Marni Cordell and Kate Lamb – Graphic photos of the bloodied victims of what appear to be gunshot wounds have emerged after another day of…
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September 24, 2019
Yesterday, large student-led demonstrations took place in cities across Indonesia to protest the passage of a number of controversial pieces of…
Indonesian forest fires are putting nearly 10 million children at risk from air pollution, the United Nations warned Tuesday, as scientists said…
Papuan churches want Indonesia to withdraw troops as violence escalates in the disputed territory.
And they want the United Nations High…
Twenty-nineteen is becoming the worst year in nearly six decades of illegal Indonesian occupation. Massacres and violence are being carried out…
September 24 marks the commemoration of National Farmers Day. Every year, thousands of farmers take to the streets to demand the justice and…
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a nonprofit organization comprising more than 30 companies that use plastics in their…
Timor-Leste faces a stark choice in its search for a partner to develop its Greater Sunrise natural gas project, as its operational domestic…
Matthew V. Veazey – The first onshore drilling campaign in the Southeast Asian country of Timor-Leste in nearly 50 years is slated to begin in…
Darmawan Triwibowo, Jayapura – On a Sunday evening, after considering various advice from colleagues, I decided to fly to Jayapura – just 10 days…
Thousands of university students from across Indonesia have once again taken to the streets in a continuation of a series of protests against…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has thanked ride-hailing firm Grab Indonesia for its initiative to hire more…
Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Members of Detachment 88, the National Police's elite counterterrorism squad, have found an Islamic State flag and…
Riska Rahman and Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI), the main gauge of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) fell sharply…
More than two dozen people have died in riots in Papua, authorities said Tuesday, sparking calls for an investigation into one of the bloodiest…
Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – As rallies criticizing what protesters believe to be attempts to reverse the country's decades-old reforms spread…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Legal Commission Deputy Erma Suryani Ranik says that President Joko "…
Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Dozens of Papua and West Papua Legislative Council (DPRD) members met with presidential chief of staff Moeldoko…
Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto appealed to all university students to…
Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, has arrested nine people in separate busts in Jakarta and Bogor, West…
Hotman Siregar & Carlos Ky Paath, Jakarta – The House of Representatives, or DPR, agrees to postpone deliberations on the controversial…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Calm has returned to Jayapura and Wamena in Papua on Tuesday even though the death toll from yesterday's riots had…
Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Hundreds of university students on Monday from a wide range of campuses in Indonesia marched to protest at the House of…
September 23, 2019
Dozens of people in Denpasar participated in a rally earlier today in support of the revised law governing the Corruption Eradication Commission…
Jakarta (Antara) – National Mandate Party (PAN) Zulkifli Hasan announced that the party will completely support President Joko "…
Jakarta (Bisnis) – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated haze caused by land and forest fires in several provinces of…
Antara & Beritasatu, Jakarta – At least two groups of antigraft activists have announced plans to file a lawsuit against the recently amended…
Antara & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – A riot broke out in Wamena, the capital of the Jayawijaya district in Papua, on Monday morning after a…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police anti-terror unit Detachment 88 raided several hideouts in Bekasi in West Java and Jakarta on Monday…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Efforts to plug a leaking oil well in the waters off Karawang regency, West Java, have reached 99.8 percent completion…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II has recorded a rise in low-cost carrier (LCC) international flights…
Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Violent unrest broke out in Wamena, the main city of Jayawijaya regency in Papua, on Monday, with some senior high school…
Nick Baker – Indigenous people around Indonesia are losing their forests to palm oil plantations at a "massive scale", according to a rights…
A new study has found that the majority of Indonesians are dissatisfied with the current crop of legislators in the House of Representatives (DPR…
Fresh unrest broke out in Indonesia's restive Papua region Monday as protesters burned down a government office and other buildings in Wamena…
Andreas Harsono – Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Friday he wanted parliament to delay its vote on the country's proposed…
Shinta Maharani, Jakarta – The supposed massive university students' protest in Yogyakarta dubbed "Gejayan Memanggil" set to be held today has…
Adam Prireza, Jakarta – President of Trisakti University's students' union Dinno Ardiansyah argues that the government together with members of…
President Joko Widodo's reputation for being anti-corruption took a major hit last week when the House of Representatives (DPR) passed a major…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) law commission deputy Desmond J. Mahesa said that postponing the revised law on…
Carlos Roy Fajarta & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Detachment 88, the National Police's elite counterterrorism squad, arrested at least eight…
Jakarta – Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, applied for membership of the ruling Indonesian Democratic…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Unrest that broke out in Jayapura and Wamena in Papua Province on Monday has claimed the lives of at least 20 people,…
September 22, 2019
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – "It has been my inner turmoil for the last two years, but today I want to be honest. The rumors that you've heard…
Jakarta – The number of Indonesians suffering respiratory problems caused by smoke from forest and peatland fires blanketing parts of Borneo and…
Jakarta (Antara) – Rasio Ridho Sani, director general of law enforcement of the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry, pointed to the slash…
Rahel Narda Chaterine, Jakarta – Indonesia Madani Circle (LIMA) founder and director Ray Rangkuti has said that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo…
Yulida Medistiara, Jakarta – The Draft Law in the Elimination of Sexual Harassment (RUU-PKS) is still being deliberated by the House of…
Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The National Police on Sunday introduced an electronic driver's license that can also function as a digital payment…
Yustinus Paat & Dina Fitri Anisa, Jakarta – The proposed criminal code bill as it stands today will be a bane in Indonesia's effort to…




