Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government is planning to develop 30,000 hectares (ha) of farmland in Humbang Hasundutan district, North…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry introduced a program dubbed Kita Cinta Papua or We Love Papua as an effort to build a…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – As part of a multi-faceted effort to highlight oft-overlooked perspectives on unresolved human rights violations in…

One of Indonesia's largest sushi restaurant chains in West Jakarta has been fined for failing to observe new dine-in protocols amid…

Jakarta – Papuan students from the Action Committee Against Special Autonomy demonstrated in front of the Home Affairs Ministry offices in…

Sophie Chao – A decade ago, the Indonesian government began to heavily promote large-scale plantation developments in Papua province, a region of…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto is set to oversee the development of the national food estate program, President…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – With the COVID-19 pandemic still accelerating at an alarming rate, healthcare workers remain prone to the virus…

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The West Java administration has decided to impose stricter measures against residents who do not comply with COVID…

Arnold Belau, Jayapura – Surya Anta revealed the rot behind Indonesian prisons. He was the first Indonesian to be charged with treason article…

On Tuesday July 7, the Women's Anti-Violence Movement (Gerak Perempuan), which is an alliance of dozens of organisations and individuals, held a…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The rector of the North Sumatra University (USU) in Medan, Runtung Sitepu, along with deputy rector Rosmayati and the…

Erwida Maulia and Ismi Damayanti, Jakarta – The governor of Jakarta raised fresh alarms over the spread of coronavirus infections in the…

The Indonesian government updated its immigration policy for foreigners effective today, bringing an end to the automatic extension of stay…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Factory activity in Indonesia fell to its lowest level ever in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic…

Jakarta – A French citizen who was recently arrested for allegedly molesting over 300 children died on Sunday evening following a reported…

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Indonesia will conduct a worker-exchange program with Australia to boost its human resources. The plan was announced…

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The government has officially started construction on 10 planned tourism villages around Lake Toba in North Sumatra. It…

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The Banten administration has decided to extend COVID-19 mobility restrictions in Greater Tangerang for the sixth time…

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) began its search for a new Supreme Court justice and eight ad hoc judges on Friday, amid…

Abdurrachman Satrio – While politicians in most countries are busy handling the Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesian politicians seem more interested in…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government has issued a regulation that gives the Indonesian Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS) more room to manage…

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Anies Baswedan, who won the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election by campaigning against coastal reclamation, insisted on…

Antara, Jakarta – PT Daimler Commercial Vehicles Manufacturing Indonesia (DCVMI) announced in a press release on Monday that its West Java…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian government was mulling to impose sanctions upon violators of health protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic…

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD) Commission B chairman Abdul Aziz urged Governor Anies Baswedan to immediately take…

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia, Syahrizal Syarif, opined that the government was not serious in…

Jakarta – Papua activist Surya Anta was released from prison in August after serving a nine-month sentence for makar (treason, subversion,…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of cured or discharged Covid-19 patients in Indonesia increased by 1,051 to a total of 36,689 on Monday,…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is drafting a regulation that will make the wearing of face mask in public compulsory…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia has raised Rp 18.33 trillion (US$1.27 billion) from government retail bond issuance ORI-017, the Finance…

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta, the country's first epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, is mulling whether to reimpose restrictions it…

Djemi Amnifu, Fadli and Apriadi Gunawan, Medan/Kupang – After months of studying from home, students in several parts of the archipelago returned…

Teuku Faizasyah, Jakarta – Among my duties at the Foreign Ministry, spokesperson happens to be one of them. As a result, I am responsible for the…

Jakarta – Papuan activists and former political prisoner (tapol) Surya Anta has revealed that his first upload from a series of tweets (thread)…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – An article in the controversial omnibus bill on job creation that broadens the scope of the National Police's…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – "She would send WhatsApp messages to our hotline early in the morning or at noon, when her husband was asleep,"…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has dismissed South Grogol subdistrict head Asep Subahan for alleged misuse of…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has passed yet another toughest week in the Covid-19 outbreak with 11,950 more confirmed cases and 435…

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Jakarta Archdiocese has allowed three parishes to restart Sunday service after months of holding online…

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A Metro TV journalist who was recently found dead in Pesanggrahan, South Jakarta, was a murder victim, police…

Febriana Firdaus in Bali and Rebecca Ratcliffe – Attempts to control a growing coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia, the worst-hit country in south-…

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta will refrain from holding congregational prayers for the upcoming Idul Adha (Day…

Jakarta – Police personnel occupy many positions that are not relevant to law and order. The force has a reputation for violence.

The…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – With the world racing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia may miss an opportunity to increase its role…

Farouk Arnaz, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A man who works at the customer service unit of state-owned telecommunication company Telkomsel was…

Jakarta – The Health Ministry's disease control and prevention director general, Achmad Yurianto, announced on Friday that the term "new normal"…

Kim McGrath – In the first week of January 2019, a private jet landed at Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport in Dili, the capital of…

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – For 32-year-old Wiji Cahyono, the back pains that have cost him so many nights of sleep are now becoming so unbearable…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of cured or discharged Covid-19 patients in Indonesia increased by a record 1,190 on Saturday to a total of…