Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – At least 29 people have died in flash floods and landslides that hit the province of Bengkulu over the weekend, while…
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April 29, 2019
Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The plastic and plastic recycle industries in Bogor have lodged a judicial review at the Supreme Court (MA) on the…
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) opined the One Belt and One Road or the Belt and Road…
Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) voiced their concern over the case that saw a…
Aisha Shaidra and Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – A number of rejections loomed over the release of Garin Nugroho's latest film entitled Kucumbu…
Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – The Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) economist Piter Abdullah Redjadalam argues the revised Government Regulation (…
Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has made a decision to relocate the Indonesian capital outside Java Island and told his…
Prabowo Subianto and his supporters have been making unsubstantiated claims that there was massive and systemic fraud involved in the April 17th…
Jakarta – In the lead up to the commemoration of International Labour Day or May Day on May 1, the Palm Oil Workers Coalition (KBS) has again…
Kharishar Kahfi and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators were raiding the office of Trade…
Jakarta – Residents of Depok in West Java are urging the city administration to widen the waterways in the Sukmajaya and Cimanggis subdistricts…
Jakarta – South Jakartans are working hard to clear mud from their neighborhood after Friday's floods.
Community unit (RW) 08 in Pejaten…
Hakim Ghani, Garut – The regent of Garut in West Java, Rudy Gunawan, has banned cinemas in his regency from screening the film "Memories of My…
Raja Adil Siregar, Palembang – the Palembang municipal government in South Sumatra has banned cinemas from screening the film "Memories of My…
April 28, 2019
Amanda Siddharta, Jakarta, Indonesia – Adhe Jengker marched among 4,000 others at the Women's March in Jakarta Saturday. A tall trans woman in…
Ten days after Indonesia held the world's biggest single-day elections, more than 270 election staff have died, mostly of fatigue-related…
Jakarta – A severe rainstorm in Bengkulu over the weekend has caused floods and landslides across the region, claiming the lives of at least 10…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Over the past few years, the conflict between humans and elephants on the island of Sumatra has become inevitable as…
Jakarta (Antara) – Environmental activists highlighted the existence of eight coal mining companies operating in the Bukit Daun Protection Forest…
Jakarta (Antara) – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan accompanied by Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi…
Sasmito Madrim, Jakarta – Jakarta Women's March chief executive Fahmia Badib says that around 50 groups and communities took part in the annual…
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – North Sumatra governor Edy Rahmayadi threatened to resign on the first anniversary of his leadership, which will be in…
Jakarta – The Palm Oil Workers Coalition (KBS) has criticised the government for not involving workers in efforts to resolve the crude palm oil (…
Surabaya (Bangsaonline.com) – As many as 20 women from various communities joined the women's parade or 2019 Blitar Women's March in the East…
April 27, 2019
Jakarta – Floodwaters have inundated 37 areas across Jakarta on Saturday, according to the Jakarta Disaster Management Agency.
The agency…
Adam Triggs, Febrio Kacaribu and Jiao Wang, Jakarta – Rising interest rates, an appreciating US dollar and tighter global financial conditions…
Barry Desker – Earlier predictions of a double-digit landslide victory for incumbent President Joko Widodo ('Jokowi') and his vice-presidential…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) said it will extend voting day in Sydney this weekend although local…
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Thousands of people marched from Jl. Sudirman to the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta on Saturday for the…
Feru Lantara, Depok – The Depok Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) in West Java has issued a letter supporting the Depok government's decision to ban…
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia was set to highlight environmental issues and the significance of palm oil for the country's development during…
Manda Firmansyah – The 2019 Jakarta Women's March, which was held on Saturday April 27, began at the Sari Pan Pasific Hotel in Central Jakarta…
Hendra Cipta, Pontianak – The mayor of the West Kalimantan city of Pontianak, Edi Rusdi Kamtono, has issued a circular banning the screening of…
Denisa Tristianty, Jakarta – Hundreds of Indonesian women, who took part in the 2019 Women's March in Jakarta, began the action by gathering at…
April 26, 2019
Richard Chauvel – Father Neles Tebay, who died of cancer in Jakarta on 14 April, was a champion of peace in Papua.
Born on 13 February 1964…
Islami Adisubrata, Wamena – Legal representatives of Jakub Fabian Skrzypski and Simon Magal, Latifah Anum Siregar and Aloysius Renwarin, question…
Jakarta – Responding to the naming of state-owned electricity company PLN president director Sofyan Basir as a suspect by the Corruption…
Nurni Sulaiman, Bogor, West Java – After reports emerged last week that more than 200 election workers and police officers died of fatigue after…
Jakarta – Greater Jakarta was once again struck by floods on Friday morning, causing heavy traffic and forcing thousands of residents to leave…
Jakarta – An election watchdog has said that it found no indication of "systematic cheating", but instead discovered that hundreds of data-input…
Jakarta – Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto has said the government aims for a 15 percent growth of car exports in 2019, from 346,000 in the…
Jakarta – Eighteen students from SMPN 2 Pulau Sembilan junior high school in Kotabaru regency, South Kalimantan, had to spend 17 hours crossing…
Jakarta – Airlines have been on the receiving end of criticism recently, as frustration mounts among other stakeholders in the travel industry,…
Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, has sent Wahid Husen, the former warden of Sukamiskin prison in Bandung,…
Iqbal Tawakal Lazuardi (Contributor), Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner Hasyim Asyari announced that the institution…
Aisha Shaidra, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's personal assistant Rizky Irmansyah, through his Instagram account, recalled the presidential…
"Hard-headed" is one term that people have been using recently to describe Prabowo Subianto, the former general who is still claiming victory in…
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo held a meeting with trade unions leaders in the Garuda Room at the Bogor Presidential Palace in West…
Jakarta – Amnesty International Asia-Pacific Advocacy Manager Fransisco Bencosme paid a visit to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)…
Jakarta – Amnesty International Unites States' Asia Pacific advocacy manager, Fransisco Bencosme, visited Indonesia's Corruption Eradication…




