Anugerah Rizki Akbari and Genoveva Alicia KS Maya – Almost three years after widespread student and civil society protests put the brakes on…
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August 18, 2022
Jayapura – The West Papua National Liberation Army or TPNPB warned the Nduga Regent, Namia Gwijangge, and the 172 Praja Wira Yakthi (PWY) Military…
August 17, 2022
Sepaku (AFP) – Indonesia celebrated its first Independence Day at its future capital in the ancient rainforests of eastern Borneo on Wednesday (…
Indra Arief P, Mecca Yumna, Jakarta – The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) highlighted President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi's) unwavering commitment to…
Mentari Dwi G, Nabil Ihsan, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) presided over the remembrance and contemplation ceremony at the Kalibata…
Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Human rights activists in Indonesia have strongly criticized a move by President Joko Widodo's to resolve past…
Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – The Navy took possession of the second of three hospital ships, the KRI Dr Rajiman Wedyodiningrat-992…
Muhammad Ersan Pamungkas – Citayam Fashion Week, a term that loosely refers to the spontaneous, outdoor gatherings of Indonesian youths in which…
Jakarta – Ex-terror convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, known as the spiritual leader of shadowy militant group Jemaah Islamiyah that aims to establish an…
Christopher Knaus and Ben Doherty – Two Indonesian children who were imprisoned as adult people smugglers using deeply flawed evidence have asked…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A child singer showed overcame nervousness as he performed a Javanese pop song that got First Lady Iriana and many…
Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry announced that Indonesia is sending 13 delegations for the annual conference…
Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The Bogor Natural Resource Conservation (KSDA) Agency in West Java handed over on Monday three Javan slow loris, known…
August 16, 2022
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday boasted about Indonesia being at the…
Burhanuddin Muhtadi – Indonesia's major political parties have started jostling for position for the 2024 elections, where party incumbency may be…
Tonggo Simangunsong, Medan, Indonesia – On a recent morning in Kampung Nelayan, a village on the northeastern coast of the island of Sumatra,…
Jayapura, Jubi – Indonesia will celebrate its 77th Independence Day on Wednesday, August 17, 2022. The Papua Peace Network (JDP) believes that…
News Desk, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has continued his tradition of wearing customary regional attire while delivering his annual…
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Tuesday hailed his country's growing stature on the global stage and reiterated calls for the…
Jakarta – The government plans to hike fuel prices to control ballooning energy subsidies, media reported on Monday, citing comments from Energy…
Jakarta – This year, as the country prepared itself to celebrate the 77th year anniversary of Indonesia's independence, the government of…
Jakarta – Indonesia is on course to ship $29.8 billion worth of steel exports this year, or about 19 times it was when the world's major nickel…
Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has criticised President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo State of the Nation Address at the 2022…
Jakarta – The Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy says that the presidential decree or Keppres on the formation of a team for the non-…
Primus Dorimulu & Aditya L Djono, Jakarta – The government is now focusing on developing telecommunications infrastructure as speeding up its…
Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) Executive Director Gufron Mabruri hopes that the government will…
August 15, 2022
Vitorio Mantalean. Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) officially closed registrations for political parties wanting to take part in…
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia has deployed more than 20 helicopters to six fire-prone provinces in Sumatra and Kalimantan as a pre-…
A Papuan student advocacy group has called for the establishment of a future Aotearoa New Zealand scholarship for West Papuans to replace a…
Yamin Kogoya – Sixty years ago today – on 15 August 1962 – the fate of a newly born nation-state West Papua was stolen by men in New York. The…
Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia's windfall export earnings thanks to high commodity prices may start dwindling, its statistics bureau warned on…
Jayapura, Jubi – Researcher from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Cahyo Pamungkas said that in order to resolve with dignity the…
Jayapura, Jubi – Director of the Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) Emanuel Gobay said that the trial of "Bloody Paniai" human rights…
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – A businessman in the center of what is arguably Indonesia's biggest corruption scandal arrived at Soekarno-Hatta…
Jakarta – Indonesia has received an award from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for its achievement in reaching rice self-…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The registration period for political party candidates participating in the 2024 General Election has ended on Sunday,…
Hendartyo Hanggi, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt by the end of the second quarter (Q2) amounted to 403 US dollars, which is a reduction…
Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Center of Economics and Law Studies (Celios) director Bhima Yudhistira on Sunday believes the rising prices of food…
Jakarta – Indonesian authorities should immediately drop politically motivated treason charges and release Papuans detained for the peaceful…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesian internet users reacted with rage to a video showing a female employee of retail company Alfamart forced to…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency or BPS announced on Monday that international trade booked a surplus of $4.23 billion…
Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The results of a Kompas survey on August 9-11 shows that the majority of respondents believe that the ideals of…
August 14, 2022
Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia's second-largest party Gerindra and largest Islamic party National Awakening Party (PKB) declared a political…
Antara, Jakarta – The quality and appeal of child-friendly broadcast programs in Indonesia are improving with an increase in their advertising…
Singapore – Timor-Leste's president Jose Ramos-Horta recently declared his hope that his country would become the Association of Southeast Asian…
Emily Dugan – Indonesian labourers picking berries on a farm that supplies Marks & Spencer, Waitrose, Sainsbury's and Tesco say they have been…
Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has formed an ad hoc team to investigate gross human rights violations in the case of…
August 13, 2022
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The government is considering raising the prices of subsidized fuel products to ease pressures on the state budget…
Kyle Delbyck – Journalist Muhammad Asrul is awaiting word from Indonesia's Supreme Court about whether he will spend further time behind bars for…
Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces general, on Friday (Aug 12) accepted his party's…




