Lenny Trstia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo made a surprise announcement on Friday that the export of cooking oil will be banned…

Herman, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to begin the first phase of migration to digital broadcasts next week after many delays, with the government…

Independence leader and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has won a second term as president of Timor-Leste.

In the second and final round of…

A'an Suryana, Norshahril Saat – This year's Ramadhan saw less bickering among Indonesian Muslims about the appropriate start date for the blessed…

The Nobel prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta has scored a landslide victory in Timor-Leste's presidential election, according to preliminary results…

Bandung, West Java – Police in West Java have arrested a teacher accused of raping at least 12 children over the last five years, an official said…

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesia is being urged from within to invite Ukraine to this year's G20 in Bali to appease…

Antara, Jakarta – Protesters joined in the Indonesian University Students Alliance (AMI) and the University of Indonesia Students Executive Body (…

Antara, Jakarta – The National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel set up barbed wire barricades at the main gate of the House of…

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers will hold demonstrations on the International Labor Day or May Day. One of their demands…

Jakarta – Protesters from the Indonesian Student Alliance (AMI) and the Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) say that the government of…

Fitrya Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – A number of Onward Indonesia Cabinet ministers own fantastic amounts of wealth.

According to the State…

Muhammad Naufal, Jakarta – A group of women wearing traditional Javanese clothing joined a protest action by students and workers in front of the…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Ahead of the mass protest in Jakarta by university students collective on April 21, 12 WhatsApp accounts…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Lokataru Legal and Human Rights Foundation requested a judicial review of Law No. 10 of 2016 concerning the election of…

Kate Lamb and Nelson Da Cruz – Independence leader and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has taken a decisive lead in the second and final round of…

Jakarta – The unanimous House of Representatives' decision to pass a set of bills that will create three new provinces in Papua despite objections…

Marian Faa – As a child, Efika Kora remembers watching planes glide over her remote village in the Pacific. Transfixed, she imagined that one day…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian Palm Oil Association, or Gapki, announced on Tuesday that the country exported 2.09 million tons of…

Max Lane – The recent brouhaha over a possible extension of President Joko Widodo's term underscores a quandary in Indonesia's politics: there is…

Tunggal Pawestri and Tim Mann – After more than a decade of advocacy by gender activists, Indonesia's national legislature (DPR), passed a…

The House and the government should postpone the deliberation process for a set of bills that will create three new provinces in Papua otherwise…

Chris Barrett, Singapore – A decade after being unseated, Jose Ramos-Horta is headed for a return to East Timor's presidential palace from where…

The Indonesian government has included the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a mandatory vaccine in its national immunization program.

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Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The director-general of foreign trade in the Trade Ministry has been named a corruption suspect for illegally issuing…

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – Former Democratic Party executive Ferdinand Hutahaean was found guilty on Tuesday of spreading false information related…

Adi Marsiela, Bandung – Bandung City Police have arrested a male teacher from an Islamic school in Pangalengan, Bandung regency, West Java, for…

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry officially issued a new regulation regarding the placement of migrant workers in foreign…

Yassar Aulia – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has acted to end efforts to extend his time in office beyond his constitutionally mandated two-term…

Jakarta – More than 99 percent of the Indonesian population already has antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, from vaccination…

Dili, Timor Leste – Voting in the second and final round of Timor Leste's presidential election began early on Tuesday, with Nobel laureate, Jose…

Jakarta – The government has further extended public activity restriction (PPKM) level 2 in all Greater Jakarta areas from Tuesday to May 9, which…

Dili, East Timor – East Timor's citizens head to the polls on Tuesday to choose either a Nobel laureate or a former guerrilla fighter – the…

Lona Olavia, Jakarta – Industri Baterai Indonesia, an electric battery joint venture of state-owned miners and energy companies, announced two-…

Antara, Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing or PUPR Ministry allocated a budget of approximately Rp264 billion to repair roads access to the…

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has again decided to extend the enforcement of the public mobility restrictions or PPKM policy in Java…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesian prosecutors have charged a top trade ministry official and three palm oil executives in connection with a…

Jayapura, Jubi – Director of Institute of Human rights Study and Advocacy Papua (ELSHAM Papua) Rev. M Adadikam said the results of the…

London – Plans to establish 'Food Estates' were announced by the Indonesian government at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic because, it said…

Andreas Harsono – Indonesia's armed forces have finally ended all so-called "virginity tests" as part of the recruitment process for women.

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Venansius Haryanto – In early 2022, the public in Labuan Bajo, the gateway to Indonesia's popular Komodo National Park, was both pleased and…

Jakarta – The CEO Clubs Network, a corporate-membership-based international business organization, has honored Rusmin Lawin, vice president of…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's plan to administratively split the country's easternmost region of Papua into five…

Herman, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a surplus of $4.53 billion in March to continue a run of a positive trade balance for the 23rd…

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) informed President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo about its efforts…

Parker Novak – Timorese voters head to the polls again on Tuesday 19 April for the second round of the country's presidential election. The…

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Head of the Gerindra Party faction at the Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD Jakarta), Rani Mauliani, on Sunday hopes…

Rusli Cahyadi and Ahmad Najib Burhani – For the longest time, Indonesians endured a sonic pandemonium in their cities. It is about time that some…

Antara, Jakarta – Democratic Party chairperson Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, or AHY, in an internal party even on Sunday, April 17, said that his…

Bisnis, Jakarta – Former Indonesian vice president Jusuf Kalla on Sunday, April 17, revealed the challenge faced by any presidential candidate for…