Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – A Protestant politician in Indonesia is facing a prison term after being charged with hate speech for allegedly…

Jakarta – Billionaire Indonesian businessman Chairul Tanjung said on Tuesday he will lift his investment in struggling flag carrier Garuda…

Khaerul Izan, Fardah, Cirebon, West Java – Floods inundated 698 houses in two villages in Cirebon District, West Java Province, according to the…

Siwage Dharma Negara – 2021 has been another challenging year for Indonesia as it struggles to balance the economy and public health amid the…

Rieka Rahadiana and Arys Aditya – Indonesia's parliament will resume deliberation of a bill against sexual harassment on Tuesday, as President…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) plans to open a government branch office in the neighbouring Papua New Guinean capital of…

Maire Leadbeater – In December, Indonesia came in for unusually direct criticism from the UN over its treatment of human rights defenders,…

Just one day before the rollout of COVID-19 booster shots for the general public begins, President Joko Widodo issued a statement that the third…

Jakarta – By the end of his administration's first year in 2015, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had ordered the revocation of nearly 4,000 mining…

Rangga Prakoso, Jakarta – The government has decided to allow some coal miners, which have fulfilled their coal sales quota to the domestic market…

Hans Kapisa, Manokwari, Jubi – Gold mining activities in Wasirawi Village, Masni District, Manokwari Regency, West Papua are reportedly illegal,…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia, Pandu Riono, predicted that the possible COVID-19 third wave in…

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The number of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta is slowly increasing following the finding of the Omicron variant. On Monday…

Warief Djajanto Basorie – Recovering Together, Recovering Stronger. Indonesia adopted this tagline when it took over the rotating chair of the…

Antara, Bandung – An Islamic boarding school teacher in West Java was recommended a death sentence on Tuesday for charges of raping at least 13…

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Indonesian Farmers Union (SPI) chairperson Henry Saragih on Monday responded to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision…

Bisnis.Com, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo asserted that the government would continue to enforce the ban on exports of raw mining goods…

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Armed Forces, TNI, has sent two company-level units (SSK) from Kodim 1702 and Yonif 756/WMS to assist the…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi virtually attended the 49th anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Democratic Party of…

Annie Sloman – Thursday night, hot, humid and sweaty as the sun sets over the capital of Timor-Leste. On the side of the road a large crowd…

Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded an additional 75 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant, bringing the total number of cases to 414…

Jakarta – While promoting Indonesia's strong commitment to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific and to ASEAN as a leading force in region,…

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Fair Healthcare Access is urging the government to reconsider the Covid-19 booster vaccine or third…

Antara, Jakarta – At least 440 houses in Jember Regency, East Java were inundated following flash floods that hit the area on Sunday afternoon,…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – A spokesperson for COVID-19 vaccination at the Health Ministry, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said the government is determined to…

Authorities in East Java are searching for a man who was caught on film tossing and kicking offerings baskets that were placed on Mount Semeru in…

Jayapura, Jubi – A thunderstorm hit Jayapura City and its surrounding areas from Wednesday to Friday, 5-7 January, 2022, causing a number of…

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – The appointment of a new military commander for Jakarta has sparked a row in Indonesia after rights groups accused him of…

Mathias Hariyadi, Jakarta – At least eight people have died in the heavy floods that have hit Jayapura, capital of the province of Papua, in the…

Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri recently defended her chairmanship of the steering committee of the National…

Aprianus Doni Tolok, Jakarta (Bisnis.com) – The Narrative Institute along with academics who are part of the Children of the Nation Concern…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant across Indonesia have tripled in a week, with about 90 per cent imported…

Adimas R F P, Resinta S, Solo – The Transportation Ministry has officially started the construction of the Solo-Semarang phase 1 double-track…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court is again being asked to rule on legislation that sets a minimum standard for any…

Jakarta – Corruption eradication during the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has worsened. This was the finding of a survey by…

Jakarta – A range of inter-religious leaders, activists and domestic workers (PRT) banged pots and pans as a way to push the government and the…

Yamin Kogoya, Canberra – The colonial notion of 'civilising primitive Papuans' has distorted Papuan perceptions of the world and themselves.

M Julnis Firmansyah, Lani Diana, Jakarta – Patients of Covid-19 Omicron variant in Jakarta per January 7, increased to 271 people from…

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta deputy governor, Ahmad Riza Patria, suspected that the rise in Covid-19 active cases was the effect of Christmas and New…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Medan administration is on high alert after it detected a probable case of the highly transmissible COVID-19 Omicron…

Muhammad Zulfikar, Raka Adji, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the government to ratify the sexual…

Jakarta – The Jakarta-owned bus service Transjakarta has taken several tough measures after three of its buses crashed within a single day on Dec…

Bali (Reuters) – Authorities on the Indonesian tropical island Bali released 33 endangered green sea turtles into the ocean on Saturday (Jan 8) in…

Jakarta – The Advocacy Coalition for the Protection of Private Data (KA-PDP) is calling on the House of Representatives (DPR) to immediately enact…

The latest answer to the increasingly pesky question "when will foreign tourists return to Bali in droves?" seems to be "still not anytime soon,"…

Chandra Iswinarno and Ria Rizki Nirmala Sari – The promotion of Major General Untung Budiharto as Jakarta military commander reminds the…

Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – Visitors from 14 countries are barred from entering Indonesia under the current travel restrictions aimed at reducing the…

Benny Mawel, Jayapura, Jubi – The Papuan People's Petition (PRP), consisting of 113 organizations, has launched on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 its…

The Papuan People's Petition – "Petisi Rakyat Papua" – has called on the Indonesian government to release detained human rights advocate Victor…

Jakarta – Indonesia, the world's biggest thermal coal exporter, sent shockwaves through global energy markets this week by suspending exports of…