Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto addressed the weakening Indonesian Rupiah during the launch of the Red and White Village…
Indonesia & East Timor Digest
Displaying 301-350 of 108426 Documents
May 17, 2026
May 16, 2026
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has described the murder of Marsinah as involving collusion between the state…
Antara, Salman Mardira, Jakarta – The screening of the documentary Pesta Babi: Colonialism in Our Time has sparked controversy, with the military…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is not worried about the weakening of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar.…
Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's business sector is facing mounting pressure from the weakening rupiah, with industry leaders warning of…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said the killing of labor activist Marsinah 33 years ago should never have…
Ricki Putra Harahap, Nganjuk, E – Java. President Prabowo Subianto said on Saturday that he was "deeply saddened" by reports of government…
Johnny Blades – A West Papuan church leader has warned that ongoing killings of young Papuans allegedly by Indonesian security forces have the…
Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Indonesian rupiah exchange rate plummeted to 17,600 per US dollar during the long weekend on Friday, May 15…
May 15, 2026
Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The rupiah could weaken beyond Rp18,000 per U.S. dollar by the end of May and potentially slide further to Rp22,…
Simon Butt – Indonesia's old KUHAP was often criticised for making the state and law enforcement too powerful. Coordinating Minister for Law…
Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – A member of the Indonesian Military (TNI) attended a student-organized screening and discussion of the Papua…
Padang – Searchers recovered nine bodies after a landslide hit near an illegal gold mine in Sijunjung regency, West Sumatra, police said Friday.…
Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Despite being banned at several campuses, the University of Indonesia's Student Executive Board (BEM UI) is…
News Desk, Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Regional Police has been urged to take over the investigation into a shooting allegedly involving officers…
Macau Business – Timor-Leste's government approved a resolution on Wednesday at a cabinet meeting to boost police patrols nationwide following…
Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Bilal Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) through the XVII/Cenderawasih Regional Military Command (Kodam) has…
Martin Bagya Kertiyasa, Jakarta – Indonesian sellers are facing mounting pressure as rising marketplace fees collide with an influx of low-cost…
May 14, 2026
Disruptions and intimidation targeting screenings of a documentary on indigenous people in Papua are increasing across Indonesia, raising concern…
Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has adjusted the fuel surcharge mechanism for domestic scheduled commercial flights after…
Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – DBS Bank has lowered its forecast for Indonesia's economic growth in 2026 to 5.1% from 5.3%, citing risks of slower…
Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia – Asniah recalls nights lying in darkness listening to cicadas and the passing hum of outboard motors after her…
Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) this week, May 11-13, plummeted by 3.53 percent to 6,723.32, amid the announcement of…
Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The rupiah's depreciation beyond Rp 17,500 against the US dollar has triggered a rise in foreign-exchange transactions…
Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Indonesia has shut down 1,004 piracy websites since January 2025, according to the Directorate General of Intellectual…
The establishment of the National Park Management Financing Innovation Task Force has sparked serious concerns about the direction of…
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, claimed that…
News Desk, Jayapura, Jubi – The National Commission on Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia (Komnas HAM RI) stated that the government is…
May 13, 2026
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Four people were killed and 19 others injured after a bus collided with a pickup truck on the Kualanamu – Tebing Tinggi…
Susanne Seong-eun Bergsten – Two female domestic workers, ages 15 and 18, jumped from the fourth floor of a Jakarta boarding house on April 22 in…
Imam Suhartadi, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a judicial review of the 2022 law governing the country's planned capital…
Fadli, Batam – Police in the Riau Islands are clamping down on illicit fuel flows in border areas following an instruction from National Police…
Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Crackdowns by the Indonesian Military (TNI) on public screenings of a documentary exploring land conflicts and the TNI…
Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta air quality fell into the unhealthy category, ranking third among cities with the worst air quality in the world on…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's nickel policies have worried Chinese investors, as businessmen penned a letter to President Prabowo…
Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Dudung Abdurachman stated that the Indonesian government is targeting the revitalization of up…
Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – A defendant in the case involving Indonesia's Strategic Intelligence Agency of the Indonesian National Armed Forces…
Larius Kogoya, Jayapura, Jubi – A teenager killed during a police operation in Dogiyai and later identified by security forces as a member of the…
Aida Ulim, Jayapura, Jubi – Students from Dogiyai Regency, Central Papua, currently studying in Jayapura have issued a public statement regarding…
Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Indonesia's Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) activist Andrie Yunus again failed to…
Indah Ayu Pujiastuti, Jakarta – More than half of Indonesia's national steel demand is still being met through imports, raising concerns over the…
Vidya Pinandhita, Jakarta – Around 663,000 schoolchildren screened this year in the government's free health check program were found to have high…
Aida Ulim, Jayapura, Jubi – Papuan women attending a free speech forum organized by the Dogiyai Student Association in Jayapura voiced opposition…
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Economists at Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of…
Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka is recorded to have a wealth of Rp27,915,654,176. This figure is…
Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The air quality in Indonesia has deteriorated based on air monitoring data from the US AQI website, which indicates that…
Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – Indonesia faces a growing dilemma over soybeans, as the country remains heavily dependent on imports while domestic…
Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesian billionaire Prajogo Pangestu saw his fortune shrink by $1.8 billion (Rp 31.5 trillion) in a single day…
May 12, 2026
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Timor-Leste wants to lead ASEAN in 2029, according to the group's secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn, as the bloc makes…
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's taxpayers must repatriate their offshore wealth within 6 months or miss a chance to invest that money…




