Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is consolidating power around himself ahead of the 2024 elections by nominating his…
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November 6, 2023
Jakarta – Emerging economies can rest easy, at least for now, after the Federal Reserve decided at its Nov. 1 meeting to keep interest rates at…
Im Eun-byel, Seoul – South Korea and Indonesia, marking the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties this year, are seeking to further extend their…
Yerica Lai, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's ethics council is poised to deliver a verdict that could cost Chief Justice Anwar Usman his job…
Nina A. Loasana and Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Health authorities have found more mpox cases across the country after epidemiologists estimated…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has officially become a member of the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, the…
Jakarta – The Indonesian economy expanded by 4.94 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of this year, marking the first time it failed to…
Jakarta – The recently enacted law on civil servants allows active military and police officers to assume certain civilian positions in the…
Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The construction of Bank Indonesia's (BI) office building has begun in the new capital city Nusantara or IKN. IKN…
Dyna Rochmyaningsih – One dawn in 2010, the sound of adzan from the mosque reverberated among the wooden houses of Seumanah Jaya, a village in…
Krisiandi, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is concerned that there is a politicisation of the TNI (Indonesian military) occurring in the…
Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – The results of a Charta Politika survey on October 26-31 show that almost half of respondents or 48.9 percent believe that…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The mass pro-Palestine rally in Jakarta over the weekend collected approximately Rp 2 billion (around $128,584) in…
Hendro D Situmorang & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto on Monday unveiled his extensive campaign team, a…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), announced on Monday that it has requested Bobby Nasution,…
November 5, 2023
Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is ready to send its naval hospital ship to the waters near Gaza, Palestine, to provide medical…
Dear Pacific Islands Forum leaders,
On behalf of the Australia West Papua Association (Sydney), I am writing to you concerning the issue of…
Bayu Nugraha, Jakarta – Thousands of protesters took part in a rally organised by the Indonesian People's Alliance to Defend Palestine at the…
Douglas Gerrard –- A recent military escalation in West Papua is the latest episode in a long history of repression and dispossession since the…
Antara, Jakarta – Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, and a number of other state officials attended the Pro-…
Hellena Souisa, Kai Feng, and Sally Brooks – Chinese electrician Mr Ding says he saw co-workers die, a crane catch fire and worked for "175 days…
Hariz Baharudin, Jakarta – Election fever is just heating up in Indonesia but fake news on the polls has begun to spread, leading the government…
Jakarta – Thousands of people were at the National Monument on Sunday to express solidarity with the Palestinians amid an ongoing conflict in Gaza…
Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies – Just weeks out from their wedding, Jakarta couple Maya and Aji are deep in planning mode for the big day.
…Kiki Siregar, Jakarta: "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, yes!" – this is the greeting yelped through the loudspeakers aboard the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed…
November 4, 2023
Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – Human Rights activist Usman Hamid says that the statement by Defense Minister and presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto,…
Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – There are always mixed feelings between pride, sadness, anxiety and frustration when international news agencies, such…
Nur SW, Rahmad Nasution, Makassar, S Sulawesi – Several hundred students of Islamic boarding schools under the ownership of Pesantren Wahdah…
Jakarta – Arranging for his son to run for the vice presidency is a manifestation of Jokowi's paranoia and lack of self-belief. Something that is…
Jakarta – An Indigenous tribe in Indonesia is at risk of losing vast swathes of ancestral forest after a court threw out its lawsuit against a…
Jakarta – For a city like Jakarta that has millions of commuters traveling in and out every workday, the importance of a public transit system…
Helmut Timothy, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Saturday oversaw the dispatch of 51.5 tons of aid worth Rp 24.1 billion ($1.5 million…
November 3, 2023
Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman expressed his optimism that the country will become the world's…
Jakarta – Members of the Hongana Manyawa tribe, the indigenous people of East Halmahera, North Maluku, have reportedly blocked heavy equipment…
Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned of potential drought and pest attacks on crops as a result of the…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – An independent initiative in Indonesia has ramped up its efforts in mapping Indigenous lands, with 6 million…
Jakarta – The National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) has blocked 144 accounts affiliated with the leader of the Al Zaytun…
Jakarta – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake rocked Timor island on Thursday, damaging houses and government offices in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
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Jakarta – Few observers would disagree that the meteoric rise of Gen. Agus Subiyanto, a 1989 graduate of the Military Academy, is linked to his…
Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) Secretariat, tasked with implementing a US$20 billion global effort to…
Muhammad Fakhruddin, Jakarta – A legal expert said on Friday that the controversial Constitutional Court ruling, which amended the minimum age…
Andrea Arshirena Hosana, Jakarta – Prosecutors on Friday detained a high-ranking state auditor who also owns a football club as a suspect in the…
Lusia Arumingtyas, Jakarta – Indonesian environmental activist Gita Syahrani, who has worked for years to push local governments to adopt…
Jakarta – The chief justice of Indonesia's Constitutional Court is set to be found guilty of ethical violations for his role in a decision that…
November 2, 2023
Jakarta – Indonesia is unlikely to achieve developed-country status by 2045 due to the less-than-optimal growth of its domestic economy.
In…
Icha Rastika, Jakarta – Defense Minister and presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto says foreign intelligence agencies are interfering in the land…
Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The two-storey house in one of Jakarta's most upscale neighbourhoods, Senopati, appeared deserted when CNA visited…
Peter Hoskins – The boss and three other officials of an Indonesian firm whose cough syrup was linked to the deaths of over 200 children have been…
Nusa Dua, Indonesia – Indonesia will continue its domestic market obligation (DMO) for palm oil into 2024 to maintain the price stability of…
Jakarta – An armed criminal group (KKB) attacked the Amuma community health center (Puskesmas) in Yahukimo regency, Papua, on Tuesday, injuring…