Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – There were debates over the Islamic funeral procedures after trans woman Dorce Gamalama passed away while being treated…
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February 16, 2022
Hendartyo Hanggi, Jakarta – More than 1,000 workers will take to the streets today on February 16 and demand the Manpower Ministry to revoke its…
Maya Ayu Puspitasari, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner has revised the proposed budget for the 2024 General Elections…
Jakarta – Indonesia's goods trade balance has remained in the black for the past 21 months, providing robust footing for the country, which used…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is currently facing a Covid-19 infections surge fueled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, but…
An interview with Michael G. Vann. Interview by Daniel Finn
After gaining its independence from the Netherlands in 1949, Indonesia was the…
Phnom Penh – Asean is launching a fact-finding mission to accelerate East Timor's accession into the bloc, a task expected to be completed in the…
Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesia reported a record number of new coronavirus cases on Tuesday (Feb 15) as the Omicron variant spreads across the country…
February 15, 2022
Chris Barrett, Singapore – Eight months before the 20th anniversary of the Bali bombings, an Australian plan to build a memorial park where the…
Yamin Kogoya, Brisbane – Google images of a country or region can offer a wealth of information about the people and cultures that live there.…
Mentari D G, Mecca Yumna, Jakarta – The government has decided to not impose stricter regulations during level 3 of community activity…
Damon Evans – East Timor-based independent think-tank La'o Hamutuk has hit out at Santos' plans to store carbon from its proposed Barossa…
Sam Roggeveen – The fuss made over Friday's Quad meeting in Melbourne is quite out of proportion to the group's significance. Australians shouldn'…
Risyiana Muthia, Ubud, Bali – Before the pandemic, Carol Pou, a corporate trainer in Singapore, would visit the Indonesian island of Batam several…
Gayatri Suroyo and Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – Indonesia's export growth slowed more than expected in January, after authorities in the world's…
Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura, Jubi – The head of the Somatua Intan Jaya Independent Student Community, Feri Belau, asked the Indonesian Military (TNI)…
Yance Wenda, Sentani, Jubi – Member of the Customary Working Group of the Papuan People's Council (MRP) Edison Tanati criticized development in…
Bandung, West Java – A district court in West Java Tuesday sentenced a teacher to life in prison for the rape of 13 students, in a case that has…
Delvira Hutabarat, Jakarta – In an upload on its Instagram social media account on Monday February 14, the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation…
Jakarta – The Confederation of United Indonesian Workers (KPBI) along with the National Student League for Democracy (LMND) held a symbolic action…
Antara, Jakarta – The number of Indonesians who have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine or have been fully vaccinated has crossed 135…
Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – The broad spread of Covid-19 infections caused by the latest variant, Omicron, has made Indonesia become one of the…
M Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – The Indonesian Trade Union Association (Aspek Indonesia) on Monday officially sent a letter to President Joko "Jokowi"…
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police Chief Gen. M Fadli Imran in launching the 'cases of violence against women and…
Jakarta – Human rights abuses in Papua have come under the spotlight of the United Nations with the global body's special rapporteurs seeking…
Karawang, West Java. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia, the local unit of Japanese auto giant Toyota, reached a new milestone on Tuesday by…
Nur Janti, Jakarta – An ancient inscription on an andesite slab presumed to be from the time of the Mataram kingdom in the 10th century was found…
February 14, 2022
Jubi TV – The United Nations (UN) through the Special Procedures Mandate Holders submitted a request for data, information, and clarification to…
Burhanuddin Muhtadi – Polls on voter preferences consistently suggest that Indonesians value 'honesty' and 'care for the people' as the two most…
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The Timor-Leste government has approved a food basket program to support vulnerable families and ensure economic recovery at…
Grace Sihombing – Indonesia is considering lifting all quarantine requirements for travelers around April as Covid-19 hospitalizations and…
Editorial Board, ANU – It says a lot about Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's extraordinary mastery over Indonesian politics that year in, year out analyses…
Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura, Jubi – The Papuan Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) has asked the Papua Police to guarantee the fulfillment of the right to…
Jakarta – Anyone wondering what a police state in Indonesia would look like must watch the video clips of last week's ugly scenes in Wadas, a…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Indonesia has logged a rising number of COVID-19 cases lately with a daily death increase of 111 on Sunday, which is the…
Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Monday presented their initial findings after investigating a…
Pribadi Wicaksono (Contributor), Yogyakarta – Tourists were still seemed enthusiastic to visit a number of tourist destinations in Yogyakarta…
Antara, Jakarta – Member of the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission overseeing manpower, Saleh Partaonan Daulay, opined that the government…
M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation or YLBHI said the leadership of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has many…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Local opposition to a mine on Indonesia's Java Island, and the heavy-handed police crackdown on protesters, has…
Senay Boztas – On the walls and counters, like portraits in blood, are the stylised images of eyewitnesses to four years of horrifying violence in…
February 13, 2022
Jember, East Java – At least 10 people died after tidal waves swept away a group of people meditating on a beach during Sunday's early hours,…
Apriadi Gunawan, Langkat, North Sumatra – North Sumatra police's crime and forensic units exhumed two graves believed to contain the remains of…
Greg Fealy, ANU – The past year, the seventh year of Joko Widodo's presidency, has been notable for two trends: the further entrenching of the…
Erna Dwi Lidiawati, Palu – A protest action by local people against mining activities in the Kasimbar sub-district of Parigi Moutong regency in…
February 12, 2022
Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – It was pitch-dark when 28-year-old Andika Pramono and 33 other Indonesians waited at the shore in Tanjung Tiram, North…
Jakarta – The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council has written to the Indonesian government asking for data and clarification related to…
Anita Permata D, Suharto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded 40,489 positive COVID-19 cases on Friday, with Jakarta chalking up the highest number of…
M Zulfikar, Nabil Ihsan, Jakarta – Indonesia's decision to purchase 42 Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft and two Scorpene-class submarines from…
Anita Permata, Raka Adji, Jakarta – The government's problem inventory list (IDM) for the sexual violence bill (RUU TPKS) has been completed,…




