Dili – The interfaith organization for religious tourism in Timor-Leste has urged the government to draw up special rules to preserve sacred…
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July 13, 2022
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Indonesia said on Wednesday it has temporarily stopped sending its citizens to work in Malaysia, including thousands…
Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – The Community Legal Aid Institute (LBHM) is urging the government to immediately conduct research into the benefits of…
Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) is continuing with its interrogation of two senior executives over…
Jakarta – Many Indonesians will feel a sense of deja vu upon watching the current events in Sri Lanka, where economic and political crises are…
Jamal Abdun Nashr, Semarang – Mangrove expert from the Faculty of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries at Diponegoro University, Rudhi Pribadi,…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Primus Dorimulu, Jakarta – Indonesia on Wednesday delivered the first shipment of chicken carcasses to Singapore which has…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is encouraging its youth to embrace entrepreneurship as the country's demographic dividend…
Antara, Jakarta – The Jakarta Transportation Agency has officially canceled its plan to impose gender segregation for passengers of long-serving…
Antara, Jakarta – Siti Zuhro, a researcher from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), said Indonesian citizens expect political…
July 12, 2022
Jayapura – Member of the Commission for Government, Politics, Law, Human Rights, and Security at the Papuan Legislative Council, Laurenzus Kadepa…
Jakarta – Lili Pintauli Siregar, a commissioner with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), has abruptly resigned amid allegation that she…
Dicky Kurniawan, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko said the Indonesian government planned to require electric cars as…
Moh. Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Jakarta Transportation Agency planned to separate seats for women and men in public transport minivans or locally…
Jakarta – The National Police have said that a police officer with the rank of second agent (Bharada) was acting in self-defense in a shootout…
Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The sudden resignation of Lili Pintauli Siregar as the deputy chairperson of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)…
Hilaire Bule – Prime Minister Bob Loughman is among regional leaders converging in Fiji for the 51st Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders summit in…
Andreas Harsono – One would hope that an educational institution that learned of sexual assaults on campus would focus on holding perpetrators…
Dewa W, Kenzu T, Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) has overturned Gubernatorial Decree No. 1517 of 2021 on the 2022…
Oscar Grenfell – Last Friday, Labor government Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced that he was ending the prosecution of Bernard Collaery, a…
Spencer Zifcak – Last week Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus put an end to Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery's criminal prosecution.
Collaery was…
An Indonesian policeman has gunned down his colleague who molested their boss' wife, the National Police said, in a case that has sent shockwaves…
The Jakarta Provincial Government is preparing new regulations segregating women and men in angkot minivans, in light of a recent incident in…
While most apps these days are designed to make our lives more efficient, the Indonesian government has proved to be ironically inefficient with…
Jayapura – The Manado Military Court III-17 in North Sulawesi on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, has sentenced to prison two Indonesian Military (TNI)…
July 11, 2022
Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – Year by year, space for digital freedom in Indonesia is narrowing. Entering 2022, the Southeast Asia Freedom of…
Susan Price – Indonesian security forces massacred scores of people in Biak, West Papua, 24 years ago on July 6, 1998. The victims included women…
Jakarta – The results of an Indonesian Political Indicator survey show that the majority of respondents agree that people are finding it more…
Jayapura, Jubi – In the trial of the alleged treason against the seven Morning Star bearers – all of whom Papuan – on Thursday, July 7, 2022, the…
Lili Pintauli Siregar has resigned from her post as the deputy chief of the Corruption Eradication Agency (KPK) amid an official inquiry into…
Get ready to cover up your beautiful faces indoors and outdoors again, folks, as President Joko Widodo has called for the return of strict mask…
I Dewa Made Raditya Margenta and Filda C. Yusgiantoro – The unprecedented spike in fuel prices prompted by the Russia-Ukraine war has forced…
Jakarta – As much as the world wants to quit fossil fuels, it will not happen anytime soon.
With the war in Ukraine still raging, there has…
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has implemented new sets of rules for international travelers including Indonesians and…
M Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – The final draft of the Criminal Code Bill (RKUHP) has been written to cover crimes against the environment under Article 1…
Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – The results of a Kompas research and development (Litbang) survey show that the majority of respondents or as many…
Siktus Harson – The creation of new autonomous regions in Papua continues to be opposed by indigenous communities that see it as Jakarta's ploy to…
Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – The National Police said Monday they will hold an internal inquiry to decide whether to launch a criminal investigation…
Reiner Brabar, Sorong – The Papuan public's reaction to the central government's decision to form new autonomous regions (DOB) in Papua has been…
M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – The final draft of the criminal code bill (RKUHP) covers provisions concerning activities seeking to replace or abolish…
July 10, 2022
Reuters, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to increase the content of palm oil-based fuel in its biodiesel to 35%, known as B35, from 30%,…
Binoy Kampmark – The Anglo-Australian legal system has much to answer for. While robed lawyers and solemn justices proclaim an adherence to the…
July 9, 2022
Nur Janti, Jakarta – The House of Representatives went into a month-long recess on Friday, with no conclusion to the deliberation on the highly…
Jakarta – This weekend Muslims in Indonesia, and around the world, celebrate their first Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice) of the post-COVID19 pandemic…
Jakarta – For teachers Sutrisno and Sri Wahyuningsih, embarking on the once in a lifetime haj pilgrimage stirs bittersweet emotions.
After…
Bali – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said all her counterparts from G20 countries were present in person during the two-day meeting in…
Kizzy Kalsakau and Anita Roberts – Leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, is reminding Pacific leaders to…
Australians in general are not hobbled by the convention of neither confirming nor denying what is as plain as day ("Bernard Collaery's leaking…
July 8, 2022
Michael Pelly – The unprecedented decision by Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to discontinue the prosecution of former ACT attorney-general Bernard…
Mikael Niman, Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The Counter-Terrorism National Agency (BNPT) on Friday called for stricter regulations on charity…




