Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – The Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence (RUU PKS) has still not been ratified. The group Women's…
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October 15, 2019
Farouk Arnaz & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, or JAD, an Islamic State-affiliated terror group based in Indonesia, has…
Jakarta – Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Chairperson Abdul Manan predicts that violence against journalists by security forces will…
Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Syafruddin has emphasised that state civil servants or ASN are not…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has been meeting with chairmen of opposition parties in the past few days to – as he…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Gerindra deputy chairman Arief Poyuono has declared that his party's possibility to join Joko Widodo or Jokowi's coalition…
Gangsar Parikesit, Jakarta – The satisfaction rate of Jakartans with Anies Baswedan in the second year of his governorship declined. This set out…
Jakarta (Bisnis) – The Ministry of Finance announced that it will soon issue a number of policies specifically to demolish illegal…
Jakarta – The government warned the people of more choking smoke from forest fires on Tuesday, Oct. 15, as several provinces closed schools due…
October 14, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo confirmed that July 2019 was the hottest month in the past…
Jakarta (Antara) – The National Police (Polri) are urged to reveal the actual identities of the people who are currently still under arrest…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The meeting of NasDem and Gerindra Party chairmen, Surya Paloh and Prabowo Subianto, resulted in several political…
Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo seems unburdened by the MPR's big agenda of amending the 1945…
Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Jaya regional police chief Gatot Eddy Pramono has emphasised that they will not issue permits for people wanting to hold…
Dyaning Pangestika & Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo continued his agenda of meeting with erstwhile…
Beritasatu, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has completed the construction of a massive, nationwide internet network using fiber-optic wires…
Jakarta – The AMAR Law Firm and Public Interest Law Office says that 37 tertiary education institutions have threatened to sanction students who…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, confirmed on Sunday it would request a review of the Supreme Court's…
Jakarta – United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) chairman Benny Wenda has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to make good on his…
Jakarta – Indonesia has completed the last leg of a 13,000-km (8,080 mile) fiber-optic network that will bring high-speed internet to some of its…
Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – Khairul Bukhari is in mourning. On October 3, Golfrid Siregar, his friend and colleague at the biggest…
Five bodies have been found in the highlands of Indonesia's West Papua, with residents alleging them to be victims of a military…
James Massola, Jakarta – When Prime Minister Scott Morrison flies in to Jakarta this weekend to attend the second inauguration of President Joko…
Islamic organizations in Indonesia have voiced their complete rejection of a community of cross-dressing Muslim men wearing female Muslim attire…
Last week's violent attack on chief security minister Wiranto has had several unexpected repercussions in Indonesia, including sanctions for…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Laode M. Syarif, the deputy chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, is among the winners of the…
October 13, 2019
Agus Salim, Suwanti, Jakarta – Indonesia's central government, along with the Papua provincial government, will conduct an evaluation of the…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – NasDem Party chairman Surya Paloh is scheduled to meet Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto on Sunday night at the…
Jakarta (Antara) – The lawyer team of two students killed in a rally outside the Southeast Sulawesi Provincial Legislative Assembly (DPRD)…
Ahmad Bil Wahid, Jakarta – Housewives from Indonesian Housewives Solidarity have held an action in front of the Metro Jaya Jakarta regional…
October 12, 2019
Open letter to:
- Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand …
The death of an Indonesian activist leading a lawsuit to block a Chinese-funded hydroelectric dam has raised "numerous alarm bells" and should be…
Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives (DPR) should restart their discussions of the draft of the mineral and coal mining law…
Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The National Police's anti-terror special detachment Densus 88 have nabbed suspected terrorists from September 23 until…
Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian government on October 11 officially inaugurated Sorong Special Economic Zone (SEZ) on an area of 523.7 hectares in…
Heru Andriyanto & Beritasatu, Jakarta – The shocking attack on Chief Security Minister Wiranto earlier this week is likely only a forerunner…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military, has taken disciplinary action against three of its members after their wives raised doubt on…
The event in Jakarta was held at the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base to mark the 74th anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces…
October 11, 2019
Nindya Astuti, Jakarta – Terrorism, and intelligence expert Harits Abu Ulya called for Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security…
Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has stated the central and the regional governments will evaluate the policy and the…
Sydney – Veronica Koman, who is currently on the Indonesian police's wanted persons list, met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…
Jakarta – The hashtag #Reformasidikorupsi (Reform corrupted), which became the tagline for recent nationwide rallies in the country, has inspired…
Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko has said his office will be dissolved once the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Jusuf Kalla…
Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Lawmaker and former Purwakarta regent Dedi Mulyadi has called on the Purwakarta regency administration in West Java…
Benjamin Strick & Famega Syavira for the BBC – Indonesia's Papua province has become the focus of a well-funded social media campaign using…
Biking without fear of getting run over by cars in the heart of Jakarta may soon become an activity that's not just limited to Car Free Day every…
Jakarta – Police in Indonesia's restive Papua region pledged on Friday to hold an investigation after a local leader said the bodies of five…
The Eradication of Sexual Violence Bill (RUU-PKS) may still be a long way from ratification, but the government has decided to take matters into…
Andreas Harsono – An Indonesian woman with a psychosocial disability faces up to five years in prison for an altercation at a mosque, the latest…
National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is leading non-government organisations, the PNG Council of Churches, students, disciplined…




