail, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) has officially named Bambang Tri Mulyono as a suspect over religious blasphemy and hate speech.

Mulyono recently made headlines after accusing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo of falsifying his college diploma, which briefly spread widely on social platforms.

Muh Raihan Muzakki, Jakarta – Chairman of political party PSI Giring Ganesha paid a visit to the National Mandate Party (PAN) Jakarta headquarters on Thursday.

Reports suggested that the two organizations dwelled in the discussion to prevent the recurrence of politicians politicizing religion in the upcoming 2024 general election (Pemilu).

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that the high-speed train connecting Jakarta and Bandung in West Java was an investment project and not foreign aid from the Chinese government.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Bandung – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reviewed the progress of the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung Fast Train (KCJB) project during his working visit to West Java on Thursday.

Jokowi hopes that the KCJB project, which has reached 88.8 percent completion, can increase mobility and competitiveness and promote new economic growth centers.

Jakarta – The World Bank has urged the Indonesian government to support the massive bureaucratic and regulatory-reform measures, as stipulated in the Job Creation Law, with a similarly vigorous trade reform to woo more foreign investment.

Jakarta – Things were looking so good for Bali when the year was young. Relaxed pandemic curbs allowed people to move more freely and restaurants, malls and other venues to stay open longer. The quarantine for vaccinated foreign travelers was lifted, and several countries were added to the list for easy visas on arrival.

Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has slammed a statement from the National Police earlier this week as failing to show empathy for the victims of the fatal stampede and crush on Oct. 1 at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java.

Jakarta – The government will investigate cases of acute kidney injury which has caused the deaths of more than 20 children in Jakarta this year, health authorities said on Wednesday.

The probe comes as authorities in Gambia said nearly 70 children died from acute kidney injury after taking a locally-sold paracetamol syrup used to treat fever.

Jayapura, Jubi – Commander of R 600/Modang Infantry Battalion Lt. Col. Inf Hanif Arridho said the villages in Suru-Suru District, Yahukimo Regency, are now empty. The local community is said to have fled after the escalation of armed conflict between the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) in the district.

Jakarta – The ongoing war in Ukraine could drag the world economy into a new, unprecedented crisis that would undo all progress Indonesia has achieved during the recovery period from the devastating health crisis caused by Covid-19, a top government official has said.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – An opportunity arises for cooperation between Indonesia and Australia on the lithium supply chain. Indonesia can process Australian lithium – a critical component for electric vehicle batteries – to be later exported to other markets such as the US, according to former Australian minister for trade, tourism, and investment Steven Ciobo.

News Desk, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has slammed a statement from the National Police earlier this week as failing to show empathy for the victims of the fatal stampede and crush on Oct. 1 at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) and world soccer governing body FIFA will form a joint taskforce in a bid to improve crowd control and safety measures after a deadly soccer stampede earlier this month, officials said on Thursday.

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) Commissioner Jasra Putra urged the government to stop the circulation of cough medicine from India which the commission alleges caused kidney failures among 131 toddlers and children.

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – If young Indonesians were to go to the ballot box today, they would choose either Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo or outgoing Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan as their president.

In a run-off voting between the governors, Mr Anies would triumph, a survey shows.

Kuta, Indonesia/Sydney – Survivors of the Bali bombing, alongside families and friends of the victims, prayed and laid wreaths on Wednesday to mark the 20-year anniversary of the attacks, joining gatherings held near the site of the blasts in Indonesia and across Australia.

The Timorese government has reiterated its willingness to partner with Australian oil company Woodside to advance the development of the Greater Sunrise field in the Timor Sea.

The message was delivered by Timor-Leste's prime minister, Taur Matan Ruak, in a virtual meeting on Thursday with Woodside's CEO, Meg O'Neill, according to the prime minister's office.

Sharyn Davies – When an Indonesian police chief told me a few years ago that his tactic to control unruly crowds was to deploy his prettiest policewomen to the frontline, I felt my feminist rage swell.

This misogynistic approach to policing treats policewomen simply as beautiful distractions.

