Surabaya – Thousands of protesters from the Movement Alliance Against the Omnibus Law (Getol) packed Jl Pahlawan in the East Java provincial…

Yogyakarta – Protesting workers in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held an action on Thursday July 16 opposing the House of Representatives…

Jakarta – Labour, farmer and student groups opposing the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation (RUU Cipta Lapangan Kerja) held a protest action on…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The government submitted its newly proposed bill on the Agency for Pancasila Ideology Education (BPIP) to the House of…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie and Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – After more than three years of investigations and legal proceedings, the North Jakarta…

John Hewson – Scott Morrison has stated he wants to govern in the "Howard tradition", but sadly that has also entailed adopting the worst of John…

On July 9, 2020, 14 Indonesian indigenous and human rights organisations, and the Forest Peoples Programme, submitted a report to the United…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A high-ranking police officer was detained and charged with disciplinary misconducts on Wednesday for discreetly…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Indonesian naval ship KRI Teluk Jakarta-541 sunk on Tuesday morning while carrying out logistical…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The logistics disruption due to social restrictions to contain COVID-19 has affected the food distribution to…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government expects the House of Representatives to finish deliberating the omnibus bill on job creation by…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives have agreed in principle on 2021 state budget assumptions with a…

Andi Hajramuni, Makassar – Severe flooding that hit North Luwu regency, South Sulawesi, on Monday, has left at least 15 people dead and dozens…

Rizki Fachriansyah and Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) has expressed dismay over a widely circulated image…

Three media workers have died due to coronavirus and dozens of media workers in several cities have tested positive. The International Federation…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo plans to disband or streamline the organizational structure of ineffective state…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Long-standing corruption in the natural resources sector could worsen the climate crisis and hurt the…

Riska Rahman, CMS – The recent stock market crash may have spooked foreign investors out of Indonesia, but domestic investors have swarmed and…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government plans to start in-person training courses in August under its preemployment card program,…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia booked a trade surplus of US$1.27 billion in June as both exports and imports rose from the slump…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court has rejected a pretrial motion filed by Ravio Patra, an independent…

Tim Stickings, for Mailonline – A convicted sex offender was given 74 lashes in a public whipping in Indonesia today – wearing a face shield…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Around 1.63 million Indonesians fell into poverty in March compared with September last year as the COVID-19…

A man in Siberut Island, which is part of the Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra, allegedly raped and impregnated his teenage daughter.

The…

Jakarta is under pressure from the central government and health experts to once again put the capital under lockdown, as loosened restrictions…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Problems surrounding Indonesia's correctional facilities have once again come under the spotlight after a…

Those entering or exiting Jakarta are no longer required to present a permit at the capital's points of entry, with honesty now apparently…

On Tuesday July 15 a protest action against Papuan Special Autonomy (Otsus) Chapter II was held at the zero kilometre point in the Central Java…

Alya Nurbaiti and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The National Police have launched an investigation into a police general at the Criminal Investigation…

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's controversial decision to allow the resumption of lobster larvae exports now threatens…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Construction of a hydropower plant in the only known habitat of a critically endangered orangutan species on the…

On Tuesday July 14, pro-democracy and gender equality organisations and individuals in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta from the Enact the…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's largest Islamic organizations, Muhammadiyah, on Wednesday announced that it has sent the House…

Harry Jacques, Jakarta (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indonesia's plans to cut red tape to attract investment could lead to an increase in forest…

Daniel Peterson – The hashtag #MarufAminNgapain (What is Ma'ruf Amin doing?) first appeared on Twitter four months ago, on 11 March. Coinciding…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is catching up China in the global ranking of confirmed coronavirus cases, as Southeast Asia's biggest…

Francisca Christy, Jakarta – As many as 400 Garuda Indonesia employees have accepted the company's offer to take early retirement. This policy,…

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria called on the public to file a report of any violation against orders…

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Save Jakarta Bay Coalition opined that Governor Anies Baswedan has broken his campaign promises as the latter…

Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force is considering releasing patients' personal data in an effort to encourage adherence to health…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Jakarta chapter of the Legal Aid Foundation of the Indonesian Women's Association for Justice (LBH APIK…

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Major electricity industry trade unions are considering public protests and strikes to opposite revisions to the 2009…

A 12-year-old girl was married off to a 45-year-old polygamist in Banyuwangi, East Java, highlighting once again the pervasiveness of child…

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The widespread use of rapid antibody tests for COVID-19 as requirements for various activities during the pandemic,…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out around Rp 85 trillion (US$5.87 billion) of Indonesia's tourism revenue so far…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – A growing women's movement in support of the sexual violence eradication bill (RUU PKS) has encouraged more politicians…

Joe Cochrane – One is an Indonesian businesswoman and corruption suspect who fled the country 17 years ago while being investigated for allegedly…

James Massola – Private hospitals and clinics in Indonesia are charging patients up to $1450 for a coronavirus test, more than three times the…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is working hard to contain the spread of coronavirus in three key battlegrounds – East Java, Jakarta, and…

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Over 50 media workers in Surabaya, East Java, have tested positive for COVID-19, with three succumbing to the disease,…