Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) announced they rejected the central government and the House of Representatives plan to…

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) Director Emanuel Gobay, said that Merauke Police had denied 13 activists from the…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Palm oil-driven deforestation is slowing down in Southeast Asia in 2020 but a handful of low-profile companies…

Abigail Rose McCall, Brisbane, Australia – The struggles of Indonesia's Papuan communities have surfaced in various shows of solidarity, with…

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Over the past few weeks, Indonesia's language agency Badan Bahasa has managed to irk gender and women activists alike…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's export levy prevents palm oil from reaping enormous profits from the rising price of crude palm oil, or…

Jessica Washington and Syarina Hasibuan, Jakarta, Indonesia – One month ago, Rahmania Ekanda and her two young daughters boarded a flight at…

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria said the elimination of the river normalization project noted in the draft of…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Spokesperson for the Covid-19 Handling Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, reported the good trend in the weekly pandemic…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Renowned political observer Rocky Gerung assessed President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's public call for more criticism as a…

Jakarta – The government will start using rapid antigen test for tracing the Covid-19 suspects and plan to spend $100 on every person infected by…

Indonesia is trying again to "divide and rule my people" by further carving Papua into three new provinces, warns interim president Benny Wenda of…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The daily number of coronavirus cases have left the five-digit territory in the last three days in an apparent sign…

Anne Barker – The sons of Timor Leste's former president Xanana Gusmao have expressed their disappointment to the victims of a former priest…

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's capital is racing to open more cemeteries to cope with the coronavirus death toll that has doubled in less than…

Are some Indonesian islands up for sale? It's all a hoax, the country's authorities have confirmed, after recent online listings suggesting…

Have Jakarta's streets been relatively free of maddening macet (traffic jams) over the past year? Like in most major cities during the pandemic,…

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has launched an independent COVID-19 vaccination scheme, which is estimated to reach at…

Luke Lischin – On January 12, 2021 Indonesian President Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, issued Government Regulation (Peraturan Pemerintah)…

Johan Purnomo and Tommy Ardiansyah, Jakarta – Floods, heavy rain and power outages led people to evacuate their homes in parts of Indonesia's…

Yance Wenda, Jayapura – Hundreds of university students from Lapago Customary Territory gathered on Monday in Jayapura, the capital of Papua…

A social media star/singer in Jakarta has become the subject of controversy after she was vaccinated against COVID-19 when jabs are currently…

Indonesia did not take kindly to a prediction that it would need at least 10 years to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 through vaccination,…

Krishna Hort, Tiara Marthias – Indonesia is facing an ongoing rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, often described as a "never-ending" first wave…

Christopher Knaus – The federal government's attempt to use "extraordinary" national security powers to obstruct Bernard Collaery engaging a…

Banda Aceh – Two Christian men were publicly flogged Monday in Indonesia's ultra-conservative Aceh province for drinking alcohol and gambling, in…

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A self-proclaimed Muslim preacher who was being detained for alleged defamation died for illness on…

Hengky Yeimo, Nabire – People in West Papua called hip hop music "musik bicara-bicara", which can be loosely translated into conversational music…

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta's Environment Agency picks up garbage in rivers that are carried away after the rain. As of 16:00…

Antara, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin on Tuesday, Feb. 9, revealed the reason why he thinks it is necessary to involve…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – In the commemoration of the National Press Day on Tuesday, February 9, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said the press…

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno along with Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly were…

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's statement asking the public to be more active in conveying criticism and input…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has responded to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's statement yesterday asking the public to…

Police in Garut, West Java have arrested a man suspected of brutally murdering his girlfriend due to jealousy.

The victim,…

Indonesian motorcycle taxi drivers may be among the first groups from the general public to receive vaccine shots against COVID-19, the Health…

The central government has imposed a new set of restrictions in parts of Java and Bali, which is designed for more localized enforcement but with…

Dozens of South Jakarta residents have been evacuated after their homes were flooded amid heavy rainfall throughout the capital on Sunday…

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) chairman Jusuf Kalla or JK predicted that the number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia…

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – An indigenous community in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province has launched a campaign seeking more than US1 million in…

Hellena Souisa – The country hit 1 million COVID-19 cases at the end of last month, almost two weeks after the vaccine developed by China's…

Sienna Curnow, Jakarta – Two thirds of Indonesia's territory is comprised of water – which continues to serve as a dumping ground for much of the…

Antara, Jakarta – Traffic on Jalan Jatinegara Barat, East Jakarta, was congested as part of the road was flooded following the…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said two provinces reported a decrease in cases of coronavirus among…

Antara, Jayapura, Papua – State-owned Pertamina-Papua and Maluku Regional Office has distributed its aid packages to flood victims currently…

Annie Sloman – The COVID-19 pandemic has not only had global health, economic and social impacts, it has also impacted on civic space. But what…

Mathias Hariyadi, Jakarta – The massive floods that hit Semarang in recent days have sowed chaos and confusion.

A metre of water has…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Pollster Indikator Politik Indonesia on Monday announced that its recent survey found that President Joko "Jokowi…

Jakarta – Indonesia on Monday extended the closure of its borders to foreigners for another two weeks until Feb. 22 over coronavirus fears, a day…

Yustinus Paat & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has relaxed coronavirus-related social restrictions by allowing malls,…