The Central Java Police is launching drones to capture traffic violations from the sky in the first trial of its kind in Indonesia.

Jayapura, Jubi TV – The Community Care of Far East Mimika (LEPEMAWI) accused PT Freeport Indonesia of lying during a hearing with Commission IV of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.

Jakarta – Indonesia's faltering commitment to human rights in recent years reflects, in part, the flagging work of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM). But the appointment of nine new commissioners this month offers a chance for the body to reverse this decline.

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – An Indonesian start-up working with the government in a waste management program says it needs more trash to scale-up operations and eventually process recyclables in the country rather than exporting them.

Jakarta – Protesters from labour organisations will hold follow up demonstrations centred on the State Palace in Central Jakarta on November 10 to protest last month's increase in fuel prices.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The House of Representatives concluded a plenary meeting on Sept. 20 establishing the omnibus bill on financial sector reform as a parliament-proposed bill. The bill introduces considerable changes from the initial draft proposed by the government in collaboration with the parliament in 2020, some of which are highly contentious.

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Indonesia is in a better place compared to many other countries facing the perfect storm, a combination of high inflation, recession, and the fallout of escalated geopolitical conflicts, that is likely to hit the global economy next year, top officials and experts said Tuesday.

M Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Members of the Labor Party will conduct simultaneous mass protests across 34 provinces on Wednesday with the Jakarta State Palace becoming the meeting point for members from the West Java, Banten, and Jakarta regions. The protest in Jakarta will reportedly see 50,000 people mobilized to the streets.

Jakarta – Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara, the copper and gold mining subsidiary of Indonesia's Medco Energy, is halfway through completing a new copper smelter in West Nusa Tenggara that would hand Indonesia a massive surplus of refined copper by the next three years.

Surakarta, Central Java – A radical Muslim cleric, thought to be behind the 2002 terrorist bombings that killed 202 people on the resort island of Bali, said in a recent interview that he still believes Indonesia should implement Islamic law, vowing to work to make it happen.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesia offers investment opportunities in asphalt production worth up to $1.3 billion as the Southeast Asian countries plan to halt imports of the road material in two years, a top official said on Tuesday.The country imported 95 percent of asphalt today despite sitting on huge natural asphalt reserves.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Tuesday the whole world is paying the price for the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war that brings devastating impacts on the economy and overturned the global economic outlook.

Antara, Jakarta – The public prosecutor (JPU) at Surabaya's District Court on Monday has charged the sexual crime defendant who allegedly sexually violated dozens of Islamic boarding school students in Jombang, East Java. The defendant, Moch Subechi Azal Tsani (MSAT) or Mas Bechi, will be charged with 16 years behind bars.

Jakarta – The Narrative Advocacy Team has handed over a petition calling for a full investigation into the recent hacking of Narrative Media staff social media accounts to the Presidential Staff Office (KSP). The petition was signed by 16 thousand people.

Jakarta – The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has criticised a statement by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan who blamed extreme weather as the only cause of floods in the capital.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Office of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM Papua) has conducted an investigation into the attack on 14 construction workers of the Trans Bintuni-Maybrat road allegedly carried out by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) in Bintuni Bay Regency, West Papua Province.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Malaysian government expressed their desire to invest in the trade, tourism, and education sectors in Papua. This was conveyed by Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia Adlan Mohd Shaffieq during a meeting with the Papua Provincial Government.

Makassar, Jubi – During the trial of Bloody Paniai gross human rights violation at the Makassar Human Rights Court on Monday, October 3, 2022, the defendant's lawyer, Syarir Cakkari questioned why the police did not follow up on a number of alleged criminal acts in the Bloody Paniai series of events.

A'an Suryana – The deadly soccer match in Indonesia's Malang City behooves the authorities to revise their crowd control procedures. The issue of toxic sub-cultures among fans should also be addressed.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Sitting on a narrow country road, the 180 sqm plot of land in the outskirts of Jakarta looked deserted. There were tall and unkempt shrubs as well as unused building materials occupying what was supposed to be the headquarters of a charitable organisation.