Radhiyya Indra and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – Suffering through days without clean water or proper medical care, evacuees packed into emergency shelters across three provinces in

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Central Lampung Regent Ardito Wijaya was detained by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and arrived in Jakarta on Wednesday night for questioning in a

Jakarta – The Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) is urging the government and House of Representatives (DPR) to pass the Draft Law on the Protection of Domestic Workers (RUU PPRT)

Jayapura, Papua – The Indonesian government aims to clear 100,000 hectares of land to support rice cultivation in Papua, Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman said.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Human Rights Natalius Pigai is scheduled to present awards to six prominent individuals during the 2025 World Human Rights Day commem

Vonia Vieira, Doug Dingwall – As Indonesian warplanes flew overhead, they dropped something many in Timor-Leste had never seen.

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta Persistent air pollution in Jakarta has triggered nearly 2 million cases of respiratory illness throughout this year, raising concerns over the long-term well-

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The chair of the Regional Representative Council (DPD), Sultan Bachtiar Najamuddin, backs President Prabowo Subianto's decision to hold back from accepting fo

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – Environmental group Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) is calling on the government to take tougher action against companies accused of contributi

Jakarta – Along with the momentum of International Human Rights Day on Wednesday December 10, the Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy released the 2025 Human Rights Index which sho

Malvyandie Haryadi, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform has highlighted agrarian conflicts occurring in several areas, including in Pasuruan regency, East J

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Finance has allocated Rp210.4 trillion in the 2026 State Budget for food security programs, marking a significant increase from this yea

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta The government plans to tighten rules on how natural resource exporters must keep their entire export receipts (DHE) starting at the turn of the year, aiming

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia has temporarily suspended all timber extraction and log transportation in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra after flash floods and landslides kill

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has identified companies in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra that have caused damage to forests and river

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – Rising staple food prices have overtaken fears of job termination as the biggest source of public anxiety in Indonesia, according to a new study release

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – SETARA Institute has released the 2025 Human Rights Index for Indonesia to commemorate this year's World Human Rights Day.

Jakarta – The Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) held a demonstration in the National Monument (Monas) area of Central Jakarta on Wednesday December 10.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has formally delivered a legal notice urging President Prabowo Subianto to declare the catastrophic floods and landslides that h

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Tempo's YouTube account went dark on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at around 7 a.m. local time.

Jakarta – Blaming nature for the deadly floods and landslides in Sumatra is not going to take us very far beyond stating the obvious and long held wisdom that, if we cannot beat nature,

Gloria Dickie – A small brown line snakes its way through the rainforest in northern Sumatra, carving 300 metres through dense patches of meranti trees, oak and mahua.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Kontras) reported 205 incidents of civil liberty violations during the first year of the presidenc

Ifan Ahmad, Makassar, S – Sulawesi.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Dimas Bagus Arya, the coordinator for the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), said Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto has been maintai

Haryanti Puspa Sari, Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has criticised the trend of verdicts in criminal cases of corruption and the confiscation of assets carri

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's electricity company PLN continues to accelerate the restoration of the electrical system in Aceh following flash floods and landslides that damaged

David Akana, North Sumatra, Indonesia – Indonesia's environment ministry on Dec.

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – Customs data confirms that a flood of suspected illegal electronic waste (e-waste) continues to arrive in Batam, Riau Islands.

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metropolitan Police have confiscated six Molotov cocktails from two men suspected of planning to incite riots during the International Human Ri

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Dian Fiantis, Budiman Minasny and Frisa Irawan Ginting, The Conversation – Cyclone Senyar hit South and Southeast Asian countries in late November.

Adyaksa M, Poso – The detention of Kristian Toibo, a resident of Watutau Village in Lore Peore district, Poso regency, has sparked criticism from environmental activists.

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) has raised concerns over Indonesia's persistently high youth unemployment, with the jobless rate among Gen Z stil

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Indonesian Minister of Human Rights, Natalius Pigai, responded to President Prabowo Subianto's recent statements regarding the principles of Human R

Islamabad – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto arrived in Islamabad on Monday on a two-day official visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Jakarta – Dompet Dhuafa, a Muslim alms organization, recently held a charity concert "Together for Sumatar" at M Bloc Live House and M Bloc Space to gather support for the disaster-hit

Jakarta – For politicians without empathy, disaster locations are nothing more than content for their social media.

Martin Bagya Kertiyasa, Jakarta – Early government estimates show that Indonesia will need to spend around Rp 51.82 trillion (approximately $3.1 billion) to recover the disaster-induced

Greg Fealy – Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and its high-profile chair, Kiai Yahya Cholil Staquf (commonly known as Gus Yahya), have for many years presented themselves to the world as champions

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesia's Minister of Elementary and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti revealed that nearly 3,000 schools were damaged by ecological disasters across Ac

Antara, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's Geological Agency has begun an airborne survey in Sulawesi to identify potential new oil and gas reserves as the country seeks to expand h

Jakarta – An Indonesian government task force has ordered dozens of companies in palm oil cultivation and mining to pay fines totalling 38.62 trillion rupiah ($2.31 billion) for operati

Jayapura – The 2014 bloody Paniai Tragedy was once again remembered by Papuan students in the study city of Manokwari, West Papua, by holding a prayer service, lighting candles and read

Andrea Hosana, Jakarta – A hundred Indonesian musicians have joined forces to launch Heal Sumatra, a humanitarian concert aimed at supporting victims of recent disasters across the isla

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Governor of Aceh, Muzakir Manaf, confirmed that the region is receptive to foreign assistance in the aftermath of the flash floods and landslides that stru

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Indonesia's bid to mass-produce cars of a homegrown brand in 2027 is "highly ambitious", experts say, noting that an electric vehicle (EV) model would require

Andrew Tito, Jakarta – South Aceh Regent Mirwan may be dismissed from office after traveling for Umrah while his district was under a state of emergency due to devastating floods and la

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The catastrophic Sumatra floods and landslides have killed at least 950 people, according to data by the national disaster authorities BNPB as of Monday at

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Indonesia's goal to upscale the downstream cacao industry faces a multitude of obstacles spanning the entire supply chain, from low crop yields to inconsistent q