Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Foreigners visiting Bali must pay a levy worth Rp 150,000 or around $9 to spend time in the tourist haven, according to the new rules set by the local gove

Jakarta – Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and renowned U.S.

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – Major credit rating agencies have maintained Indonesia's sovereign rating at the same investment grade since before the pandemic but are watching policy decisions

Jakarta – Activists have called for press freedom to be protected in the country and demanded an investigation after a magazine critical of the government was sent a pig's head and deca

Taufik Wijaya, Palembang, Indonesia – The pempek restaurants in the Plaju neighborood were full to the gills in early March.

Eduard Gismatullin and Norman Harsono – Indonesian stocks trimmed losses after the country's new sovereign wealth fund said two former presidents will be advisors, easing market concern

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Reverend Socrates Yoman, President of the West Papuan Baptist Church, addressed MPs today (24th March 2025) at a West Papua APPG meeting in the UK Parliament.

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Chairperson of the Law and Legislation Commission of the Press Council, Arif Zulkifli, stated that the terror against journalists disturbs the public's right

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The Forestry Ministry of Indonesia reported that Indonesia's forest area in 2024 reached 95.5 million hectares, accounting for 51.1 percent of the country's tot

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto asked his aides to improve public and media communication, warning that the people must not receive false opinions and narratives.

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Abdul Mu'ti, stated that personnel of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) who are part of the teaching pr

Jakarta – Indonesia's benchmark stock index tumbled for a second straight session on Monday, reflecting growing investor unease over global economic uncertainty.

Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto officially inaugurated 31 Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors (LBBP) of the Republic of Indonesia at the Presidential

Didik Fibrianto, Rifqy Danwanus, Riza, Achmad Ali, Sukabumi/Surabaya/Palangka Raya/Malang – Protests against Indonesia's newly revised military law erupted into violent clashes between

Tria Dianti – Indonesian prosecutors are preparing to try an ex-police official whose alleged sexual crimes were discovered after Australian authorities found dark-web videos they belie

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Indonesia – A West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) rebel commander claimed responsibility for an attack that killed a teacher and injured six others in I

Christine Rovoi – A human rights group in New Zealand has welcomed support from several Pacific island nations for West Papua, which has been under Indonesian military occupation since

Ni Kadek Trisna Cintya Dewi, Jakarta – Professor Ni Made Anggita Sastri Mahadewi, a Sociology lecturer at Udayana University, referred to the pig's head terror against Tempo medi

Intan Setiawanty, Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The Journalist Safety Committee (KKJ) urged President Prabowo Subianto to show his commitment to press freedom.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – In less than a week, Tempo's editorial office received two packages containing animal carcasses.

Didik Fibrianto, Malang, East Java – A protest against the recently amended military law turned violent in the East Java city of Malang on Sunday evening, as demonstrators set fire to t

Nugie Tangkepayung, Jayapura – The Indonesian Military on Sunday alleged that an armed group linked to the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) was responsible for the recent attack tha

Jakarta – Activists have called for press freedom to be protected in Indonesia and demanded an investigation after a magazine critical of the government was sent a pig's head and decapi

Maia Ingoe – Greenpeace says Fonterra's palm kernel supply chain is tainted by connections to deforestation in Southeast Asia, as new evidence highlights New Zealand's major exporters t

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Brand-new commuter trains imported from China will soon begin operating in Greater Jakarta, according to an executive of the city's railway operator KAI Commuter.

Wahyu Sahala Tua, Jakarta – Musician Riefian Fajarsyah, the newly appointed CEO of state-run film company Produksi Film Negara (PFN), said on Saturday that his task won't be a walk in t

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Executive Director of the Legal Aid Institute for the Press or LBH Pers, Mustafa Layong, stated that the terror of sending animal carcasses to Tem

Jakarta – The Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) believes that cases of violence and terror against journalists are becoming increasingly worrying.

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has urged President Prabowo Subianto to review the position of Hasan Nasbi, the Head of the Presidential Communication Office

Jakarta – Stray cats lead dangerous lives.

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – The government has reaffirmed its commitment to press freedom following an incident involving a severed pig's head sent to the office of Tempo

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Supratman Andi Agtas said the public can file a judicial review against the newly revised Indonesian Military (TNI) Law

Tri Subarkah – Unlike generations who came before us, late millennials were too young to understand what transpired during May 1998.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto claimed that several world leaders are interested in learning about the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG)

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Police's Food Task Force has named 11 suspects in the case of MinyaKita cooking oil, where the actual volume of the product did not match t

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – Usman Hamid, Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, urged state authorities, including law enforcement, to conduct a thorough and immediate investiga

Firda Janati, Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Director Usman Hamid is urging the state, including law enforcement authorities, to conduct an i

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The editorial office of Tempo has received a second disturbing delivery in the form of a box containing decapitated rat carcasses.

Jakarta – The misfortune experienced by the people of Menang Raya village, Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra, shows the poor state of environmental management in this country.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The case of graft fugitive Harun Masiku has become a political tool used by authorities to target the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), e

Andika Pratama, Palembang – A dispute over illegal payments from cockfighting operators may have been the motive behind the fatal shootings of three police officers in Lampung, a milita

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Palm oil companies in Indonesia continue to operate on protected peatlands and clear forests, despite having their forestry permits revoked and being certi

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Indonesian House Member of Commission I Tubagus Hasanuddin urges Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) personnel serving outside the 14 ministries and instit

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Labor unions have raised the alarm over layoffs across a wide range of industries in the manufacturing sector, blaming weakening spending power, supply chain pro

Project M/Adrian Mulya – Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) on Thursday approved controversial amendments to Law 34 of 2004 on the Indonesian Military (the TNI), despite public

Philip J. Heijmans and Chandra Asmara – For months, President Prabowo Subianto's moves to chip away at Indonesia's long-established economic guardrails have stoked anxiety in markets.

At least seven international flights from Indonesia's resort island Bali have been cancelled, an airport official said on Friday, after a volcano in the archipelago nation's east erupte

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Offices in Jakarta are shifting toward green practices as developers seek to leverage growing market demand for environmental compliance amid an excess supp

Batang, Central Java – Even as protesters took to the streets on Thursday to reject the revised Law on the Indonesian Military (TNI), President Prabowo Subianto said his administration