Tom Power – Several insightful analyses of Joko Widodo's approach to the presidency have been advanced since he took office. For the most part,…
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October 9, 2018
Andreas Harsono – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has once again evoked the dangerous and utterly fictitious threat of communism for…
Jakarta – Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo has said involving the private sector in financing the government's infrastructure projects could…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The coordinator spokesman of National Campaign Agency Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak said…
Okky Madasari, Singapore – So it's the time of the year again, from the end of September to October. And again we can expect some ridiculous…
Jakarta – The Pekanbaru High Court in Riau has declared an executive of palm oil company PT Jatim Jaya Perkasa (JJP) guilty of burning 1,000…
Kate Lyons – Foreign aid workers who rallied to the island of Sulawesi after the devastating earthquake and tsunami more than a week ago have been…
The commander of the West Papua Liberation Army remains at large in the mountains of Puncak Jaya and is reportedly being pursued by Indonesia's…
October 8, 2018
Paulina Quintao – The government of Timor-Leste together with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Agency conducted an in-depth analysis of…
Victor Mambor, Jayapura – A human rights worker from the Kingmi Church reported seven people died in a gunfire between a joint Indonesian force of…
Desy Setyowati – Civil society organisations will hold a People's Summit on Alternative Development on October 8-10 in Sanur, Bali. Through the…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Vice Presidential Candidate No. 01 Ma'ruf Amin was quite relaxed in responding to the latest survey by the Saiful Mujani…
Jakarta – Indonesia's fruit exports increased by 24 percent in September from the same month last year, according to the Agriculture…
Jakarta – State-owned lender PT Bank Mandiri has given out Rp 165 trillion (US$10.9 million) this year for infrastructure projects within…
Hellena Souisa – Over the past week, two incidents have revealed what a serious problem hoaxes have become in Indonesian politics.
On 1…
Maire Leadbeater – Indonesia is becoming increasingly frantic about the Pacific Island states who speak up for West Papua.
Triggered by…
A Muh Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Serving for almost a year as governor, Anies Baswedan and his administration has been applauded by the city's urban…
Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto and running mate Sandiaga Uno were on the campaign trail with visits to different pesantren (…
Arya Dipa, Bandung, Indonesia – The Bandung District Court postponed on Monday a pretrial hearing on the termination of an investigation into…
Jakarta – Police have named seven suspects over forest fires that plagued the province of South Sumatra over the past week.
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Kate Lamb in Palu – About 5,000 people are still missing, feared death, after an earthquake and tsunami hit Sulawesi…
Vannessa Hearman – When the earthquake and tsunami hit the city of Palu, Central Sulawesi, last weekend, they not only brought wreckage and death…
Previous polling has indicated fairly consistently that Gerindra chairman Prabowo Subianto has to overcome a huge double-digit lead for incumbent…
Jakarta (Antara) – Presidential Candidate number 02 Prabowo Subianto denied the notion that he was hungry for power.
"I was…
October 7, 2018
Godwin Ligo – The issue of West Papua, was raised by Vanuatu at the United Nations 72nd General Assembly with exchanges of the Right of Reply…
Yulia Savitri, Palembang – Rain poured down on Palembang, South Sumatra, on Sunday afternoon, clearing the view in a city that had been blanketed…
David Lipson, Palu – For tens of thousands of Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami survivors, home for the next few months, if not years, will be…
Jakarta – Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) executive director Djayadi Hanan says that the Prabowo Subianto camp was the worst hit by…
A West Papua human rights advocate is calling for solidarity from the New Zealand Government on issues affecting indigenous West Papuans.
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Pacific Media Centre – Vanuatu says New Zealand should get on the right side of history and support West Papuan self-determination. However,…
Jakarta – Jakarta saw a 40 percent drop in traffic violations on the fifth day of the Electronic Traffic Law Enforcement (E-TLE)…
October 6, 2018
David G Rose – The Asian financial crisis may have occurred two decades ago, but it continues to cast a long shadow over Indonesia. The country's…
James Massola & Amilia Rosa – He was in a car in Balaroa, a suburb on the outskirts of Palu, driving his mum and aunt home from the family's…
Jakarta – The National Police have arrested over 90 suspected looters in disaster-hit areas in Central Sulawesi following a strong earthquake and…
Steve Cannane – Former attorney-general George Brandis was asked to approve the controversial prosecution of an Australian spy and his lawyer more…
Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has said it welcomes applications from anyone or any group seeking sponsorship for attending overseas events…
Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, Jakarta – The anti-government activist who lied about being assaulted to cover up a cosmetic operation was detained by…
October 5, 2018
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reminded the personnel of the Indonesian Military (TNI) to guard the state…
Jakarta – Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) advisory board deputy chairperson and younger brother of Gerindra chairperson Prabowo…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – President hopeful Prabowo Subianto planned to address his concern on state condition and recent economy agenda in…
John McBeth, Jakarta – Battered by two earthquake-triggered disasters in quick succession, another volcanic eruption and a currency that keeps…
Thomas Paterson – The announcement that prominent Indonesia Ulema Council chairman and cleric Ma'ruf Amin will be President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's…
Hannah Ellis-Petersen – International aid has finally started to arrive in disaster-hit Sulawesi as emergency teams cleared roads and restored…
Jakarta – Following a scandal in which she lied to the public about undergoing cosmetic surgery, political activist Ratna Sarumpaet was arrested…
Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has admitted to sponsoring Ratna Sarumpaet's trip to the 2018 "The 11th Women Playwrights…
Reports from Indonesia's Papua province say seven West Papuans have been killed in a military operation in remote Puncak Jaya regency.
The…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno said he was ready to provide a statement to the police regarding the case…
Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – National coal production up to August has already reached 311 million tons, or 64 percent of this year's…
Jakarta – The Gerinda Party remains optimistic that the recent fake news scandal involving opposition activist Ratna Sarumpaet – a former member…
Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) deputy coordinator Feri Kusuma says that President…




