Chris Fitzgerald – Last month, the Indonesian government made a firm commitment to the United Nations to improve the human-rights situation in the…
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April 10, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – A total of 13 West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Sentani activists were arrested by police at the Sentani Old Market in…
Jayapura, Jubi – Secretary of the Papua Provincial Health Office Aaron Rumainum said the number of specialists in Papua Province was sufficient…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Chief Investment Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said on Monday that Indonesia had been negotiating with…
BeritaSatu, Jakarta – Former Democratic Party Chairman Anas Urbaningrum is set to get out of prison on Tuesday after serving his time for graft…
Antara, Jakarta – The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has captured six fishing vessels – flying the Philippines and Vietnam…
Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The government is targeting an annual production of shrimp of up to 2 million tons starting in 2024. Director General of…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The property, real estate, and building construction sectors contributed 14.63 percent to the national gross…
M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The electability of Indonesia's major political party PDIP experienced a nosedive right after FIFA revoked…
Antara, Jakarta – Amidst celebrating the 77th-anniversary commemoration of the Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU), House of Representatives…
Basten Gokkon, Balikpapan/Jakarta – A clearing for the ramp to a new toll road in the Indonesian Bornean city of Balikpapan gapes open on the side…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), the main advocacy group for Indigenous communities in…
April 9, 2023
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – More than three-quarters of Indonesians are satisfied with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's job performance rating, the…
Liam Gammon – If you enjoy watching opposing teams fight each other to a scoreless draw, soccer's the sport for you. Failing that, Indonesian…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta. Dream Theater has invited avid rock fan President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to attend their upcoming concert in Jakarta.…
April 8, 2023
Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – Meranti Islands Regent Muhammad Ali is accused of illegally collecting Rp 26 billion ($1.7 million) in cash from his own…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Chairman Prabowo Subianto demonstrated yet again that he is the central figure…
Richaldo Hariandja, Balikpapan, Indonesia – As the small red car came to a halt, the window slid down and a hand emerged, tossing some yellow…
Chloe Whelan – Shocking footage has emerged of "trash tsunamis" flowing down waterways in Indonesia as plastic waste piles up in the tourist…
Nur Rofiah – In Islam, clergymen interpret how marriage is done, sometimes allowing child brides. Clergywomen want substantive justice to stop the…
Jakarta – Few would doubt, even among Christians, that Easter is less merry compared with Christmas. For businesspeople, too, the Easter holiday…
April 7, 2023
Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The regent of oil-rich Meranti lslands Regency who has controversially threatened to "take up arms" in protest of…
Jakarta – Development fund allocated for Indonesia's soccer association is being frozen by FIFA after the country was stripped as hosts of this…
Fadli, Batam – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD is questioning the National Police over their handling of…
Jakarta – The results of Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy research reveal that the city of Cilegon in Banten province occupies the 94th…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani recently revealed that the government has prepared a generous outlay of up to Rp 695.3…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – World football governing body FIFA handed an administrative sanction to Indonesia after the country was stripped of the…
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Separatist group Free Papua Movement or OPM asked to have a peaceful negotiation with the Indonesian government, the…
Firdaus Cahyadi – "In Indonesia, now, wherever you look there is corruption," the country's Coordinating Minister for Politics and Security,…
Herman, Jakarta – The Transport Ministry is telling airlines, particularly those who serve domestic routes, to make their economy-class tickets…
Makassar – A demonstration by Papuan students commemorating 56 years of PT Freeport Indonesia in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar…
Adhyasta Dirgantara, Jakarta – Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) Advisory Board Chairperson Badaruddin Andi Picunang says that his party has "…
April 6, 2023
Adrial Akbar, Jakarta – A number of student organisations that were holding a demonstration against the Job Creation Law (Ciptaker) have tried to…
Ahead of Easter, Christians in Indonesia's West Java province are left in the lurch after their church, functioning from a building without a…
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The National Liberation Army of West Papua-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) stated that they are willing to…
Jakarta – Initial public offerings (IPOs) by two nickel companies on the Indonesia Stock Exchange show unmistakably that the government's…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry is planning to earmark up to Rp 200.8 trillion ($13.4 billion) for the 2024 healthcare budget,…
Jakarta – Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil biodiesel user, is now working to introduce bioethanol mandates for gasoline to further cut fuel…
Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in a press statement on Thursday elaborated on the government's reasoning behind the…
Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi called on the public to participate in voting for the logo for the new capital city of Nusantara…
Antara, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto said Indonesia still needs 9 million digital talents to fulfill its…
Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Indonesian super app Gojek confirmed that it did not allocate Eid holiday allowances (THR) for drivers due to the…
Aryo Putranto Saptohutomo, Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) Deputy Chairperson Ardi Manto Adiputra is concerned that the…
Muhammad Nursam, Makassar – Being of the view that council members are no longer able to accommodate the aspirations of the people, hundreds of…
Jakarta – The Commission VII of the House of Representatives on Wednesday visited copper smelter PT Smelting in Gresik, East Java, during which…
April 5, 2023
Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is expected to grow 4.8 percent in 2023 and 5.0 percent in 2024, which would mark a significant slowdown from the 5.…
Ghee Peh – Downstream coal projects in Indonesia need a government subsidy of at least US$354 per tonne of dimethyl ether (DME) fuel to maintain a…
M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo claimed that prices of nearly all basic needs have dropped ahead of the 2023 Eid al-…
Jakarta – Securing Indonesia's reelection as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for another three years and, more…
Sylviana Hamdani, Jakarta – More Indonesian customers are becoming environmentally responsible and seeking to reduce carbon emissions by making…




