Merauke, Jubi – Several former terrorism convicts in Merauke Regency are working to rebuild their lives in the community after completing their…
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August 18, 2026
Wicaksono Gitawan, Cinthia Leone – Whenever war threatens one of the world's main oil shipping routes, governments are reminded of an old truth:…
Responding to the Minister of Religious Affairs' claim that Indonesia had reached the peak of socio-religious harmony in Indonesia's history while…
Vania Rossa – Several civil society groups along with farmers from the Kendeng Mountains commemorated the 81st anniversary of Indonesian…
Banda Aceh – The Head of the Banda Aceh Inspectorate, identified as FD (58) and a student with the initials AM (22) have been named suspects in a…
Hayat Indriyatno – An Indigenous community on Indonesia's Seram Island is preserving a centuries-old coming-of-age ritual while helping protect…
Petir Garda Bhwana, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia Student Executive Board (BEM UI) is scheduled to hold a protest at the Hotel Indonesia…
August 17, 2026
Wamena, Jubi – Agus Kossay, chairman of the Central Committee of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), has urged police in Jayapura City and…
Albertus Pepi Kurniawan, Theressia Silalahi, Muhammad Aulia Rahman, East Nusa Tenggara – Residents displaced by the powerful earthquake that…
Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – The Association of All Indonesian Workers' Unions (Aspirasi) believes that the Independence Day celebration must be…
Mazka Hauzan Naufal, Pati – The 81st Indonesian Independence Day commemorations took place in a solemn atmosphere at Omah Kendeng in Sukolilo…
Ary Hermawan and Norshahril Saat – President Prabowo Subianto was absent from a key event organised by the Ulema Council of Indonesia (MUI) in…
Riza, Students at Baiti Jannati Islamic boarding school are being treated for suspected food poisoning at Al-Mulk Regional Hospital in Sukabumi,…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's 81st Independence Day celebrations saw soldiers jumping 10,000 feet with a parachute. On Monday, August…
Agencies, Mbay/Ende, East Nusa Tenggara – Residents of villages in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) hit by a deadly earthquake that killed at least 54…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority held a ceremony to commemorate Indonesia's 81st Independence Day on…
August 16, 2026
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian lawmaker Bambang Soesatyo has called on law enforcement authorities to investigate the display of the bendera bulan…
Ricky Juliansyah, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia Student Executive Board (BEM UI), together with the Alliance of Student Executive Boards…
Hundreds of members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) and students from Cenderawasih University (Uncen) clashed with police in Jayapura…
Max Lane – On March 31, Prof. Dr. Saiful Mujani of State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta and Director of Saiful Mujani Research and…
Kurniawan Arif Maspul – On the morning of 15 August 2026, the 21st anniversary of the Helsinki peace accord that ended three decades of bloody…
Marchio Gorbiano, Ruteng, East Nusa Tenggara – Thousands of evacuees waited for help Sunday on Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) after a…
Laurens Ikinia, Jakarta – As Indonesia marks the 81st anniversary of its independence on Monday - 17 August – the republic has much to celebrate…
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's outstanding government debt rose 12.65% year-on-year to Rp 10,293.69 trillion ($576 billion…
Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Indonesia's Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Banda Aceh revealed that there has been a deployment of Indonesian…
Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Indonesia's Aceh Regional Police personnel briefly detained several residents following the 21st Aceh Peace Day…
Hendro D Situmorang, Jakarta – Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarta says around 10% of the seven million children…
August 15, 2026
Erfan Maruf, Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan – Vice President Gibran Rakabuming is expected to begin working from the vice presidential…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta - The Shadow Cabinet, a civil society movement that scrutinizes President Prabowo Subianto's administration by…
Teguh Adi Prasetyo, Kupang, NTT – The death toll from a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province early…
Sorong, Jubi – Three civilians were reportedly shot in Muara Aifam, East Central Aifat district, Maybrat Regency, Southwest Papua province, on…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has issued a critical assessment of the points made by President Prabowo Subianto in…
8Merauke, Jubi – Merauke Archbishop Mgr. Petrus Canisius Mandagi has called on Catholics to embrace love, forgiveness and peace in responding to…
Jayapura – A peaceful demonstration by Papuan people and students mediated by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) at Sentani Post 7 and the…
Zuhri Noviandi, Banda Aceh – The Banda Aceh Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) says the chaos that occurred during the 21st Aceh Peace Day commemoration…
Aida Ulim, Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) have declared their political…
August 14, 2026
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta - Constitutional law expert Bivitri Susanti from the Indonesia Jentera School of Law criticized President Prabowo…
Jayapura, Jubi – Yayasan Bentala Pusaka and Satya Bumi have launched two Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) reports examining the impacts of…
Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Indonesia has seen an alarming surge in land and forest fires over the past month, with thick haze from burning in…
Jayanty Nada Shofa & Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – The spotlight will fall on President Prabowo Subianto's second State of the Nation address…
Yerica La – Former presidents Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Megawati Soekarnoputri were notably absent from the annual People's Consultative…
Wamena, Jubi – Two districts in Nduga Regency, Papua Pegunungan province, have been hit by drought following a dry season that has persisted since…
Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto has proposed creating a special ad hoc court to investigate alleged…
Yenni Kwok, Numbing Island, Indonesia – The waters off Numbing Island, part of the Riau archipelago between Sumatra and Singapore, are among…
In his State of the Nation address before the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), House of Representatives (DPR) and Regional Representatives…
Nandito Putra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto claimed that Indonesia has achieved food self-sufficiency within just one year of his…
Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Inequality in Indonesia has multiplied over the past three decades, a situation mirrored across many resource-dependent…
Responding to the President's State of the Nation address today at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) annual session, Amnesty International…
Philip Jacobson, Lubuk Kembang Bunga, Indonesia – Tesso Nilo National Park, located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, often makes headlines due…
Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia risks losing tourists to competing destinations if it doubles the fee for visitors obtaining a Visa on…




