Bill Birtles in Jakarta – Indonesia's military has pledged to investigate after videos described as "barbaric" circulated online showing what…
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March 25, 2024
Rabul Sawal, Indramayu, Indonesia – A veil of smog lurks over Surono and Umroh's home as relatives and neighbors file inside to greet the couple.…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) asserted on Monday its right to retain the speakership in the House…
Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies – The Indonesian military has detained 13 of its own after disturbing videos surfaced of a group beating and slashing…
Jakarta – The commander of the Cenderawasih/XVII Regional Military Command (Kodam), Major General Izak Pangemanan, has revealed the chronology of…
Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia's palm oil product exports slipped in January and February, raising concerns less of the edible oil will…
March 24, 2024
Jayapura, Jubi – The bodies of two police officers who died in an attack by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) in Paniai Regency,…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP) filed a motion to the Constitutional Court on Saturday…
Jakarta – The legal team of losing Indonesia presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo filed a complaint at the country's constitutional court on…
Jayapura, Jubi – The Indonesian government has faced substantial criticism, questions, and recommendations from the UN Human Rights Committee…
Diamanty Meiliana, Jakarta – The Humanitarian Coalition for Papua is urging the government to hold an investigation into the torture of a Papuan…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has received 63 lawsuits disputing the election results, including two cases related to the…
Andika Pratama, Palembang – A policeman is being sought after a video went viral showing him shooting a debt collector who was negotiating to…
Antara, Jakarta – The Papua Police deployed 30 rangers from its elite Mobile Brigade (Brimob) to the Ndeotadi 99 police post in Paniai District,…
Ronny Kareni – Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West…
Yustinus Paat & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The ongoing legal motions by two defeated presidential candidates seeking to disqualify president-…
March 23, 2024
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Farm-to-fork traceability has become an increasingly urgent, and often required, component of global supply chains,…
Jakarta – Last week, the government announced a plan to extend statutory paternity leave in a draft implementing regulation for the State Civil…
Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for an evaluation of the placement of TNI (Indonesian military) in Papua after a video of a…
Indonesia stands at a critical juncture as plans to expand military regional commands (Kodams) gain traction in the last months of President Joko…
A West Papuan pro-independence leader has condemned the "sadistic brutality" of Indonesian soldiers in a torture video and called for an urgent…
Andika Dwi (Kyiv Independent), Jakarta – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a phone call with Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto…
Videos of Indonesian soldiers torturing an indigenous Papuan have gone viral on social media and caused public outrage. Human rights defenders…
March 22, 2024
Jakarta (VNA) – The number of dengue cases in Indonesia doubled in March compared to the corresponding period in 2023, said the Health…
The Australia West Papua Association condemns the brutal torture of a West Papuan man by Indonesian troops in Yahukimo.
A video of the…
Indonesia has revoked three controversial laws on defamation which are often been used against dissenters and rights activists in the Muslim-…
Gratianus Silas, Jayapura – Cenderawasih/XVII Regional Military Commander Major General Izak Pangemanan has spoken out about a video that has gone…
Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's current ruling party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), scored a historic hat-trick in the…
Vinnilya, Jakarta – The Indonesia Coal Mining Association (APBI) expresses concern over the government's ambitious coal production target…
A West Papua freedom movement leader is renewing calls for a UN human rights visit to Papua after new videos of Indonesian soldiers…
The chairperson of the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI), Sunarno, has conveyed the importance of trade unions and labor movements…
Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno confirmed on Friday that he won't leave the Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP), which…
Danur Lambang Pristiandaru – Environmental activist Daniel Frits Maurits Tangkilisan is facing 10 months in prison after being indicted under the…
Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif announced that the government officially…
Suci Sekarwati, Jakarta – Hassan Mohtashami, UNFPA Indonesia Representative, hopes that teenage pregnancy and child marriage in Indonesia will…
Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies – More than 60 refugees are feared starved at sea or drowned while possibly trying to reach Australia by boat.
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Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Cakra Nagara, director of building construction, and directorate general of creative works at the Ministry of Public Works…
Jamal Abdun Nashr, Demak – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi stated that the Demak flooding was not only triggered by extreme rainfall but also by…
Heru Andriyanto, Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto visited National Democratic Party (Nasdem) Chairman Surya…
Stefani Wijaya and Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – Following the tragic death of a child due to an accident while chasing the popular "telolet"…
Victor Mambor and Dandy Koswaraputra, Jayapura, Indonesia and Jakarta – Military officials in Indonesia's restive Papua region said Friday they…
Rachel Chan, Singapore – A set of agreements between Singapore and Indonesia – dealing with air space management, defence and extradition –…
Wahroni, Tangerang – Flooding struck the Sedyatmo Toll Road leading to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten on Friday,…
Yustinus Paat & Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto extended an invitation to the National Democratic (Nasdem…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Commander General Agus Subiyanto said the upcoming 2024 regional head elections this…
Henry Storey – Australia's undercooked economic relationship with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was naturally a focal point of…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The leaders of Saudi Arabia have sent their best wishes to president-elect Prabowo Subianto who will begin governing…
Jakarta – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in a written statement…
Jakarta – Rescuers called off the search for Rohingya refugees missing at sea after their boat capsized, despite reports from some of the…
Advist Khoirunikmah (Antara), Jakarta – The Indonesian police headquarters uncovered a case of alleged human trafficking by sending students to…