Police and military personnel in Meulaboh, West Aceh apprehended a man yesterday on suspicion of terrorizing a mosque and destroying its…
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May 16, 2019
Robertus Wardi & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The main political party backing presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno…
Hotman Siregar & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Arief Poyuono, deputy chairman of the opposition Great Indonesia Movement Party, or Gerindra, said…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's relentless claims of electoral fraud and political bias have the…
Pekanbaru – The Pekanbaru City Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in Riau province has again embarked on a moral crusade by sweeping boarding houses…
Antara/Bayu Marhaenjati & Nur Yasmin & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Investigators are currently studying a police report containing treason…
May 15, 2019
Jakarta – Indonesia's counter-terrorism squad has rounded up at least 10 people suspected of planning attacks during next week's announcement of…
Fana Suparman & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto said he will reject the official election result set to be…
Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – The National Police's Densus 88 antiterror squad arrested three suspected terrorists in Sukoharjo and Sragen,…
Jakarta – State Logistics Agency (Bulog) president director Budi Waseso has voice suspicion that cartel practices in garlic trading are the…
Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – Indonesia's April trade balance plunged to a deficit of US$2.5 billion after recording trade surpluses in the…
Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) gave on Wednesday an unqualified opinion for Jakarta's 2018 financial report, meaning the…
Jakarta – Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has criticized the government policy to import plastics, arguing that other…
Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Asfinawati believes that the legal aid team formed by the Coordinating Ministry for…
Rakhmat Nur Hakim, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI…
Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Legislative candidate from the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Dewi Tanjung has reported senior National…
Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – A survey has revealed that 18 percent of Indonesians do not believe human activity causes climate change, while…
Rachmadea Aisyah and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo launched on Tuesday the country's first master plan for a…
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed Government Regulation No. 34/2019 on trading in border areas to regulate trade between…
Irsyan Hasyim (Contributor), Jakarta – Amnesty International urges the Indonesian Home Affairs Ministry and Religious Affairs…
Dewi Rina Cahyani, Jakarta – Transportation Ministry determined to lower the upper limit tariff (TBA) of airlines ticket in a bid to suppress the…
Jakarta – Indonesia's trade balance slumped to a $2.5 billion deficit in April following two consecutive months of surpluses as imports for…
It has been more than five years since Indonesia began implementing a national legal aid program but many low-income people still cannot get…
On the evening of April 17, the day of Indonesia's general election, all of the quick count polls uniformly projected that incumbent President…
At least one Indonesian soldier has reportedly been killed by West Papuan rebels during a prolonged shootout on Monday.
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Mali Walker – In the long lead-up to the world's largest ever single-day elections, disinformation ran rampant in Indonesia. It became so…
Yeremia Sukoyo & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – A group of former Reformasi activists are planning to send a 5,000-strong crowd to the General…
Ghina Ghaliya and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Ahead of the official announcement of the 2019 general election results on May 22, Prabowo…
May 14, 2019
Jakarta – At least one Indonesian Military (TNI) officer was killed in a clash with West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB)…
Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Both of his hands are permanently physically impaired, two of his earlobes damaged, his entire body holds visible…
Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – The newly government-formed legal aid team is currently studying 13 suspected hate speech cases expressed by notable…
Avit Hidayat, Jakarta – A civil society group will reportedly reject the decision of Coordinating Minister of Politics, Legal, and Security…
Jakarta – A network of credit card salespeople and bank employees have been trading the personal information of bank customers and credit card…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court has rejected former United Development Party (PPP) chairman Muhammad "Romy"…
Jakarta – South Jakarta Social Affairs Agency head Ahmad Dumyani has urged people not to give money to seasonal beggars who thrive in the city…
Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesian equities slumped Monday, erasing this year's gains, as foreign funds pulled out of the local market. With…
Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Five people have died after being buried by landslides at an illegal gold mine on Mount Pongkor, Bantar Karet…
Jakarta – The Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) has expressed pessimism at the notion that the government's policy to lower…
Gather round, citizens. Global superstar George Clooney, '90s heart-throb, 2000s serious movie star, and 2010s husband of human rights lawyer…
RNZ Pacific – Two West Papuans accused of "rebellion" have been sentenced to more than a year in an Indonesian prison.
Yakonias Womsiwor…
Jakarta – The rupiah is moving toward Rp 15,000 per United States dollar as it was quoted at Rp 14,444 per US dollar or 0.57 percent lower than…
Francis Chan, Jakarta – Indonesia is deploying more than 32,000 troops to secure its capital Jakarta, following intelligence of possible…
Jakarta – The government has been urged to find ways to increase state revenue, which grew only 4.9 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the first…
Jakarta – The China-backed Jakarta-Bandung fast train project reached an important milestone on Tuesday with the completion of the Walini Tunnel…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Two Indonesian citizens alleged to be linked to terrorist plots were arrested in Malaysia recently, the National Police…
Farouk Arnaz & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Bachtiar Nasir, the former chairman of the National Movement to Safeguard the Indonesian Ulema…
May 13, 2019
Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Retailers (Aprindo) is projecting that retailers will see a 30 to 40 percent increase in sales during…
He's not exactly a beggar, but this man in Aceh is certainly a chooser, and an extremely ungrateful one at that.
On Saturday, a video was…
James Massola, Jakarta – In nine days time Indonesia's election commission will release the official results of the country's presidential and…
Johnny Blades – Indonesia has lost a significant asset from in its Pacific diplomacy efforts with the recent passing of the West Papuan,…




