Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – A significant proportion of the Australian public places more trust in countries with which Canberra shares China-…
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June 26, 2023
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – An Islamic school in West Java faces potential closure over allegations of heresy and links to religious separatists…
Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his top ministers have repeatedly said China will be given the contract to build the…
Jakarta – As President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will soon enter the final year of his second and final tenure he does not need to resort to populist,…
Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) grilled Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo on Monday in…
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Signs are growing that Indonesian President Joko Widodo is leaning towards endorsing Defence Minister Prabowo…
Erwin Renaldi – The Indonesian government plans to import 1 million tonnes of rice from India in an "emergency" situation, despite Indonesia being…
Jakarta – Indonesia's police are conducting preliminary inquiries into whether any actions by officials at the country's drug regulator could…
Amelia Rahima Sari, Antara, Jakarta – Fahmy Radhi, an energy economy expert from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) criticized the government's…
June 25, 2023
Yamin Kogoya – Last Monday, suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was indicted on gratification, bribery and corruption charges in Indonesia's…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Developed economies have double standards when it comes to coal-fired power generation, according to Chief…
June 24, 2023
Jakarta – Desmond Mahesa, a lawmaker from the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), died on Saturday after battling with illnesses at a…
M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Ministry of Religion spokeswoman Anna Hasbie on Friday announced that the ministry is studying the controversy…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is mulling diverting its Europe-bound palm oil exports to Africa after the European Union (EU) launched…
Jakarta – The Netherlands now accepts that Indonesia, its former colony, gained independence on Aug. 17, 1945, and not Dec. 30, 1949, as it had…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia says it has made the necessary preparations for the $20 billion climate financing Just Energy Transition…
June 23, 2023
Aceh – The Central Aceh Transitional Committee (KPA), which is a forum for former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) combatants, firmly opposes the…
Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Legislative Council believes that stakeholders should work together to address the issue of freedom of expression in…
Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has confirmed the government's purchase of used Dassault Mirage 2000-5 jet fighters from Qatar, worth…
Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – More workers are expected to head to the chopping block in the Indonesian textile industry later this year, as companies…
Zsazya Senorita, Jakarta – Tech company GoTo Gojek Tokopedia (GOTO) in collaboration with energy company TBS Energi Utama (TOBA) broke ground on…
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The family members of the death row inmate from the Philippines Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso went to the National…
Church officials in Timor-Leste have dismissed a media report on the abusive treatment of students and substandard food in a seminary as false,…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government has urged palm oil producers to report how much land they own following cases of mismatched data and…
Arnoldus Kristianus, Kuala Lumpur – The National Development Planning Agency, or Bappenas, has said that Indonesia requires Rp 67,000 trillion to…
BeritaSatu, Jayapura. A small plane with six people onboard crashed in Yalimo Regency in the eastern province of Papua on Friday and it's feared…
Jakarta – The remains of the Geudong House (Rumoh Geudong) in Pidie regency, Aceh, where gross human rights abuses were committed when Aceh was…
June 22, 2023
Jakarta – It will be much more difficult for Jakarta to blow its anniversary candles today than in the past, not because the number will be a…
Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) and allied groups have threatened to strike if lawmakers pass the omnibus health…
The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat's comments on West…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Tanzania on Thursday opened its embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, a year before the two countries celebrated the 60th…
Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The end of a facility that allowed visitors from dozens of countries to enter Indonesia without a visa will not hurt the…
Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – Increased fertilizer costs and weather-hit crops are projected to cause a global shortage in coffee production this year…
Indah Handayani, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia decided on Thursday to retain the benchmark interest rate at 5.75 percent in "continued…
Antara, Jakarta – The government is evaluating subsidies for electric vehicle (EV) purchases as they don't seem to significantly boost demand, an…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government Thursday announced that Covid-19 vaccines are still free, thus encouraging people to use this chance…
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) commission on fatwa [a ruling on a point of Islamic law given by a recognized…
Fatima Asni Soares, Jakarta – Founder, and chairperson of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI), Dino Patti Djalal, contended that the…
Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – Two watchdogs, Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) with the Gadjah Mada University center of anticorruption studies…
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia must take real actions to end the violence in Myanmar, a United Nations expert said, noting that the Association of…
Christ Belseran, Aru Islands, Indonesia – More than 10 years have passed since a young official in Indonesia's eastern Aru Islands saved his…
Jakarta – Indonesia's top Islamic body the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) has issued fatwa (edict) Number 38/2023 on laws concerning women being…
Joint talks between Vanuatu and Indonesia have taken place in Jakarta with West Papua high on the agenda.
It comes amidst tensions in the…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, is the frontrunner for the Central Java…
Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says that the decision by the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) Supervisory Board…
Tika Ayu, Jakarta – The Covid-19 handling task force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito on Thursday explained that the treatment costs for coronavirus…
June 21, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – The presence of Indonesian Military (TNI) and Police in conflict-ridden areas of Papua has allegedly caused trauma among…
Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared an end to the national emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, as…
Trimurti, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has denied reports saying that it will put off the launch of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has great prospects as a digital economy giant as the country is home to the sixth-most startups in the…




