Vela Andapita, Jakarta – A new Portuguese-language Netflix comedy "The First Temptation of Christ" has made world headlines after sparking…
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December 20, 2019
Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has agreed to provide Rp 7.5 billion ($536,000) in grant to help the repatriation of Rohingya…
Diana Mariska, Jakarta – A workshop was held in Jakarta this week to find a way to ease tension and solve conflicts between Muslim and Buddhist…
Andita Rahma, Jakarta – National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Argo Yuwono said that the Police will announce findings related to the attack…
Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The recent annulment of the tourism award Adikarya Wisata 2019 of Jakarta's Colosseum Club 101 did little to no effect on…
Yovanda, Samarinda, Indonesia – Two abandoned open-pit coal mines, each of which has claimed the life of a child in Indonesia's Eastern…
Ian Morse, Jakarta, Indonesia – When the nickel smelters started showing up nearly seven years ago, residents with respiratory infections began…
Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Women activists from several civil society organizations working in different fields plan to take to the…
Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – The Riau administration declared a state of emergency on Friday after water inundated hundreds of villages in…
Jakarta – The congregation of Santa Clara church in North Bekasi, West Java, will finally be able to celebrate Christmas this year at their own…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated on Friday five members of the newly established Corruption…
Jakarta – The first-ever oversight body of the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, was inaugurated on Friday, with two veteran judges…
Beritasatu, Jakarta – The new five-member leadership board of the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, officially entered service on Friday…
December 19, 2019
Antara, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I member, Sukamta, officially requests the central government to…
Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a Polish tourist who was convicted of treason after meeting with Papuan…
Aichi Halik, Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The Attorney General Office is opening an inquiry into a possible corruption case at Asuransi Jiwasraya…
Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Two military officers and a policeman have been killed during recent clashes in Papua, sparking fear among residents of…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – With global warming disrupting the earth's ecosystem and the world warming more quickly than expected, stakeholders…
Jakarta – Local authorities in Bali have collected an estimated 18 tons of garbage, consisting mostly of plastic waste and tree branches washed…
Erwin Renaldi and Tasha Wibawa – The West Papuan Morning Star flag has been a point of contention across Indonesia for decades. For many West…
Despite protests by hardline groups, Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP), one of the largest EDM music festivals in Asia, went ahead smoothly last…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) held the nation's benchmark interest rate steady at 5 percent on Thursday after cutting the…
Eko Wahyudi, Jakarta – University of Indonesia's senior economist Faisal Basri reminded President Jokowi to avert from being overconfident in…
Dian Septiari, Jakarta – At the start of the week, two native Papuans entered a courtroom in Jakarta shirtless but adorned in their traditional…
Jakarta – An Indonesian prosecutor charged five men and a woman with treason on Thursday, accusing them of organizing a protest in Jakarta…
Jakarta – Surya Anta and five other Papua activists heard the formal charges against them during the first hearing at the Central Jakarta…
Jakarta – The public prosecutor charged six Papua activists, Surya Anta, Charles Kossay, Dano Tabuni, Isay Wenda, Ambrosius Mulait and Arina…
Jakarta – Former United Development Party (PPP) chairman Muhammad Romahurmuziy admitted that he had received Rp 250 million (US$17,895) from a…
Beritasatu, Jakarta – Members of militant group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah have tried to go into hiding in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua…
Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – The government has a responsibility to advance public healthcare, enlighten national life and create social justice.
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December 18, 2019
Beritasatu, Jakarta – The People's Conscience Party, or Hanura, who was left without a House of Representatives seat after April's election, was…
Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – The government wants the discussions in the legislature over the drafts of the first two omnibus bills to start by…
Jakarta – An Indonesian businessman and three Indonesia-based companies have been charged by the United States District Court for the District of…
Jakarta – Indonesian authorities revealed on Tuesday attempts to smuggle 19 luxury cars and 35 foreign motorcycles into the country through the…
Carlos K.Y. Paath, Fana Suparman, Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesian officials are taken aback by the revelation that several regional heads own…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Two soldiers from the Indonesian Military, or TNI, were killed in a gunfight with an armed criminal group…
Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin canceled his planned visit to Kuala Lumpur this week because of exhaustion, his office…
Eva Mazrieva, Washington – Indonesia's top Muslim clerical organization has dismissed a Wall Street Journal report that local Muslim…
Indonesia's Supreme Court has increased the jail term for a Polish man convicted of treason over his alleged links to separatist fighters in…
Niniek Karmini – Alleged members of an Islamic militant group shot a police officer to death in eastern Indonesia in the latest assault targeting…
Jakarta – The Indonesian government has delayed the handover of a sweeping tax Bill to Parliament until January, a month behind its earlier…
Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – A proposal by Indonesia's new fisheries minister to remove a cap on exporting baby lobsters has come under fire, with…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's North Sumatra province, the only known habitat of the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), has…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has emphasized that the development of Indonesia's new…
Norman Harsono, Bojonegoro, East Java – The development of the Jambaran Tiung Biru gas project in the Cepu Block, East Java, was 47.3 percent…
Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has recorded 3,622 natural disasters across the country this year. They were…
Jakarta – The government is encouraging small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to offer their shares to the public through the Indonesia Stock…
Two Indonesian soldiers have been shot dead in Indonesia's eastern-most province of Papua, ambushed by separatist rebels while transporting goods…
Yesterday, Jakarta saw the worst floods to hit the capital since the last rainy season, but officials say that they subsided quickly…




