Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights or Komnas HAM chairman Ahmad Taufan Damanik accused a number of irregularities…
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March 27, 2022
Jakarta – Political observer Hendri Satrio from the KedaiKOPI survey institute has criticised the plan to fund the construction of the new capital…
Antara, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry recorded a significant increase in the number of international travelers arriving at I Gusti…
Jakarta – Many Indonesian students attend after-school tutoring sessions to get a better grasp of the material they are learning, but the success…
Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – In 2021 only 45 foreign tourists visited Bali after Indonesia closed its borders almost the whole year to prevent the…
March 26, 2022
Jakarta – Former Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has been kicked out of the Indonesian Doctors Association, or IDI, for "serious ethical…
Anauli Karima Fai'ai in Auckland – Papuan students are appealing for support in New Zealand after the Indonesian government terminated the…
Jakarta – Several young Indonesians have over the past two years been frequently referred to as the "crazy rich" on social media, television news…
March 25, 2022
Jakarta – The scarcity of cooking oil in various parts of Indonesia has continued for at least three months. Over this time however, the…
Khalis Surry, Raka Adji, Banda Aceh, Aceh – The Ministry of Health stated that the number of Indonesian citizens going abroad, especially to…
Rimar Andhika, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most famous mountain peaks will lose its snow soon according to Indonesia's Meteorological,…
Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) has rejected peace talks with the government if it is only…
Tempo.Co, Rini Kustiani, Jakarta – Indonesia ranks third in the world in the number of tuberculosis cases after India and China with a total of…
Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) legislation body (Baleg) deputy, Willy Aditya, on Thursday said that sessions…
Jakarta – The government said Indonesia would hold the G-20 Summit neutrally and impartially, resisting calls from the West to exclude Russia from…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday instructed his government to spend more on domestic products for their…
Jakarta – Anwar Usman, a 65-year-old widower and chief justice of the Constitutional Court, will give his fiance Idawati the ultimate gift of love…
Muhammad Zulfikar, Suharto, Jakarta – Chief of the National Defense Forces (TNI), General Andika Perkasa, and Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia,…
Rizky Alif Alvian – Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia was banned in 2017, but the propagation of HTI's ideology has continued to thrive in Indonesia via…
March 24, 2022
Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition insists that the emergence of Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut…
Jubi TV – National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) chair Ahmad Taufan Damanik said his party was currently overseeing cases of…
Adlu, Jubi TV – Papuan People's Solidarity in Manokwari, West Papua, has expressed that they stand with Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti, two…
Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Jakarta governor Anies Rasyid Baswedan is to provide more funding to a multi-million-dollar scheme to help restore more…
M Zulfikar, Fadhli Ruhman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), here on Wednesday, reiterated its commitment to ending…
Jakarta – The government will lift a ban on domestic travel during the Muslim holiday season of Idul Fitri in early May, President Joko "Jokowi"…
Eka Yudha Pratama, Jakarta – Director of Lokataru Foundation Haris Azhar, who was named as a suspect for a defamation case against coordinating…
M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from Australia's Griffith University, Dicky Budiman, assessed a number of factors causing the low…
Jayapura – The Jayapura city municipal police arrested Buchtar Tabuni and Bazoka Logo along with five others for attacking police officers in the…
March 23, 2022
Parker Novak – Timor-Leste – one of Southeast Asia's few vibrant democracies – held the first round of its presidential election on Saturday 19…
Timor-Leste's citizens voted for a new president at the weekend, hoping the most competitive election in the history of the Asia-Pacific's…
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is looking at ways to combat stunted growth in Christian-majority East Nusa Tenggara province,…
Li-Li Chen – Five days after polls closed, the presidential election in Timor-Leste, Asia's youngest democracy, seems set for a second-round of…
Ika Karlina Idris and Muhamad Risqi Saputra (The Conversation), Jakarta – Indonesian politicians backing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo have come…
Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesia is facing a test of its ambition to be a global player as the United States and…
Yance Wenda, Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papuan Council of Churches (WPCC) appreciates the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council for sending a…
Johannes Nugroho (South China Morning Post) – A diminutive female figure carrying joss sticks and a singing bowl became a viral sensation at…
Gayatri Suroyo (Reuters), Jakarta, Indonesia – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has trimmed its economic growth forecast for Indonesia in…
Sahat Simatupang, Jakarta – The North Sumatra Regional Police claimed there was no involvement of police officers in the death cases in the human…
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Law and human rights foundation Lokataru director Haris Azhar expressed concern over how state officials use their…
March 22, 2022
Jakarta, Indonesia, – Bright colour paints with high lead content are found in public children's facilities and open spaces across Indonesia. A…
Jubi TV – The Indonesian government should immediately stop plans to mine the Wabu Block in Papua due to the risk of escalating conflict and…
Police in Semarang, Central Java have arrested a man on suspicion of having raped his own daughter and causing physical damage resulting in the…
Indonesia's state-owned electricity company PLN has attracted a great deal of negative buzz over its failure to read the room amid a cooking oil…
Jakarta – Indonesia has dropped the quarantine requirement for international travelers who have received the complete vaccine doses against Covid-…
Cait Kelly, and Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta – Six people are dead and another three are believed to have drowned after an Indonesian fishing…
Tiara Marthias and Likke Prawidya Putri – Indonesia is emerging from another surge in Covid-19 infections. Since the first case of Omicron was…
Dili (Reuters) – The top two candidates in Timor-Leste's presidential poll on Tuesday (March 22) appeared set for a second round next month,…
Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Planned gold mining operations on a vast concession in Indonesia's Papua province have the potential to fuel human…
JC Gotinga – The stakes were high. Indonesia had not hosted a MotoGP motorbike race in 25 years. In the sweltering tropical country, rain is a…
Two West Papuans were reportedly shot dead by security forces last Tuesday during peaceful protests against Indonesia's plans to…




