Jakarta – Indonesia's military on April 13 denied using air strikes in a remote, restive part of the country, after a video of a New Zealand pilot kidnapped by Papuan rebels featured hi

Antara, Jakarta – Secretary General of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), Hasto Kristiyanto, dismissed the notion of internal division within the party.

Beritasatu Team, Jakarta – As the Eid al-Fitr holiday approaches, Indonesians across the archipelago are gearing up for the annual tradition of 'mudik' – returning to their hometowns.

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More videos appear to have been released by the West Papua Liberation Army showing Kiwi hostage Phillip Mehrtens.

Heru Yustanto, Bogor – The surge of tourists to the Puncak area from Saturday morning until noon has resulted in severe traffic congestion towards various tourist destinations in Puncak

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Maruarar Sirait, a politician who withdrew his membership in the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in January, is planning to join the Gerindra Party

Sri Hastjarjo – Surveys over the past decade show that nuclear energy as an energy option is being increasingly accepted in Indonesia.

Johannes Nugroho – Indonesian cinema has experienced some incredible high and lows since the day director Usman Ismail started production on the country's first ever home-grown film, Da

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The National Police Traffic Corps recorded a decrease of 15 percent in accidents during the 2024 Eid al-Fitr exodus compared to last year's Eid.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta. The highly polluted and congested Jakarta is struggling in the Smart City Index, as it fails to crack the top 100 once again.

Tragedy struck during a funeral gathering in the Yokatapa Village, Sugapa District, Intan Jaya Regency, Papua Tengah Province, on 8 April 2024, resulting in the death of thirteen-year-o

Meirto Tangkepayung, Jayapura – The Indonesian Military reported on Friday that a middle-ranking Army officer was discovered dead with gunshot and stab wounds in Paniai regency, Papua.

Riani Sanusi Putri , Jakarta – The chairperson of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo), Shinta Kamdani, responded to the government's decision to keep the 2025 State Budget def

Abdul Manan, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Balikpapan Station detected 169 hotspots spread across East Kalimantan Province.

Jakarta – The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) on Friday described an attack by separatist rebels in Central Papua in which a sub-district military commander was killed as a serio

Yohanes Maharso, Jakarta – The Chairperson of the National Commission on Human Rights or Komnas HAM, Atnike Nova Sigiro, responded to the TNI (Indonesian Armed Forces) changing the term

The president of Timor-Leste, Jose Ramos-Horta, has questioned whether the country is prepared to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year, as currently planned

Beijing – The Chinese military is willing to work with its Indonesian counterpart to further consolidate strategic mutual trust, enhance pragmatic cooperation, and elevate the relations

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – On expectations that the mudik (exodus) return traffic to Greater Jakarta will peak on Sunday and Monday, the government is calling on road travelers to st

Yohanes Maharso Joharsoyo, Jakarta – Chairman of the Gerindra Party Central Leadership Council (DPP) Sufmi Dasco Ahmad said there should be a reconciliation between the Gerindra Party a

Natalie Sambhi – With Indonesian President Joko (Jokowi) Widodo fast approaching the end of his 10-year term and the February election result now official, it's time to consider how inc

Yohanes Maharso, Jakarta – Head of the TNI Information Center (Kapuspen), Major General Nugraha Gumilar, explained the purpose of changing the term armed criminal group (KKB) in Papua t

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A 12-year-old boy was killed, and his six-year-old sister seriously injured in a gunfight between Indonesian security forces and an armed rebel group in Christian-majority Papua provinc

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has denied rumors of Jakarta mulling developing diplomatic ties with Israel to secure a seat at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Deve

Singapore – Indonesia's biggest political parties are lining up candidates for the country's local elections in November.

Joshua Davidovich – Indonesia could normalize ties with Israel as part of a deal to smooth the entry of the world's most populous Muslim nation into a global forum for developed countri

Fabian Januarius Kuwado, Jakarta – Indonesian military (TNI) commander General Agus Subiyanto has emphasised that they will not play around in crushing the Free Papua Organization (OPM)

Meulaboh, Indonesia – At a damaged temporary shelter in western Indonesia, Rohingya men slick their hair with gel while women apply make-up and colourful hijabs to look the part for pra

Riyad Dafhi Rizki, Sembilan Island, Indonesia – Until recently, skippers on this island relied on their day's catch of grouper, mackerel and snapper tipping the scales at around 50 kilo

Suryadi, Indragiri Hilir, Indonesia – Dahniar starts worrying after a few days without rain during the dry season here on the northeast coast of Sumatra.

On 21 March 2024, an incident of police violence reportedly unfolded in the town of Timika, Mimika Regency, Papua Tengah Province, at approximately 2:00 pm.

A century-old Catholic church in Indonesia allowed Muslims to conduct the Eid prayers on its premises on April 10, saying such moves could help build brotherhood in the Muslim-majority

Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – An animal rights activist, hidden camera tucked in his clothes, finagles his way into an Indonesian abattoir and films what he and othe

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Head of the Curriculum Assessment Standards Agency of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) Anindito Aditomo, s

Hendro D Situmorang, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto embarked on visits to his crucial allies on the second day of Eid al-Fitr on Thursday, following his meeti

Per Elinder Liljas – Standing chest-deep in the Molucca Sea, just outside the billowing smokestacks of the world's largest nickel industry, Upin adjusts his mask and dives.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The head of president-elect Prabowo Subianto's campaign team came to the private residence of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Chairwoman Megawat

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Semarang – A bus operated by leading land transport operator Rosalia Indah careened into a roadside ditch in Central Java on Thursday, killing at least seven peo

Roy Adriansyah, Jakarta – Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno visited President-elect Prabowo Subianto's private residence during Eid al-Fitr celebrations on Wednesday, extending a gesture of

Antara, Jakarta – Talks on a meeting between the president-elect and Chairman of Gerindra Party, Prabowo Subianto, and the Chairwoman of PDIP, Megawati Soekarnoputri, has garnered respo

Jakarta – Indonesian military (TNI) Commander General Agus Subiyanto says they have changed the nomenclature used to refer to Terrorist Separatist Groups (KST) in Papua to again become

Novie Fauziah, Jakarta – An Indonesian Air Force Super Hercules C-130 aircraft conducted an airdrop of humanitarian aid in Gaza, Palestine, on Tuesday in collaboration with the Royal Jo

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Joko "Jokowi" Widodo government saw Indonesia forming closer ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and mosques have become integral to the presiden

A Russian tourist, Mr Shmatov Ivan Aleksandrovich, was arbitrarily arrested by Indonesian security forces in the town of Enarotali, Paniai Timur District, Papua Tangah Province, on 11 M

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Pertamina Patra Niaga, the commercial arm of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, said that it saw a significant increase in fuel consumption ahead of the

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – 2023 saw the worst fire season in Indonesia since 2019, with an area the size of Qatar going up in flames, according to official government data.

Jakarta – The Ministry of Religious Affairs ban on backpacker umrah, or people making the minor pilgrimage to Mecca independently, is an excessive interference in the private religious

Christ Belseran, Edison Waas, Seram Island, Indonesia – Samadin Samalehu paced up and down the beach in Haya village this past January, gathering human remains into a plastic bag.