Dian Erika Nugraheny, Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) Director Gufron Mabruri believes that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's…

Jayapura, Jubi – If you look at the mangroves in Papua New Guinea from Vanimo in north-westernmost PNG to the provinces of East Sepik and Madang,…

Jayapura, Jubi – The Manokwari Sorong Diocese Catholic Church has recently persuaded the displaced people of Maybrat to return to their hometown…

Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan says that allegations that there is a gambling and…

Jakarta – Nonbinary people have been making waves on social media this past week, thanks to the courage of a student at Hasanuddin University in…

Anselmus Bata, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir has lodged a defamation lawsuit against political activist Faizal Assegaf…

Reiner Brabar, Sorong – The Greater Sorong Papua People's Petition (PRP) is continuing to hold actions protesting the formation of new autonomous…

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The National Mandate Party, or PAN, has selected nine figures for its potential candidate for the 2024 presidential…

Jakarta – There is a good reason why President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo did not make more of a meal out of Indonesia's rice self-sufficiency…

Markus You, Nabire – The process of uncovering the alleged gross human rights violations that took place in the Bloody Paniai case on December 8,…

Dandy Koswaraputra (BenarNews) – Rohingya refugees living in Indonesia say they are growing more and more desperate as they struggle to get by in…

Andra Nasrie – House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani has given arguably her strongest hint yet that she would run for president in…

Chris Barrett, Singapore – The Australian government has reversed a decision not to have an official government ceremony in Bali to mark 20 years…

Sofie Syarief – The emergence of digital media has not resulted in more diversity in ownership control and editorial content in Indonesia's media…

Ryan Dagur – A court in Indonesia has rejected a petition filed by a district head in Papua asking it to dismiss a case against him in which he…

Jakarta – The city government demolished a street bump in North Jakarta on Thursday evening following reports that many motorcyclists crashed…

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to expand protection of its seas to cover an area nearly the size of Germany by 2030 – and then tripling…

Dicky Kurniawan, Jakarta – Two major car manufacturers in Indonesia, Toyota and Honda, responded on the statement issued by the Phasing out Leaded…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Indonesian Anticorruption Society (MAKI) reported an alleged smuggling attempt of toxic waste in the region of Riau.…

With President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr scheduled to visit the neighboring countries of Singapore and Indonesia in September, Indonesia…

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Policymakers will seek to offset the effects of a planned increase in the subsidized price of Pertalite motor fuel with a…

Marcelo Rochabrun, Lima – LGBT activists in Peru held a protest on Friday questioning how their government handled the death of a Peruvian…

Denpasar, Bali – The National Police on Thursday denied accusations of violence from the family of a Harvard University transgender activist who…

Jayapura – Public prosecutor Achmad Kobarubun made a response to the defense memorandum of the defendant's lawyer, the Papua Coalition of Law…

Sorong – Due to heavy rains from Monday, August 22, 2022, until Tuesday morning, a landslide claimed two lives in Sorong City, West Papua Province…

A member of the House of Representatives (DPR) is calling for a divine solution to Indonesia's looming subsidized fuel crisis.

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A member of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) in Palembang, South Sumatra may be booted out of his party and face criminal…

Jakarta – Indonesia's transportation officials have launched the "Train to Apocalypse," an impressive attraction featuring zombies in a…

Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman, Jakarta – One of the strategic infrastructure projects in Indonesia, the capital's MRT North-South construction, succumbs…

Jakarta – Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim needs to immediately evaluate the university student admission…

Stevani Wijaya, Jakarta – Disgraced police general Ferdy Sambo has submitted his resignation letter while awaiting trial as the suspected…

Liam Scott – New regulations and revisions introduced in Indonesia this summer will likely have a devastating impact on freedom of expression for…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesian police are investigating possible negligence in the death of a Chinese construction worker at the site of…

Jayapura – Chairman of the Special Group of the Papua Legislative Council (DPRP) John NR Gobai said the central government should not be afraid or…

Jayapura – Emanuel Gobay of the Papua Coalition for Law Enforcement and Human Rights, the legal counsel for the seven Morning Star raisers charged…

Dwi Argo Santosa, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – A low-ranking policeman accused of fatally shooting fellow officer Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat has been…

Antara, Jakarta – Packaged sweetened drinks are flooding the market. The Health Ministry's Director of Non-Infectious Diseases Prevention and…

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) objected to the Jakarta government's plan to regulate office working…

Moh. Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Labor Party President Said Iqbal said labor unions, farmers' unions, and civil organizations planned to go on a…

We needn't worry too much about monkeypox, Indonesia's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said, as the disease mostly causes unsavory cosmetic…

State-owned train company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) has filed a police complaint against a passenger after he was caught on camera defiling…

Timor-Leste's president, Jose Ramos-Horta, has warned his nation will seek Chinese support if Australia and corporate giant Woodside Energy fail…

Dicky Kurniawan, Jakarta – The Metro Jaya Police on Tuesday said that Jakarta's traffic congestion has reached a level that is no…

Claire Jiao and Grace Sihombing – Indonesia's central bank unexpectedly raised borrowing costs for the first time since 2018 as policy makers…

Wasisto Raharjo Jati – While travelling with colleagues to East Kalimantan to do fieldwork in the Indonesian capital city (IKN) in mid-July 2022,…

Endy Bayuni, Jakarta – Indonesia can rightly be proud of its economic record, and thanks to the combination of its monetary and fiscal policies,…

Jakarta – The late president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid once quipped that the only police figures he could trust for a non-compromised attitude…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo denied that freedom of speech in the country is somewhat restricted under his rule and…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Tuesday admitted that he struggled to get Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his…

Antara, Jakarta – Floods struck Sorong City, West Papua following heavy rains from Monday until early today, August 23, 2022. Other than 1,5-meter…