Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto pledged that he would strive to increase the budget for the country's primary defense…
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December 3, 2019
Beritasatu, Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly speaker Bambang Soesatyo made the surprise decision to drop his bid for the chairmanship of…
Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Students at all levels of education in Indonesia should start mining their cultural heritage and combine it with digital…
December 2, 2019
Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan attended on Monday morning an event marking the anniversary of a 2016 anti-Ahok rally, which saw…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said he will not back proposals to the amend the 1945 Constitution,…
Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan attended the Great 212 Reunion at the National Monument in Central Jakarta on the morning of Monday…
Indonesian police in Jayapura have arrested dozens of people for planning to celebrate a key West Papuan nationalist anniversary.…
Jakarta – Indonesia will experience a sizable increase in growth of the digital and technology sectors next year, particularly in financial…
Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The prolonged drought this dry season has affected the productivity of poultry farmers in East Java, with a…
Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's annual inflation rate slowed to 3 percent in November, thanks to declining costs of raw foods and…
Bayu Marhaenjati, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A gathering of Indonesian Muslims to commemorate the third anniversary of the "212 Movement," a…
Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – The head of the 212 alumni brotherhood or PA 212, Slamet Maarif, said he had studied the context and content of the speech…
Anwar Siswadi, Jakarta – According to Rumah Cemara – support-group for drug users and people with HIV/AIDS (ODHA) – there remains 518,516 ODHA…
M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – In a pre-recorded video shown at the 212 reunion rally, Rizieq Shihab called for rally participants to fight in unity…
Jakarta – Indonesia is reviewing rules that require coal miners to sell a portion of their coal to local buyers, a government official said on…
Kuala Lumpur/Jakarta – Fires in Indonesia that spread a smoky haze over South-east Asia this year burned at least 1.6 million hectares of mostly…
Juli Hantoro, Jakarta – Leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab openly accuses the Indonesian government of dishonesty about his…
Ans K, Merauke – Merauke Regional Police arrested four residents who were referred to as sympathizers of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB…
Evarukdijati, Rahmad Nasution, Jayapura – Four youths in Abepura Sub-district, Jayapura, Papua, were apprehended, Sunday, over motifs of Bintang…
Dili – Timor-Leste is experiencing climate change, says Demetrio de Amaral de Carvalho, secretary of state for the environment. The weather is…
Oleh Farid M. Ibrahim – Welcoming December 1, 2019 yesterday, activists from the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) and its supporters in a number of…
Jakarta – The wife of Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) spokesperson Surya Anta, Lucia Fransisca, says that her husband was…
Jakarta – The Papua Advocacy Team, which is assisting six Papuan activists who have been charged for raising the Morning Star independence flag,…
Jakarta – The Jayapura municipal police have declared 20 people accused of being Free Papua sympathisers as suspects on charges of makar (treason…
Herman, Jakarta – Indonesia looks set to miss its target of 18 million international arrivals this year after attracting only 13.62 million…
Antara, Jakarta – New State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir has said he would drop a plan by his predecessor Rini Soemarno to establish a…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says Indonesia's lawmakers should stop attempting to amend the 1945 Constitution and…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has defended his presidential expert staff member Gracia Billy Mambrasar for…
Jakarta – Firebrand cleric and Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab, who currently resides in Saudi Arabia, has claimed that he has…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the sectors of agriculture and aircraft and ship manufacturing, among other…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Indonesian, Indian and Australian navies held the three-day Trilateral Indian Ocean Maritime Security workshop in…
December 1, 2019
Ian Lloyd Neubauer, Denpasar, Bali – The people of Bali have shared water resources through "subak" – a sophisticated irrigation system that…
Karoline Tuckey – A group calling for an end to violence in West Papua say they have received threats in the lead-up to a protest at Parliament…
Herlambang P Wiratraman – "Honourable panel of judges, once again, people's lives, happiness, prosperity and peace have been disrupted! The…
Grace Leksana – As Indonesians are moving further from 1965, scholars and activists are starting to raise awareness about the risk of 'collective…
Dede Oetomo – Ten years into reformasi, waria (trans women) participants in HIV/AIDS, human rights and organisational development workshops…
Fanny Syariful Alam – On 10 December 2015 Bandung's then mayor Ridwan Kamil signed the Bandung City of Human Rights Charter, honouring the city's…
Sylvia Tidey – In early 2016 Komnas HAM (Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights) found itself in hot water. A few weeks earlier, it had…
Joe Cochrane – The controversy started with a photo on Twitter showing a notice in the window of a Western-style bakery in the Indonesian capital…
Willy Kurniawan, Tambaklorok – Indonesian fisherman Miskan says the once-abundant catches he used to enjoy have been dwindling in recent years on…
Jakarta – The Jayapura district police (Polres) have arrested 34 people for allegedly planning to celebrate the Free Papua Movement's (OPM)…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim has referred to state ideology Pancasila as one of the best frameworks…
Investor Daily, Labuan Bajo – Flores, a volcanic island in East Nusa Tenggara, has set to become the first region in Indonesia to meet the…
Jakarta (Antara) – A total of 156 personnel from Indonesia's Para Raider 330/Tri Dharma's Infantry Battalion joined a parachuting drill at Mozes…
Jessica Howard – It's been 10 years since a group of Warrnambool activists started flying the West Papuan 'Morning Star' flag and their spirit…
Jakarta (Antara) – Papuan gunmen fired at an escort car owned by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) at around Mile 60 in Tembagapura Subdistrict,…
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia will continue negotiations on an economic agreement with the European Union despite growing tension, after a…
Antara, Jakarta – The East Nusa Tenggara provincial government is developing an online ticketing system for the Komodo National Park, the world's…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Audit Agency, the BPK, has been selected as the external auditor for the International Maritime…
Rahmat Rahman Patty, Ambon – A protest action by scores of Papuan students calling themselves the Struggle Committee for Democracy and Human…




