Zowi Milanovi – The Dutch King has apologised for violence committed by the Netherlands during Indonesia's independence struggle. The crocodile…
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June 8, 2020
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has expressed its opposition to granting Indonesian coal miners' request to…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Parties that failed to meet the legislative threshold in 2019 have voiced their objections to the House of…
June 7, 2020
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Following widespread protests and rioting in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of police,…
Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) is preparing health protocols to prevent COVID-19 transmission during the 2020…
Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The West Java administration has extended large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Bogor, Depok and Bekasi (…
Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Minister Erick Thohir has appointed presidential spokesperson Fadjroel Rachman as the new commissioner of…
Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Nine fishermen's associations made up of 123 fishers at a fishery on Buru Island, Maluku, have been certified by…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Prosecutors at the Balikpapan district court in East Kalimantan are seeking between five and 17 years of prison…
Evi Mariani, Jakarta – The giant wave of the United States' #BlackLivesMatter campaign has now swept across Indonesia. A number of groups have…
Jakarta – An online petition calling for the release of South Kalimantan journalist Diananta "Nanta" Putera Samedi, who was recently arrested for…
June 6, 2020
Randy Mulyanto – The deaths of four Indonesians after working on Chinese fishing vessels – which came to light last month after footage emerged…
Jakarta – Companies must face the new normal with innovation. There will be no place for the old ways of doing business.
Innovation is the…
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia receives hundreds of thousands of health equipment from China, including PCR testing kits, personal protective…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Antigraft activists have demanded that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecute any persons…
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The government claims it has ensured there will be a sufficient supply of food to avoid a potential food crisis…
In 2002, Rukam villagers sold their land to a palm oil company. Since then, they've seen their peatlands, forests and fish stocks vanish. Now…
The human rights watchdog TAPOL has condemned a demand by Indonesian prosecutors for a 17-year imprisonment for West Papuan activist Buchtar…
James Massola and Amilia Rosa – Indonesia has recorded its largest single-day rise in new coronavirus infections, with 993 new cases reported on…
Tom Fawthrop – After 50 years of popular resistance to Indonesian rule in West Papua, this forgotten war is flaring up again. The indigenous…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Indonesian Health Ministry confirmed 993 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the highest single-day increase…
Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The government plans to start the new academic year normally in July, but classes may reopen at a later time due to…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Indonesia soared by 993 on Saturday, the highest single-day rise since…
Yeremia Sukoyo, Semarang, Central Java – A helicopter belonging to the Indonesian Army crashed and burst into flame in the Central Java town of…
June 5, 2020
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Freelancers and entrepreneurs are among those who have been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, many of whom are…
The case of Ferdian Paleka, the YouTuber behind the infamous transphobic viral video, has officially ended with his victims dropping the charges…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The lawsuit against President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to cut off the internet in Papua and West Papua during…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – After months of praying at home, Muslims in Jakarta are now able to perform the first Friday prayers in…
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Claiming to have lowered coronavirus transmission rates, Jakarta has decided to ease large-scale social restrictions (…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN will relax bill payments this month for household customers whose bills spiked…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – A survey conducted by LaporCOVID-19 (Report COVID-19) community reveals that Jakarta is not yet ready to…
Jakarta – Dozens of residents of Silale in Ambon, Maluku, staged a protest on Thursday to turn away a medical team that had intended to perform…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has received hundreds of complaints about the distribution of COVID-19 social aid, including alleged recipient…
Randy Mulyanto, Jakarta – Two Indonesian brothers will go on trial next month for the murder of their teenage sister in a so-called honor killing…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian farmers suffered losses in May as low prices and supply chain disruptions hit the sector as a…
Evarukdijati, Sri Haryati, Jayapura, Papua – Papua's Law Enforcement Task Force arrested TW, a member of a criminal armed group that attacked PT…
Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has picked up indications that the Bloody Paniai human rights case in Papua will…
Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The Al Azhar mosque in South Jakarta was a hive of activity on Friday morning (Jun 5), with caretakers getting the house…
James Massola – Indonesia's top diplomat in India is promoting anti-vaccination views on his personal Facebook page, arguing that building…
West Sumatra Governor Irwan Prayitno has filed a formal request to the Communications and Information Ministry for the removal of a local…
Human rights watchdog TAPOL has condemned the demand by Indonesian prosecutors seeking 17 and five years imprisonment for West Papuan activists…
Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Amnesty International executive director Usman Hamid said he would lodge the latest report of his organization on Papuan…
Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto is set to remain as leader of the Great Indonesia Party, or Gerindra, for another five years…
Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia's state budget deficit is set to widen further this year as the government projects lower tax revenue…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is mulling over changing the current open-list proportional representation electoral system…
Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Foreign investors are starting to put their money back into Indonesian assets as countries around the world begin to ease…
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The West Sumatra provincial administration is currently under the spotlight after its letter requesting the central…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – A virtual discussion about human rights issues and the repression against Papuans' freedom of expression held by rights…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) expects the rupiah to strengthen even after the currency returned to levels seen before the…
Reuters – Thousands of miles from the protests that have swept the United States, Black Lives Matter has become a rallying cry for pro-Papuan…




