Halida Bunga, Jakarta – National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) commissioner Choirul Anam hoped National Police could reveal…
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Lea Citra, Jakarta – A witness has testified that police pointed a pistol at residents during the arrest of two Papuan students, Charles Kossay…
Jakarta – A Papuan activists has testified that the police acted violently and made racist remarks during a raid on a Papuan student dormitory in…
Adi Briantika – A pretrial hearing in a case of alleged treason by six Papuan political prisoners heard testimony from the plaintiffs on…
Jakarta – In a candid podcast, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo said he liked watching porn and that there was nothing wrong with it.
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Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by only 4.9 percent this year and further decline…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has recalled how she helped…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have said that a smoke grenade believed to be the cause of an explosion that occurred in the northern part of the…
Jakarta – The Greater Jakarta Transportation Agency (BPTJ) is mulling whether to build an LRT or a cable car system to accommodate visitors to…
Beritasatu, Jakarta – The Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court convicted former House of Representatives member Bowo Sidik Pangarso for corruption on…
Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Market segment expansion is key for financial technology, or fintech, companies to survive in Indonesia, a practitioner…
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government now requires sellers on e-commerce platforms to apply for a business permit to be able to continue…
Cikarang – The Regional Child Protection Agency (KPAD) in Bekasi, West Java, has recorded that number of men with the sexual deviation of liking…
Jakarta – The Central Java administration is requiring regents and mayors across the province to ban the consumption of dog meat throughout the…
Victor Mambor Jayapura – At least thirty-eight people in Indonesia's easternmost provinces were named treason suspects over the last week in…
Indonesia is far from being the most LGBT-friendly country in the world, but homosexuality is not illegal (except in the province of Aceh, which…
Indonesia's Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan, one of the most senior figures in President Joko Widodo's…
Rituraj Tiwari, Medan – Indonesia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, is focusing big on exports to countries like India and China to…
Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has twice revised upward the estimated fiscal deficit for this year, first from 1.8 per cent of the gross domestic…
Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – A new OECD report shows that Indonesian students score among the lowest in science, reading and mathematics…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has warned about the dangers…
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's son-in-law Bobby Afif Nasution has registered with the Indonesian Democratic Party of…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo appeared to be speaking the language of the youth as he ordered the streamlining…
Norman Harsono, Banten – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry launched on Monday three new applications for mineral miners in improving…
Jakarta – The Tana Toraja Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) in South Sulawesi has issued a fatwa declaring a local organization led by a man named…
Imam Muzakir, Jakarta – Property company Lippo Karawaci has introduced its first Muslim cemetery project to be built in Karawang, West Java.
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Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Since entering service on March 24, the MRT in Jakarta has transported nearly 20 million commuters, proving once…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Sokoria geothermal power plant on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara province is slated to begin the first phase of…
Yoga Rusmana, Jakarta – Coffee production in Indonesia will probably shrink to the smallest in almost a decade after a drought withered flowering…
Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – An animal rights organization, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), is lambasting the Bandung…
Vela Andapita, Jakarta – Police have confirmed that a smoke grenade was the cause of the minor explosion that occurred on Tuesday morning at…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) has ordered that a lawsuit against the government's decision to enforce…
Jakarta – The government plans to revise a regulation and issue a ministerial decree to improve the performances of state-owned enterprises (SOEs…
Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The latest electoral system used in Indonesia in April, in which presidential and legislative elections were held…
Jakarta – The Finance Ministry will transfer 112 echelon III and IV officials holding "structural" jobs at the ministry's Fiscal Policy Agency (…
Jakarta – The police raided an illegal cell phone manufacturer in a shop house in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, on Monday. The factory had been…
Jakarta – The number of blue collar workers seeking employment through job search apps has increased sharply, overtaking white collar applicants…
Sally White and Edward Aspinall – At first glance, Indonesia's 2019 legislative elections yielded at least one unequivocal good news story: the…
Michael Taylor, Kuala Lumpur (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thousands of volunteers fighting forest fires in Indonesia will receive a boost in…
Halida Bunga Fisandra and Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) considered President Joko "…
Benjamin Robinson-Drawbridge – About 50 activists flew the Morning Star flag at New Zealand's Parliament on Monday to mark the 58th anniversary…
Adilsonio da Costa – Ignoring environmental laws in Timor-Leste to build a petroleum infrastructure project could mean serious problems for…
Karlis Salna – Indonesia's anti-corruption agency has warned of the risks of doing business with Chinese firms, while also raising concerns over…
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Two dog attacks in North Sumatra in the past week have killed a man and injured an 8-year-old boy.
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News Desk, Jakarta – Customs and excise officials have reported the discovery of high-end contraband, consisting of several Harley Davidson spare…
Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) is set to allocate Rp 10 billion (US$712,000) to Rp 20 billion per…
Kharishar Kahfi and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has assigned 14 of his closest aides and members of his…
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono announced that the government will have five…
Friski Riana, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin asserted that the presence of police personnel in mosques will not be the…
Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Democrat Party secretary-general Didi Irawadi said that the party will maintain the two presidential terms…




