Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Police have continued to investigate possible motives behind the operation of Saracen, a news syndicate accused of…

Campaigners for improved human rights in West Papua are swimming to the United Nations in Geneva today carrying a petition calling for action in…

Jakarta – Non-governmental activists in Tegal, Central Java staged a protest on Wednesday to express their happiness over the arrest of Tegal…

Kuala Lumpur – In Sanita Rini's village on the Indonesian island of Java, child brides were so common that girls who were not married by the time…

Jakarta =- Millions of people across Indonesia are facing failed harvests and a shortage of clean water as a result of worsening drought…

Stephanie Zillman – More than 15,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers who say Australia's worst-ever oil spill destroyed their livelihoods are about to…

Auckland – The Australia West Papua Association has urged leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum to continue their support of West Papua.

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Today, the 30th of August, is a bittersweet day for the Timorese. It is the anniversary of the Popular Consultation, the UN sponsored referendum…

In her new book Crossing the Line Kim McGrath exposes Australia's brutal opportunism towards East Timor, and the atrocities we were willing to…

West Papua Action Auckland calls on Pacific Island Forum leaders to take action on West Papua next week.

'We are pleased that West Papua is…

Jakarta – Indonesians are losing confidence in the future of their health and well-being amid financial challenges, says a report by an Indonesian…

Jakarta – Jakarta's so-called Bulan Patuh Trotoar (Orderly Sidewalk Month) program will be extended to the end of September, given that many…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua Police will monitor the use of village funds amounting to Rp 4.3 trillion (US$322 million) allocated for…

A British team was today swimming a crushing 30 hours and covering 69 km straight across Lake Geneva to deliver a petition calling for self-…

Jakarta – Indonesia's government left no doubts as to who it believes got the better deal in its landmark agreement with Freeport McMoRan on the…

Jakarta – Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara has indicated that online news syndicate Saracen would not be shut down until a…

AWPA has written an open letter to the PIF leaders (letter below media release).

Joe Collins of AWPA said "we thank the PIF leaders for…

Jakarta – The leadership of Golkar Party's youth wing held a meeting with former president BJ Habibie on Monday, calling for the veteran…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Bogor regency is home to the highest number of damaged schools in Indonesia, due largely to an insufficient…

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) projects the country's balance of payments (BoP) will reach a surplus of US$7 billion this year from…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Automotive Manufacturers Association (Gaikindo) chairman Jongkie Sugiarto said on Tuesday that the association had long…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – The Papua administration is stepping up efforts to prevent the spread of HIV by providing antibody tests to…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reminded relevant officials in his administration that now is the time for…

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Malcolm Turnbull's desire for a "high quality" free trade agreement with Indonesia will confront…

Victor Mambor Jayapura – The Indonesian government's decision to allow one of the world's largest copper and gold mines to operate in Papua…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of students in Yogyakarta have conveyed their pledge to uphold tolerance and maintain unity amid growing…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police maintain that they will not drop the investigation into the pornography case involving leader of the Islam Defenders…

Jakarta – Indonesia and Freeport-McMoRan on Tuesday (29/08) reached an agreement to allow the US miner to keep operating its giant Grasberg copper…

Aman Rochman, Malang, East Java – Alleged corruption related to the use of village funds has hampered the absorption of the funds in Malang, East…

Jakarta – It is suspected that politicians on a House of Representatives inquiry committee intentionally spread misinformation about the…

Jakarta – Thousands of ATMs and electronic card payment machines in Indonesia went offline over the weekend, and it might take two more weeks…

The outlook for the plantation industry in Papua has started to show signs of change recently, both because of a sustainability drive in the palm…

Produce and directed by Ash Brennan and narrated by Basia Bonkowski, Punks for West Papua is a documentary about how the United Nations betrayed…

Jakarta – Jakarta-based rights group Community Legal Aid Institute (LBH Masyarakat) has urged the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to stop all…

In June 2017 labour historian and activist Jeff Rickertt visited Indonesia with Bob Carnegie, Queensland state secretary of the Maritime Union of…

Jakarta – The owner of a Padang restaurant in Central Jakarta reported the uploader of a video, showing a bouncing rice ball, to the police for…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is looking to restart the controversial reclamation project in Jakarta Bay after the central government…

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati warned on Sunday politicians against abusing the annual funding for political parties, which had…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura (AP) I has cleared a beach area, which will be the location of a new…

Jakarta – A woman from Bekasi, West Java has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years jail for her involvement in an Islamic State-inspired plot…

Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly has defended the move to grant sentence reductions to a number of convicted terrorists,…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced meat importer Basuki Hariman to seven years in prison on Monday for bribing former Constitutional…

Jakarta – The Golkar Party has pledged to support the reelection bid of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in the 2019 presidential election and that…

Jakarta – The National Police are delving into some 100 gigabytes of data investigators seized from the Saracen group, an online "syndicate"…

Jakarta – After initiating training for Pak Ogah, the voluntary traffic attendants who regularly manage traffic congestion, especially on small…

It's been called the orangutan capital of the world, but the great apes in Indonesia's Tripa peat forest on the island of Sumatra are under threat…

Jakarta – Several Japanese seafood processing companies plan to move their base of operations from Thailand to Indonesia to take advantage of…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian police are investigating alleged links between what they called a "fake news factory" and a handful of…

Jakarta – Indonesian militants planned to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb", security sources said, highlighting the rising ambitions of…

Jun Suzuki, Dili – China is increasing its influence in East Timor as the small Southeast Asian nation's relations with its traditional aid…