Jakarta – Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) emphasized that MPR Resolution No. XXXIII/MPRS/1967 stripping first president Soekarno…

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Heavy rainfall that swept Binjai North Sumatra, on Sunday, September 8, 2024, caused three rivers to overflow and flood…

Antara, Jakarta – Prosecutors have charged a father and his son, the caretakers of an Islamic boarding school (pesantren), with sexually abusing…

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – An economist from the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef), Eko Listyanto, asks President-elect…

Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – Indonesia's automotive industry is showing signs of recovery. Data from the Association of Indonesian Automotive…

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – In a plenary session on Tuesday, the House of Representatives rejected all nine candidates for Supreme Court justices and…

Zhulfakar, Jakarta – Over the past decade, Indonesia has dramatically increased its internet penetration from 34.9 percent to 79.5…

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – The Batam Authority (BP Batam) has once again delayed the planned relocation of hundreds of families residing on…

Rights activists have criticized the Timor-Leste government for arresting activists who expressed solidarity with West Papuans' independence…

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The State Finance Accountability Committee (BAKN) of the House of Representatives (DPR) has proposed an excise on…

Dili – Pope Francis on Monday (Sep 9) called for action on abuse of young people after arriving in Timor-Leste, the Catholic-majority nation that…

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's free nutritious meal initiative aims to benefit 15 million students across Indonesia starting…

Jakarta – Perpetrators of sexual harassment on Jakarta metropolitan area's main rail transport network will now get a lifetime ban from the trains…

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The government has reiterated that it will pursue the energy transition at its own pace and in ways that match the country…

Jakarta – Think before you post: This piece of advice has been repeated by the Communications and Information Ministry to urge people to be…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia announced Monday that people had become more confident in the country's economy, thus maintaining the…

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Guntur Soekarnoputra, the eldest son of Indonesia's founding father Soekarno, has called on the government to restore his…

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has proposed changing the mandatory education budget from 20 percent of state expenditure to 20…

Antara, Jakarta – A number of high schools in Jakarta are set to take part in the trial test of President-Elect Prabowo Subianto's policy of the…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and defense minister Prabowo Subianto have gone to great lengths these past weeks to publicly dismiss…

Dili – When Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff to visit Timor Leste, he will confront a clergy beset by child abuse scandals that have been…

Jakarta – Outgoing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is scheduled to spend the remainder of his term in office in the country's future new capital in…

After a decade in power, Joko Widodo leaves Indonesia a changed country – one that has benefited from healthy economic growth and has greater…

Nusa Dua, Indonesia – Indonesia is still waiting for cheaper financing to hasten early retirement of coal-fired power plants under a pact with the…

Denny Armandhanu, Jakarta – Several newly inaugurated Indonesian lawmakers have resorted to pawning their appointment letters (SKs) in exchange…

Jakarta – Indonesia's tourist resort island of Bali has proposed a ban lasting a year or two on the construction of hotels, villas and nightclubs…

David Fogarty and Linda Yulisman, Singapore/Jakarta – If there is one thing that worries Indonesia's neighbours, it is choking haze. The felling…

Shannon Brincat – Timor-Leste has had much to celebrate recently. August 30 marked 25 years since the Popular Consultation – or "The Referendum",…

Dili – Pope Francis arrived on Sept 9 in Timor-Leste – a predominantly Catholic nation in South-east Asia – for a three-day visit that will…

Niniek Karmini – East Timor has been criticised for the cost of Pope Francis' historic visit. The Pope made the visit to one of the world's…

Ian Wilson – Recent student-led demonstrations throughout Indonesia show that popular support for democracy remains high. This support is not…

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – Indonesia has already done a significant portion of the construction work for the airport in Indonesia's new…

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – Gubernatorial candidate Ridwan Kamil and his running mate Suswono have pledged to prioritize the revitalization of…

Tria Sutrisna, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has officially revoked Provisional People's Consultative Assembly…

Ilham Oktafian, Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Marimutu Sinivasan, a prominent debtor in the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI) scandal, was…

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to establish the Nuclear Energy Program Implementation Organization (NEPIO) this year, a key step in its…

Zhulfakar, Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Pramono Anung has announced plans to extend the contract duration for the city's Orange…

Juan Ardya Guardiola, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir and Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi have officially…

Jakarta – The state-owned Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) is planning to use facial recognition technology to identify…

Ato 'Lekinawa' da Costa, Dili, Timor-Leste – A solidarity group for the independence of West Papua raised West Papuan flag during Pope Francis'…

Jayapura – The arrival of Pope Francis in Dili, the capital of East Timor, on the afternoon of Monday September 9, was welcomed by the Catholic…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) expresses concern following the recent arrest of journalist Antonieta Kartono Martins, who was covering the…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Residents of Indonesia's South Sumatra province have filed a lawsuit against three pulpwood companies for a toxic…

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported a coastal flooding in Medan City, North Sumatra on Saturday,…

Antara, Jakarta – Ten medical workers from three branches of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI) have entered Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine, to treat…

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ceramic Industry Association (Asaki) has written to the Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, on…

Antara, Jakarta – Banyumas Regency, Central Java, was struck by severe floods and landslides on Sunday night, September 8, 2024. The Regional…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Bekasi, Indonesia – Former senior leaders of the now-defunct terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) held a gathering in Bekasi…

Lillian Rangiah – Twenty-five years since Timor Leste voted to end more than two decades of Indonesian occupation, Lurdes Pires is still haunted…

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Ridwan Kamil's unique campaign promise to offer an architect in every district is facing…