Sydney, Australia – The crew of an Indonesian fishing trawler that was "clinging to their vessel" in bad weather has been rescued off…

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The Big Durian has been ranked as the world's most environmentally vulnerable metropolitan, as climate change, pollution,…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – At first glance, it was business as usual when Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators arrested…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The emergence of new COVID-19 variants is expected to weigh on Indonesia's economic recovery and may cause the…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has suspended the distribution of around 450,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Sunday…

Ambon – The Ambon and Lease Islands municipal police in Maluku have declared three people suspects for flying the banned South Maluku Republic (…

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is believed to clock a nearly seven-percent growth in the 2021 second quarter following an upward trend in…

Semarang, Central Java – Seven people drowned after an overloaded boat capsized because of tourists attempting a selfie in a reservoir in Central…

Ardila Syakriah, Dio Suhendra and Vincent Fabian Thomas, Jakarta – The government believes more than 1 million people have gone on mudik (exodus)…

I Nyoman Sutarsa – The Indonesian government set an ambitious goal to complete mass COVID-19 immunisation by the end of March 2022, covering the…

Gorethy Kenneth, Port Moresby – Indonesia is pressuring Papua New Guinea over an illegal group East Sepik claiming to form an army unit to help…

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Thousands flocked recreational areas and public cemeteries across Jakarta during the Idul Fitri holiday despite various…

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Authorities are gearing up measures to prevent a surge of COVID-19 confirmed cases amid the return of mudik (exodus)…

Jakarta – The government seems to be repeating the history of colonialism in this nation. The outcome could be like that in Indonesia in 1945.…

Jakarta – The ruling by the Constitutional Court rejecting the judicial review of the formulation and content of the Corruption Eradication Law…

Maria Baru, Sorong City – The Indonesian government's labeling of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB…

Jakarta – Severe air pollutions, seismic threats, and perennial floodings have put Indonesia's capital Jakarta at the top of a list of cities…

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Embracing a quiet Idul Fitri, 32-year-old social media manager Beni Satryo slowly strummed his guitar at his office in…

Vincent Fabian Thomas, Jakarta – Sumatra, Indonesia's second-most populous island, has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases in May, forcing government…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The National Police have referred the matter of supporters of Papuan armed criminal groups (KKB) in Papua New Guinea to…

Febriana Firdaus, Ubud – A Russian Instagrammer who launched his motorbike off a dock, crashing into the sea. Two YouTube pranksters who fooled a…

Jakarta – Lawyer and Papua rights activist Veronica Koman has reported the arrest of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor…

Anthony Galloway – Lawyers acting for Bernard Collaery will next week challenge a court order requiring large parts of his trial to be held in…

London, Sydney – Pelagio Doutel of TAPOL says "UN Rapporteurs should call for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr Victor Yeimo of West…

Stuart Layt – Priceless ancient cave paintings in the Indonesian archipelago are crumbling at an increasing rate due to the effects of climate…

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Muslims in Indonesia celebrated Idul Fitri, which marks an end to the holy month of Ramadan, under the shadow of the COVID-…

Jakarta – Coronavac, a vaccine made by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac has been 98 percent effective in reducing the number of deaths due…

Vincent Fabian Thomas, Jakarta – Indonesia dispatched medical supplies to India, helping the South Asian country with the third-most COVID-19…

Adfin Rochmad Baidhowah – Bureaucratic appointments are coming under the spotlight in Indonesia due to a pattern of politicians abusing their…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Religious leaders in predominantly Catholic Timor-Leste have launched joint efforts to provide aid to victims of recent…

Greta Nabbs-Keller, RM Wibawanto Nugroho Widodo – The "DarkSide" ransomware cyber-attack on the US-based gasoline facility Colonial Pipeline,…

Yoanes Litha, Rikar Hussein, Poso, Indonesia/Washington – Hundreds of Christians attended a mass funeral in a remote village of Indonesia's…

Susan Price – A Papuan leader sought by Indonesian police over the 2019 Papua "Spring" uprising, Victor Yeimo, has been arrested on suspicion of…

The fate of corruption eradication in Indonesia is hanging in the balance after as many as 75 Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees…

Alfian Kartono, Jayapura, Indonesia – Two Papuan independence fighters, including a rebel commander, were killed in ongoing clashes between…

Rahel Narda Chaterine, Jakarta – The cases of alleged human rights violations during the May 1998 riots in Jakarta have still not been resolved to…

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Businesses criticized the policy of several regional governments restricting the opening and operation of shopping centers…

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Survey conducted by the Religious Allowance Reporting Outpost revealed that as many as 1,338 laborers in Jakarta and…

Antara, Papua – Indonesian police will need time to hunt down Papuan separatist terrorists owing to their knowledge of the terrains where they…

Jakarta – Indonesian authorities should drop politically motivated treason charges and unconditionally release an activist detained for peacefully…

New Zealand is being urged to speak up about human rights abuses in West Papua, and to cut military ties with Indonesia.

Hundreds of troops…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia says it will stop building new coal-fired power plants after 2023 to meet its carbon-neutral goals – but…

Max Lane – Despite a legacy of citizen passivity from the New Order era, elite fear of the freedom social media promises remains strong.

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Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Terrorists from the East Indonesia Mujahideen have killed four Christian farmers including one Catholic in Indonesia's…

Peter Job – Since his death on 13 April, tributes to former Australian foreign minister and leader of the federal opposition Andrew Peacock have…

Jakarta – Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on the Indonesian police to drop politically motivated treason charges against West Papua National…

Sebastian Strangio – Indonesian authorities have arrested a Papuan independence leader for his alleged role in orchestrating a spate of civil…

Audrey Santoso, Jayapura – Police say that Victor Yeimo, the actor behind the riots in Papua two years ago, is in contact with lawyer and human…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) is questioning the Indonesian police's logic related to accusations that non-government…

Jakarta – The Freedom of Religion and Beliefs Coalition, which is made up of a number of non-government organisations (NGOs), has revealed several…