Jakarta – The government is planning to disburse the second round of social aid this year after the Idul Fitri holiday, while also seeking to…
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April 2, 2025
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is reportedly preparing to sign the revised Indonesian Military or TNI Law. The House of…
Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – Puan Maharani, Chairperson of the Central Leadership Council (DPP) of the opposition party PDIP, has announced that…
Carolyn Nash – Every Thursday evening, a group of activists assembles in front of the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia's congested…
Jakarta – Gadjah Mada University (UGM) – known as 'the blue campus' – has punished a lecturer involved with sexual violence. In order to prevent a…
Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Bima Arya Sugiarto, has announced that the second stage of the regional head…
Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Danantara is open to the possibility of backing the government's 3 million affordable housing program, according to the…
April 1, 2025
Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Member of House Commission III and Deputy Speaker of DPR, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, said that lawmakers have no plan to…
Riza, Sukabumi, West Java – Police stopped an ambulance on Tuesday for allegedly transporting local tourists through heavy Eid al-Fitr…
Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported a series of temblors in northern regions of…
Helen Davidson and Chi-hui Lin, in Java – Ricky* was one of the first to see his crewmate's dead body. It was 2023 and he was six months into a…
March 31, 2025
Justin Wejak – A tragic incident occurred in the Papua region of Indonesia when a devoted female Catholic teacher was reportedly killed on March…
Annisa Febiola, Jakarta - A ship caught fire at Larantuka Sea Port, Larantuka Subdistrict, East Flores Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on…
Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The Coalition of Civil Society for Security Sector Reform highlighted a video of West Jakarta residents supporting…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Ragowo Hediprasetyo Djojohadikusumo, son of President-elect Prabowo Subianto, paid a visit to the private residence of…
Beritasatu Team, Jakarta – The number of travelers returning to their hometowns (mudik) for this year's Eid is expected to drop significantly,…
Zachary Abuza (BenarNews) – It wasn't supposed to be so hard. Prabowo Subianto cruised to victory in the 2024 presidential election, winning 58…
Rizka Ardina Nugraheni, Solo – Chairman of the National Economic Council (DEN) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has called on the public to express their…
Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Thousands of citizens received gifts and souvenirs after attending President Prabowo Subianto's Eid open house at the…
Catholic Church leaders have called for dialogue to bring an end to deadly violence in Indonesia's conflict-torn Christian-majority Papua region…
Pemalang, Central Java – At least two people were killed and two others critically injured when a tree collapsed onto a crowd…
Thomas Harefa, Jakarta – Chief Food Affairs Minister Zulkifli Hasan said food prices in Indonesia are expected to return to normal one week after…
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Manpower reported that more than 18,000 workers experienced termination of employment…
March 30, 2025
Hisyam Nugroho, Jember, East Java – A house in Jember was completely destroyed on Saturday by a powerful explosion caused by explosive materials…
Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) has deployed 164,298 joint personnel to secure Eid al-Fitr 2025…
Abdi Purmono (Kontributor), Malang – A total of 94 organizations affiliated with the Coalition of Civil Society in Malang Raya have condemned the…
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, long regarded as one of Asia's finest finance ministers, is…
Max Lane – Over the last several weeks, demonstrations have erupted across Indonesia. They were reported in Medan (North Sumatra), Jakarta,…
I Made Argawa, Denpasar – Indonesia's resort island of Bali is known for its packed beach clubs and streets that bustle with hoards of tourists…
Anastasya Lavenia Y, Jakarta – Minister of Law and Human Rights, Agus Andrianto, claimed that the granting of remission on Nyepi and Eid al-Fitr…
New research reveals that Dutch military clergy not only justified but often endorsed extreme violence during the colonial war in Indonesia.…
Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Communications and Digital Technology (Komdigi) Meutya Hafid officially set age limits for…
Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) has revealed several indications of subdued household consumption ahead of Eid…
March 29, 2025
Jakarta – Recently, more and more personnel of the Indonesian Military (TNI) have carried out acts of violence by displaying arbitrary conduct and…
Jakarta – Agroup of women activists and intellectuals calling themselves Suara Ibu Indonesia (Voices of Indonesian Mothers) staged a rally on…
Sahrudin Nurdin, Antara, Jakarta – The government expects Eid al-Fitr to fall on Monday, March 31, but some Muslim communities have already…
Antara, Jakarta – Pertamina Patra Niaga has announced a price reduction for non-subsidized fuel, including the Pertamax Series and Dex Series,…
Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – The government announced on Saturday that Eid al-Fitr will fall on Monday, March 31, following a national…
Saepul Jaenudin, Bogor – A total of 158,351 inmates and juvenile detainees across Indonesia have been granted remission in celebration…
March 28, 2025
Jakarta – An action by the Voices of Indonesian Mothers movement has highlighted the violence by the authorities against students during the…
Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Friday signed a government regulation aimed at protecting children in the digital…
Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – The government has begun transferring its shares in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to a newly designated holding company,…
Kate Lamb – When a large box arrived at the office with her name on it, Indonesian investigative journalist Francisca Christy Rosana assumed a…
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The World Bank revealed that Indonesia's tax revenue performance is still far below target. Value-added tax (VAT…
Jakarta – It has been a Ramadan unlike many before in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country.
While the Islamic fasting month…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Eid has become a much-anticipated holiday for Indonesians as employees get to receive bonuses that are usually a…
Jakarta – The National Police fired water cannons Thursday to disperse hundreds of protesters in the capital Jakarta angry at a newly passed…
Harumbi Prastya Hidayahningrum, Jakarta – Indonesia is seeing fewer homecoming travelers this Eid holiday, and an analyst believes that the…
Dhini Oktavianti – A survey conducted by the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (IHRA) and Horwath HTL, involving 726 respondents from…
Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Indonesian Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf, known as Gus Ipul, asked not to compare the government's People's…