Authorities in Bali's Badung regency announced that it has recorded over 2,200 people violating health protocols in the last two months, hundreds…

Endah Triastuti – As the country with the world's largest Muslim population, Indonesia has no national law against homosexuality other than the…

Natali Pearson – Indonesia has had a moratorium on the commercial salvage of underwater cultural heritage since 2010. But a new and seemingly…

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The government has removed coal residue, or FABA (Fly Ash and Bottom Ash), from the list of toxic and hazardous waste (…

Herman, Jakarta – Japanese automotive giants Honda, Suzuki, and Mitsubishi Motors have pledged a combined investment of at least $1.2 billion in…

Antara, Jakarta – Bali now has recorded 1,000 Covid-19 deaths after four more people died from the virus. Authorities reported on…

Antara, Jakarta – Tourism workers are among the people prioritized to receive Covid-19 vaccines, as the Indonesian government seeks to…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said many jobs will no longer be needed and exist in the future, creating a…

Jakarta – The Nusantara vaccine is not suitable for Indonesia, which needs to inoculate large numbers of people. Existing vaccines area already…

Pribadi Wicaksono (Contributor), Yogyakarta – The number of Covid-19 cases in Yogyakarta keeps rising, bringing the total to almost 30…

Teri Caraway – Indonesia's Omnibus Law for Job Creation came into law in November 2020, amending more than 70 different pieces of legislation. The…

Jakarta – A bus carrying junior high school students, their parents and teachers plunged into a ravine in the West Java town of…

Jakarta – The director of the Makassar Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), Muhammad Haedir, has revealed that two participants of an action commemorating…

Natalie Sambhi – At first glance, given their geographic distance, there seems little pushing France and Indonesia closer together. But from Paris…

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has urged the people, particularly Muslims, to take Ramadan this year as a month of self-…

Kate Lamb – Hussy, mistress, whore, evil woman – these are just some of the nine example compound words that artist Ika Vantiani was shocked to…

Antara, Jakarta – The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry has completed the construction of 263 Tourism Accommodation Facilities (Sarhunta)…

Jayapura – Military Resort 172/PWY Commander Brig. Gen. Izak Pangemanan welcomed a new deployment of the military to secure Indonesia-PNG borders…

Alexander Loen, Jayapura – Papuan People Council (MRP) released a book containing reviews of problems and achievements in the past 20 years of the…

Jakarta – The special autonomy (otsus) status of Papua and West Papua has been at the core of the central government's claims that its policies in…

David Robie – Asia Pacific Report, the Auckland-based independent news and analysis website, has been increasingly targeted by Indonesian trolls…

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has declared coal ash is no longer a hazardous waste product, despite containing heavy metals…

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has been earmarking Rp4 trillion-Rp5 trillion every year for disaster mitigation efforts in the…

Indonesian children will have to continue to learn about their respective faiths until at least 2035 despite concerns that religious studies was…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The United Kingdom has agreed to help the Jakarta government achieve its ambitious target of electrifying 10,000…

Rory James – Papuans whose island has been offered up as a potential launch site for Elon Musk's SpaceX project have told the billionaire Tesla…

Koya Jibiki, Jakarta – Indomie, the half-century-old instant noodle brand that has been dubbed Indonesia's national food, has enjoyed an added…

Keisyah Aprilia (BenarNews) – Risna recounted scrambling to save herself when dirt and rocks came tumbling into a 49-foot deep pit where she and…

Dedi Dinarto and Jefferson Ng Jin Chuan – Growing numbers of former military and police officers are running and winning regional elections in…

A 17-year-old youth has become the latest victim of Indonesia's six-decades-long colonisation of West Papua, alleges the United Liberation…

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – A number of people who have yet been registered as Covid-19 vaccine recipients on Wednesday, March…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – There aren't many heroes in the latest saga rocking the Democratic Party, but plenty of villains seem to be involved…

While not necessarily a milestone for LGBTQ+ rights, Indonesia has legally accepted the sex change of a former athlete, which has nonetheless…

Jakarta's plan to ban vehicles 10 years or older from the city's roads has come to a screeching halt as a prohibition may come in direct collision…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – State Intelligence Agency (BIN) supports the revision on the Information and Electronics Transactions Law (ITE Law) No. 11/…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy said the government planned to provide…

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) said the Covid-19 mortality rate of health workers in February 2021…

Antara, Bogor – Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto said the Covid-19 vaccines injected into health workers in the city have started to…

Tatang Guritno, Jakarta – The lawyer representing the families of victims of the Semanggi I and II tragedies, Muhammad Isnur, says that they will…

Jayapura – Citizens including a religious figure demand the Indonesian state to take responsibility for the displaced people who had left their…

Jakarta, Jubi – The Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police had been investigating a case in which "a stray bullet" hit a resident,…

Erfan Maaruf, Jakarta – The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) is conducting 24 hour patrols for hate speech and hoaxes on social media (medsos). And…

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – Two high ranking police officers were found guilty of taking bribe from graft convict Djoko Tjandra during separate…

Nelson Da Cruz, Kate Lamb, Dili – The tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor will put its capital city on a coronavirus lockdown for the first…

Muawwan Daelami, Jakarta – Waskita Toll Road, or WTR, a subsidiary of state-controlled construction company Waskita Karya, has announced a plan to…

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Ombudsman Head Teguh Nugroho stressed that a request for the Covid-19 vaccination for families of the Regional…

Antara, Jakarta – Chairperson of the Covid-19 Handling Task Force Doni Monardo called on all parties to comply with the traveling restriction…

Bisnis.Com, Jakarta – The Indonesian Private Hospital Association (ARSSI) Secretary-General Ichsan Hanafi said 700 private hospitals handling…

Jakarta – A video of a police officer warning that they will shot Papuan students gathered in front of the Malang municipal police headquarters in…

Markeus FK/Suharto, Wamena, Papua – Thousands of families in Jayawijaya district, Papua province have been shifted to higher ground…