Jakarta – Aboy and his older brother stole motorbikes in East Java, an elderly man broke into a shoe store and stole shoes in West Sumatra, a village head embezzled his village fund in

Yustinus Patris Paat, Jakarta – Kaesang Pangarep on Friday called out an executive of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) for making a baseless claim that his father, President Joko "Jok

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Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government spending on the ambitious capital relocation project has reached Rp 5.5 trillion ($336 million) as of May, according to Finance Minister Sri

Jakarta – Indonesia has seen a rise in the number of people getting radicalised even as there appears to be a shift in terror tactics of late.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), the country's sovereign wealth fund, announced Friday that it had recently signed a partnership deal with the Aus

Delfi Neski, Padang – A total of 17 police officers are under investigation for violating standard operating procedures (SOP) in the arrest of several teenagers, which resulted in the d

Alifia Sekar, Jakarta – The government and law enforcement bodies need to improve mechanisms to prevent torture and excessive use of force by law enforcement enforcers, especially the p

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) estimates state losses of around Rp 125 billion (US$7.6 million) from a new corruption case it is investigating tha

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The nation's online gambling controversy has deepened following reports that Indonesians from all walks of life have become addicted to the practice, including so

Jakarta – What was expected to be a bright and festive celebration of Jakarta's 497th anniversary turned out to be a gloomy and chaotic affair; not because the city was bidding farewell

Jakarta – Police have arrested more than 100 Taiwanese at a villa in Bali over alleged cyber fraud, authorities said Friday.

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) says former West Java governor Ridwan Kamil, who hails from the Golkar Party, is interested in partnering with its members in the 2024 regio

Jakarta – The Golkar Party planned to announce its candidate for the Jakarta gubernatorial election on Aug.

Jakarta – The bulk of Indonesian government data affected by a recent ransomware cyber attack was not backed up, officials said, in an incident that has exposed the lack of preparations

Aisyah Amira Wakang, Jakarta – Minister of Communications and Informatics (Kominfo) Budi Arie Setiadi said he is planning to make a regulation requiring all ministries and institutions

Anwar Siswadi, Jakarta – The Research Center for Climate and Atmosphere at the National Innovation Research Agency (BRIN) stated that most weather prediction models indicate the appeara

Christopher Knaus – In a small room at Perth's Hakea maximum security adult jail, an Indonesian child sat with eyes transfixed on a television screen.

Arie Firdaus and Tria Dianti, Jakarta – Cases linked to the alleged "torture" of children by Indonesian law enforcement agencies rose threefold from June 2023 to May 2024 compared with

Jakarta – Prosecutors from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) lodged a sentence demand of eight years in prison for Emirsyah Satar at a hearing on Thursday at the Jakarta Corru

Bella Evanglista, Antara, Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly has confirmed that immigration data services, now hosted on Amazon Web Service (AWS) following a cyberatt

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government has seized assets worth Rp 333.66 billion ($20.4 million) belonging to former bankers Benny Ahadi and Andri Tedjadharma as part of a debt r

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – The public prosecutor of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has demanded a 12-year prison sentence and a fine of Rp 500 million for former Minister of Agr

The Indonesian government's plan to transform Merauke town, South Papua (Papua Selatan) Province, into a major centre for sugarcane plantations and bioethanol production has sparked sig

The Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (BPN) and the government of Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua (Papua Barat Daya) Province, are being urged to re

Carol Aji, Jakarta – The Jakarta Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has condemned the doxing of Business Indonesia journalist Ni Luh Anggela after she wrote an article on increas

Long-standing tensions in Timika have escalated, resulting in the significant destruction of local community plantations.

Jayapura – Papuan journalists held a solidarity action to support the struggle by senior Papuan journalist Victor Mambor who is seeking justice over a terror bomb attack near his home o

Singapore – Singapore passport holders will soon be able to travel to Timor-Leste without a visa under a new agreement, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Thursday (Jun 27).

Elisa Sekenyap, Jayapura – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), which has observer status at Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), says it was not informed of a visit by t

Erwina Rachmi Puspapertiwi, Ahmad Naufal Dzulfaroh – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) say that

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia will not block social media platform X (formerly Twitter) because it is not violating the country's pornography law.

Stefan Armbruster, Victor Mambor and BenarNews staff – An unheralded visit to Indonesia's Papuan provinces by a leading Pacific diplomat has drawn criticism for undermining a push for a

Calvin Yang, Dalian, China – Indonesia is working on digitising permits and licences needed to bring in "good quality international events", said the country's Tourism and Creative Econ

The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT), established in 1979 on the basis of the Universal Declaration of Peoples' Rights, and in compliance with its Statute, has opened a procedure to in

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has denied that it will replace its secretary-general, Hasto Kristiyanto, amid the ongoing investigation by the

Agencies, Jakarta – More than 40 agencies, including the ministry overseeing immigration, were impacted by a cyberattack on the country's data centers, an official said on Wednesday.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Environment Agency has installed more air quality monitoring stations in an effort to curb air pollution in the city, which has repeatedly ranked among the world's

Jakarta – Indonesians are so used to their data being stolen by hackers at this point that most of the time they simply shrug it off, keep calm and carry on.

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Investors have demanded hefty returns in order to get engaged in the future capital city, Nusantara, despite numerous incentives already offered to woo them.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Gresik – The Indonesian government inaugurated Freeport Indonesia's (PTFI) $3.7 billion (Rp 60 trillion) copper smelter, Smelter Manyar, at the Java Integrated In

Thomas E Harefa, Jakarta – Indonesia is still far from being halfway through its tax revenue target as the populous country has only collected Rp 760.38 trillion (about $46.3 billion) s

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Antara, Jakarta – German chemical producer BASF and French miner Eramet have withdrawn from a $2.6 billion ($42.67 trillion) investment in a nickel-cobalt refinin

Jakarta – Protesters from the Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) and other social groups have disbanded after holding a demonstration near the Horse Statue in Central Jakarta on T

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – Hundreds of foreign nationals were arrested by immigration officials for misusing their residence permits and suspected cybercrimes.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Jakarta has emerged as one of the top 10 most congested cities worldwide.

Fito Akhmad Erlangga, Balikpapan – The Public Works and Housing Ministry (PUPR) is working diligently to ensure President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo can occupy the presidential office in the

Yustinus Patris Paat, Jakarta – An executive of the National Awakening Party (PKB) criticized the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) on Wednesday for nominating its former chairman, Sohibul

Eka Yudha Saputra, Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Ministry of Communications and Information (Kominfo) assured the country's digital transformation efforts will not be deterred by

Jakarta – Aliansi Kolibri, a coalition promoting sustainable agriculture and fighting deforestation in Indonesia, said local involvement in sustainability is important in contrast with