Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – A number of survey institutions have commenced observing potential candidates for the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres…
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June 3, 2021
Lim Min Zhang, Singapore – Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto spoke on the phone on Thursday (June 3),…
Friski Riana, Jakarta – LGBT rights group Suara Kita Head Hartoyo said transgenders had so far found difficulties in accessing public services…
June 2, 2021
Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo of Jakarta has called on Indonesians to commit to the country's secular ideology…
Indonesians are calling for severe sanctions toward a TV network after it aired some extremely disturbing content in a soap opera pertaining to…
Continuing telecommunications outages in Indonesia's Papua region have created a media blind spot by blocking the flow of information about…
Twelve people have been arrested over an alleged terrorist plot to attack an archbishop and police stations in the Indonesian province of Papua,…
Bec Strating – Recent media reports suggest that different perspectives on maritime boundaries are creating tensions between Australia and…
Indonesia's navy has officially ended its efforts to salvage the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine, which sank in April in waters off Bali…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's inflation rate picked up in May both on an annual and monthly basis as prices of food commodities…
June 1, 2021
Aprianus Doni Tolok, Jakarta – Today, a new political party will be declared in Indonesia. The new party is called the People's Justice and…
Jet Damazo-Santos – In Jakarta today, almost 1,300 employees of Indonesia's anticorruption agency are being inaugurated as official members of the…
Hellena Souisa – Tensions have been rising in the past month, between pro-independence campaigners and the military in Indonesia's eastern most…
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – An Indonesian priest has issued an apology after remarks he made on same-sex marriage sparked protests from within the…
Jakarta – Indonesia welcomed another shipment of 8 million Covid-19 vaccines in bulk from the Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac on Monday.
…M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Chief of Corruption Eradication Commission or KPK, Firli Bahuri, has inaugurated its 1,271 employees as…
Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi attended the commemoration ceremony of state ideology Pancasila Day on June 1, that held…
Fana Suparman & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, on Tuesday gathered 1,271 employees to take an oath…
Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – The People's Justice and Prosperity Party (Prima) was officially declared as a new party on the evening of…
May 31, 2021
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia will have the largest green industrial area in the world, according to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.…
Jakarta – A draft list of the "red" indicators used for employee assessment for transforming Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees…
Roland Rajah – Indonesia's new 'Omnibus Law on Job Creation' was marred by the public controversy that surrounded its passage late last year. The…
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A small, sleepy regency on Indonesia's main Java island has worried those fighting Covid-19.
Kudus regency…
Yudi Abdullah, Fardah, Palembang, South Sumatra – Activists of the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) chapter in South Sumatra reported about…
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – A number of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees who passed the Civic Knowledge Test (TWK) wrote to…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo stated that Indonesia would oppose all practices of trade protectionism in the guise of a…
Istiqomatul Hayati, Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno is campaigning for the Back to Movie Theaters and Watch National…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Fadli Zon, deputy chairman of the Gerindra Party's Board of Trustees, tested positively for Covid-19. The party…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government is planning to postpone the launch of an online platform that aims to make it easier for…
Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Indonesian police say they have arrested 10 suspected Islamic terrorists in Papua, foiling a plot to attack several…
Indonesia may soon be without a flag carrier, as Garuda Indonesia's woes continue to deepen amid the pandemic and with bankruptcy a very real…
Max Lane – Recent events in Papua underscore the fact that there is no solution that is entirely free of risk for Jakarta. Instead, the choice is…
May 30, 2021
Ternate, North Maluku – Search teams are looking for one missing person after rescuing all other passengers from a large ferry that caught fire in…
Koya Jibiki, Jakarta – Indonesia aims to expand its submarine fleet by as much a triple its current line up to 12 vessels, multiple defense…
Kiki Siregar, Sidoarjo, East Java – Indonesian Muanisah, who goes by one name, recalled the day when she held her 40-day-old baby in despair as he…
Jakarta – The government has decided to launch a pilot project for the Work from Bali program in Nusa Dua, an upscale resort area on the tourist…
May 29, 2021
Jakarta – West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) spokesperson Sebby Sambom says they are not prepared to hold a…
Jakarta – The person allegedly responsible for a sexual offense in Jombang intimidated the victim and her supporters. A sexual violence…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Defense and technology company Lockheed Martin has confirmed that the United States government will not stand in the…
Fardah – Natural disasters are a day-to-day occurrence in Indonesia, as some 10 natural disasters occurred daily in January-March 2021, up from…
May 28, 2021
Andi Jatmiko and Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – An Indonesian court has sentenced a politically influential firebrand cleric to eight months in prison…
Indonesia's government is being urged to release the West Papua pro-independence activist Victor Yeimo.
The West Papua National Committee…
Laurens Ikinia – Papuans are in mourning after the recent passing of Klemen Tinal, the Vice Governor of Papua Province.
News of his sudden…
Access Now joins 24 organizations in calling on Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to repeal MR5 – a new law that…
Jakarta – Amid the deepening trust deficit between the Papuan people and the government, many in the country's easternmost territory suspect that…
Indonesia has certainly handled its fair share of foreigners defying COVID-19 protocols all throughout the pandemic, but two UK nationals arguing…
Jakarta – Indonesia has launched the 5G internet network for public use in some parts of the Greater Jakarta area on Thursday, marking a milestone…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Human rights activist and lawyer for Papua, Veronica Koman, on Thursday questioned the Indonesian government's…
Jakarta – The Jokowi administration sets back democracy in Indonesia. Civil freedoms and the eradication of corruption are under threat.
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Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian State Intelligence Agency (BIN) in Thursday's meeting with the House of Representatives (DPR)…




