Yamin Kogoya, Jayapura – Papuans regard December as both the most sacred and toughest month of the year.

Faris Mokhtar and Chandra Asmara – Indonesia is reviving plans to construct a giant sea wall in the latest of measures to prevent its capital city of Jakarta from sinking at a faster ra

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Fires razed nearly 1 million hectares (2.47 million acres) of lands and forests in Indonesia in 2023, as the country suffered from unusually scorching weat

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) believes that the attitude of the public prosecutor, who has submitted an appeal against the acquittal of

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Indonesian Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto said tidal flooding caused by sinking land and rising sea levels is threatening the north coas

Suara.com – Police said that hundreds of stolen motorbikes and cars stored at the Balkir Pusziad Warehouse, Sidoarjo, East Java were about to be sold to Timor Leste.

Riri Rahayu, Han Revanda Putra, Antara, Jakarta – The spokesperson for Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Eddy Soeparno, claimed that he is surprised that any presidential candida

Laila Afifa, Jakarta – The presidential and vice-presidential candidates are relying entirely on gimmicks to exploit the emotions of the people.

Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – The government has extended financial compensations to the families of patients affected by acute kidney injury cases in 2022 and 2023.

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform is asking that all legal proceedings against political opponents that smack of politics as well as socialisation and cam

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced Wednesday it's investigating alleged corruption in the government procurement of personal protective equi

Didik Fibrianto, Malang – East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa officially extended her support to presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday, marking a pivotal endorsem

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the decision on whether to increase the salaries of military and police personnel and civil servants or not was carefully thought out depen

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has issued a written warning against social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, for running online gambling ads, a senior official s

Jakarta – With campaign season in full swing, presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo and his wife visited a toy-producing hub in Central Java, where they highlighted the strength of loca

A Catholic official in Indonesia's Christian-majority Papua province has hailed the acquittal of two rights activists in a defamation case related to a controversial gold mining project

Jakarta – In a break from the tradition of courtesy and respect, presidential candidates Anies Baswedan and Prabowo Subianto did not shake hands on Sunday night after spending about thr

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Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – After years of declining deforestation, forest loss caused by Indonesia's pulp sector is on the rise again, showing a fivefold increase in 2022 compared wi

Rebecca Ratcliffe Randy Mulyanto in Jakarta – He is a former general who was dismissed from the military amid allegations he was involved in kidnapping and torture.

Yuni Rohmawati, Jakarta – The director of Imparsial Gufron Mabruri said that the acquittal of Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti is a small win for the fight for human rights in Indones

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – From a presidential palace renovation to oil gas fields, President Joko "Jokowi " Widodo's economy-heavy diplomacy has culminated in Indonesian state-owned

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo, Jeddah – Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population, is set to send a record-breaking 241,000 hajj pilgrims to Mecca for the 2024 hajj season.

Ayos Carlos, Jakarta – Some Pertamina gas stations are implementing restrictions on subsidized fuel purchases, raising concerns about fuel shortage.

Jayapura – The Papuan people and the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in the Meepago area have welcomed the acquittal of Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti who were found not guilty

Jayapura – West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) spokesperson Sebby Sambom has expressed his gratitude to Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti who were f

Jakarta – The acquittal of human rights defenders Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti is seen as a milestone and a victory for freedom of expression, and sets a good precedent for the fi

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto calls for the Financial Services Authority (OJK) to bolster consumer and investor protection services.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo flew Tuesday for a trip to some ASEAN member states, namely the Philippines, Vietnam, and Brunei Darussalam over the next fe

Thomas Rizal, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan raised concerns during the 2024 presidential debate regarding the purported misuse of the Defense Ministry's budget of Rp 7

Nabiel Gibran El Rizani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo expressed disappointment regarding Sunday evening's debate, saying that it deviated from discussing crucial issues and

Muhammad Aulia & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Former high-ranking tax official Rafael Alun Trisambodo was found guilty on Monday of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 14

Jakarta – Young voters, who will make up the majority of voters in February's election, are hoping that the new president and vice president will keep public discussions alive to ensure

Jakarta – Indonesia's three presidential candidates wrestled with the topic of the South China Sea, the role that regional grouping Asean plays in keeping peace in the waterway, and oth

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – In order to turn their campaign promises into reality, the three presidential candidates have sought to boost state revenue by tweaking the country's taxation pol

Jakarta – Given the state of the world today, it's no overstatement to say that Sunday's presidential debate was one of the most – if not the most – consequential electoral debates of o

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – While polls have indicated that the Indonesian presidential race will most likely be a two-round affair because three pairs are contesting, the leading ti

Yvette Tanamal, Dio Suhenda and Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto was put on the defensive in Sunday's third electoral debate, which explored international r

Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate Muhaimin "Cak Imin" Iskandar has defended the program to distribute social assistance (Bansos), saying that it is the government's responsibility t

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan claims that he was unable to fulfill his promise of divesting the Jakarta provincial administration's stake in beer producer PT Delta Dja

Jakarta – The East Jakarta District Court acquitted on Monday human rights activists Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti on all counts of defaming senior cabinet minister Luhut Pandjaita

Nabiel Gibran El Rizani, Jakarta – The East Jakarta District Court on Monday acquitted two rights activists of defamation charges brought by Chief Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandj

Jakarta – The government is working on an agreement with Taiwan to protect Indonesian migrant fishers amid increasing cases of human rights violations against them.

Chris Barrett – With upbeat music blaring inside the stadium in Semarang, Indonesia's presidential election frontrunner, Prabowo Subianto, shuffled his stout, 72-year-old frame across t

Jakarta – The head of the national campaign team for Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD, Arsjad Rasjid, has expressed his disapproval of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's social assistance (Bansos

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan has criticized the Jakarta administration for denying former residents of Kampung Bayam the necessary permission to occupy the Rusun (low

Bandung (Bernama) – Indonesia targets to conclude three land border segments with Malaysia by the end of this year after 24 years of negotiations, said Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (p

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Bandung – Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi said Monday that the foreign investments that Indonesia recorded had skyrocketed thanks to the economic diplomacy un

Teguh Firmansyah, Jakarta – Lokataru Foundation for Human Rights Executive Director Haris Azhar and former Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Coordinator F

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated the Pamulang-Cinere-Raya Bogor Toll Road at the Limo Utama Toll Gate in Depok, West Java, today.