Nabiel Gibran El Rizani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed a decree on the dismissal of Firli Bahuri from the chairmanship of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KP

Daniel A. Fajri, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi welcomed the visit of the alliance of village heads associations at the State Palace in Jakarta on Friday, Dec. 29.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Businesses have shown resilience and growth throughout 2023, but for some companies, this year marks their final chapter.

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Once seen as the country's most effective graft fighting institution, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is ending 2023 with a significant public confide

Jakarta – After five years of efforts to become a global hub for electric vehicles (EV), this may be a good time for Indonesia to do some self-reflection.

Jakarta – The East Jakarta Prosecutor's Office has arrested Indra Charismiadji, a spokesman for the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar campaign team, for alleged tax embezzlement and mone

Jakarta – An Indonesian navy vessel in Aceh drove away a boat carrying Rohingya from Myanmar, a military spokesperson said, as growing numbers of would-be refugees from the strife-torn

Dewi Tan – Living among 13 rivers and flood canals, the residents of Jakarta are no strangers to the presence of water flowing through the city.

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – According to local ranger Ajo, no one should have been trekking on Mount Marapi, one of Indonesia's most famous volcanoes located in West Sumatra, o

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – North Aceh Regency has been hit by flooding since Sunday, Dec.

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – The nickel smelter of PT Gunbuster Nickel Industri (GNI) in North Morowali, Southeast Sulawesi, caught fire again on Thursday, Dec. 28.

Jakarta – Young people across Indonesia are standing up to fight for their futures amid anxiety about the climate crisis and the environmental destruction that will threaten their lives

Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has stated that it was not involved in the torching of shop houses, assaults and vandalism in Jayapura Regency and Jayapura City duri

Jakarta – The campaign team for presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka says the candidates would consider taxing small and medium enterprise

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan promised to provide a sufficient supply of subsidized diesel fuel for fishermen and make it easier for them to obtain licenses during a c

Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate Mahfud MD has promised that the government will pay the salaries of Quran teachers at pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) if he wins the 2024 elec

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Nusantara Authority, the agency that is in charge of overseeing Indonesia's future capital project, wants the state-owned aerospace company Dirgantara

Jakarta – Civil society activists from a cross-section of organisations suspect that there is a major effort on social media to spread disinformation or false narratives in order to tri

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo has suggested expanding tobacco downstream research to open opportunities for other uses of the plant besides cigarettes

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – Analysts have criticized new guidelines for the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) as ineffective and toothless because of their nonbinding nature, and en

Joniansyah Hardjono, Jakarta – The Soekarno-Hatta International Airport's Class I Immigration Office rejected 1,169 foreign nationals from entering Indonesia throughout 2023.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia, like most other countries, has committed to cutting carbon emissions by relying less on coal and more on renewable sources of energy, but the past yea

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Antara, Jakarta – The head of the language and literature development center at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbud) Abdul Khak responded to the is

Advist Khoirunikmah, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta's General Elections Supervisory Agency or Bawaslu cancels its summon for vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka on his all

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The head of the labor union of IMIP Hendri said that the compensation given to the victims of the smelter fire is not an adequate remedy for the situation.

Stevani Wijaya, Antara, Jayapura – Tension escalated dramatically as a sizable crowd clashed with security officials at Jayapura's airport when the casket carrying the late former Papua

Uzair Thamrin and Pizaro Gozali Idrus for BenarNews, Banda Aceh and Jakarta – Human rights activists and some observers on Thursday alleged that university students who stormed a Rohing

Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir said Indonesia had improved in Islamic economy, ranking third globally in the 2023 State of the Global Islamic Economy (SG

Ade Suherman, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin advised his potential successors on Thursday, emphasizing the importance of adhering to the prescribed boundaries of the vice-presiden

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police announced on Thursday that they have brought criminal charges against 11 individuals accused of performing in pornographic videos after a mo

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's industrial confidence index has slightly dropped in December 2023, although most businesses remain positive that they will grow in the coming m

Jakarta – Hundreds of university students in Indonesia's westernmost province stormed a temporary shelter for more than a hundred Rohingya refugees on Wednesday, forcing them to leave i

Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate and Surakarta mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka said he was not disturbed by the presence of a banner rejecting him with the message "#SoloBukanGibran"

Jakarta – Our heartfelt condolences go to the families of the 19 workers who were killed on Sunday, in an explosion at the nickel smelter of PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS

Manokwari, Jubi – Individuals suspected to be members of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) allegedly attacked Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers at the Bousha border secur

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua figure Rev. Benny Giay deeply mourned over the passing of former Governor Lukas Enembe on Tuesday, December 26, 2023.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Since its inception in 2017, the Jakarta-based Sustainable District Association, or LTKL, has brought together district governments and other stakeholders

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The issue of carbon capture and storage and CCS was debated by Gibran Rakabuming and Mahfud Md during the vice presidential debate last Friday.

Maroosha Muzaffar – Hundreds of workers in Indonesia's nickel industry held a peaceful rally demanding improved work safety standards, just three days after a fire resulted in 18 deaths

Tempo.co, Jakarta – The Ministry of Transportation noted that the government of President Joko Widodo or Jokowi has built 25 new airports and revitalized 38 old airports from 2015 to 20

Muhammad Fakhruddin, Jakarta – Firli Bahuri, the suspended chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), was found guilty on Wednesday of violating ethics by engaging with a

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The government expects an uptrend in underground mining to take hold in the country as surface mineral reserves continue to decline.

Jakarta – The head of the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka campaign team for young women voters (Pink Fanta), Suci Suaib Saenong, has said the candidate pair will seek to resolve

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Presidential candidates spent the majority of their fourth week of the campaign window trying to solidify support in their respective stronghold provinces, while

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Strong consumption has helped Indonesia achieve relatively good economic performance this year despite having to face the beginning of the end of the commodity b

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto attended on Tuesday an event to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Aceh tsunami disaster with former president Susilo Bambang Yudh

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo is proposing a program called "1 Keluarga Miskin 1 Sarjana" (one undergraduate for one poor family) that will provide more opportunities

Jakarta – A senior minister and close confidant of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that the incumbent is keen to have his eventual successor link up with key international partn

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan has said it would be better to use the development funding earmarked to build the country's new capital Nusantara in Kalimantan to repair