Ahmad Syarif Syechbubakr – There are no official statistics on the cost of presidential campaigns in Indonesia. Fahri Hamzah, a senior politician…
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October 19, 2023
Julia Lau – Indonesia is likely to support the Palestinian people and redouble its commitment and calls for a two-state solution in light of the…
Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia unexpectedly raised interest rates on Thursday to arrest the rupiah's decline amid…
Niniek Karmini – Indonesia's ruling party on Wednesday named the nation's top security minister as the running mate to the party's presidential…
Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesian presidential candidates Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo wasted no time in registering themselves and their…
Michael Taylor (Reuters), Buleleng, Indonesia – Deep inside his tribe's sacred rainforest on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali, Indigenous…
Jakarta – Ganjar Pranowo, a former governor of Central Java, registered officially on Thursday as a candidate for next year's presidential…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Transportation Agency has clarified that the removal of bicycle lane dividers is not part of a plan to remove the lanes…
Jakarta – A day before the registration window opens for 2024 presidential election candidates, two of three expected tickets have been announced…
Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – During a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo asked for…
Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – In an effort to encourage domestic production, the Agriculture Ministry plans to reduce garlic imports next year by…
Rio Abadi & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo officially registered his candidacy with the General Election…
October 18, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has claimed responsibility for the attack on a mine in Yahukimo Regency's…
Yohanes Maharso Joharsoyo, Jakarta – State-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia or KAI would compensate passengers who…
Fransiskus W, Kenzu, Manokwari, West Papua – The Indonesian Military and National Police (TNI-Polri) seek to strengthen security in West Papua and…
Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri on Wednesday named Coordinating Political…
Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – State-owned energy company PT Pertamina has quietly received a state capital injection (PMN) of Rp 3.37 trillion (…
Jakarta – Of the few state institutions intended to embody the goals of the Reform movement, the Constitutional Court was once considered the most…
Arti Ekawati – Corruption continues to blight Indonesia as President Jokowi nears the end of his second term. Four political figures related to…
Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – Commercial operations for the high-speed rail (HSR) service between Jakarta and Bandung kicked off on Tuesday with a launch…
Deni Ghifari, Beijing – Thirty-one private companies and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from Indonesia signed agreements totaling US$13.7 billion…
Jakarta – Senior minister Mohammad Mahfud MD, who was on Wednesday announced as the running mate for presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo in the…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Chief Security Minister Mohammad Mahfud MD was officially announced as the running mate for presidential candidate Ganjar…
Yohanes Maharso Joharsoyo, Jakarta - The Indonesian Trade Ministry's Director General for Foreign Trade, Budi Susanto, responded to data on…
Maria Fransisca Lahur, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported the highest daily temperature in Indonesia…
Moh. Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Senior economist from Universitas Indonesia Faisal Basri stated that relocating the state capital from Jakarta to…
Maria Fransisca Lahur, Jakarta – The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) announced that there is a decline in hotspots observed in six…
Stevani Wijaya, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprise Minister Erick Thohir has sought to obtain proof of his lack of a criminal record with the…
October 17, 2023
Jakarta – Indonesian dancer Rianto moves gracefully in front of a crowd of thousands in the capital Jakarta, whipping his orange sash in full make…
Jayapura, Jubi – The Secretariat of Justice and Peace (SKP) of the Catholic Church in Papua reports that 46,926 civilians have been displaced from…
Manokwari, Jubi – Melianus Iba, a resident of Aroba District, Bintuni Bay Regency in West Papua, was taken into custody on Sunday, September 24,…
Staff and agencies in Jakarta – An Indonesian court has made a controversial exception allowing the eldest son of outgoing President Joko Widodo…
Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has distanced himself from a controversial court decision…
Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A wave of condemnation has been growing in Indonesia – with some of the dissenting voices from within the judicial circle…
Brandon Michael Sideleau – On January 4 this year, a three-metre saltwater crocodile heaved itself out of the water and up the beach. Nothing…
Jakarta – The eldest son of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is among the "strongest" potential running mates for Prabowo Subianto, a retired…
Jakarta – In the end, it was an outcome that many had expected and once again, Indonesian democracy is put to the test.
In the midst of…
Septia Ryanthie, Solo – Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka has finally spoken up about the Constitutional Court's rulings on the minimum age…
Defara Dhanya Paramitha, Jakarta – According to Statistics Indonesia, the balance of trade surplus in Indonesia continues to September 2023,…
Moh. Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – An economist and the director of Indonesia Development and Islamic Studies (IDEAS), Yusuf Wibisono responded to the…
Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesian coal miners are at risk of losing their jobs as the nation shifts towards clean energy, which involves…
Daniel A. Fajri, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ensured Chinese investors that investing in Indonesia is safe and secure, even ahead of…
Jakarta – The way is now wide open for Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka to step forward in the 2024 presidential elections. The Constitutional…
Tazkia Royyan Hikmatiar – Hundreds of figures have joined together to issue a "Proclamation of Struggle" (Maklumat Juanda) as an expression of…
Pizaro Gozali Idrus, Jakarta – Separatist rebels killed seven traditional gold miners in a remote district of Indonesia's Papua region, police…
Beijing – China is willing to expand and strengthen cooperation with Indonesia in emerging industries such as the digital economy, photovoltaics…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Foreign Affairs Ministry announced Tuesday that Indonesia had secured a $2 billion worth of investment…
October 16, 2023
Faris Mokhtar and Chandra Asmara – Indonesia's constitutional court ruled in favor of an appeal to lower the minimum age for presidential and vice…
With a total defence budget of $8.8 billion in 2023, Indonesia presently ranks as the second-highest military spender after Singapore in the…




