Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly confirmed on Sunday that deputy law minister Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej had been dismissed from his post after he was named a suspe

Jakarta – Police have named Aulia Rakhman, a Lampung-based stand-up comedian, a suspect for blasphemy after he was accused of making insulting comments about the Prophet Muhammad in a s

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has reported that the volume of transactions using Quick Response Indonesian Standard (QRIS) codes has exceeded its year-long target.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has rejected a proposal from the House of Representatives to strip voters in Jakarta of their right to directly elect the city's governors in fu

Jakarta – Defense Minister and presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto has extended a commanding lead in the polls ahead of February's election, with a series of recent surveys showing th

Jakarta – Chinese-owned short video app TikTok on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment in GoTo group in a deal that would allow it to restart its online shop in Indonesia, the com

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Environmental activists have slammed one of Indonesia's biggest palm oil producers for a report that they say glosses over its alleged violations and ignor

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Moving the capital city from Jakarta to Nusantara in East Kalimantan may seem like a done deal, but now the costly project, conservatively put at about US

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has criticized the nation's banks for holding large quantities of government bonds and Bank Indonesia (BI) monetary instruments rather than lend

Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi has expressed regret over the United States' decision to veto a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution, backed by a majority of co

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – Doubt has been cast over the future of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's upcoming legacy of the new capital city Nusantara, as a statement from a presidential c

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Mohammad Said, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo did not immediately deny rumors suggesting that he has switched allegiance from the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggl

Antara, Jakarta – The Ministry of Public Works and Housing (PUPR) through the IKN Infrastructure Development Task Force updated that the developmental progress of ministerial landed hou

Ihsan Reliubun, Jakarta – It is estimated that the quality of the upcoming 2024 presidential debate would only give a little glimpse into understanding the candidate's commitment to the

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia was granted the honor to head the 34 states-membered Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC), said the Ad-interim Coordinating Minister of Maritime and Investmen

Antara, Jakarta – Presidential candidate number 2 Prabowo Subianto claimed that he's striving to realize President Joko Widodo's ambition of downstream in every sector.

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Office confirmed two deaths of COVID-19 positive cases in December 2023.

Jakarta – Dilapidated boats carrying an estimated 400 ethnic Rohingya arrived in Indonesia's Aceh province on Dec 10, the chief of a provincial fishing community has confirmed, adding t

Reza Saifullah and Edna Tarigan, Aceh Besar, Indonesia – Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia's northernmost p

Mathias Hariyadi, Jakarta – Some two and a half months before the country goes to the polls on 14 February 2024, Indonesia's religious leaders, convened by Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo, ha

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is urging the Indonesian government to condemn the actions of the United States which voted against a Unit

Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – A poll by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) indicates that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's approval rating has improved by six points in the past three mon

Jakarta – Former People's Democratic Party (PRD) general secretary Petrus Hariyanto has criticised the position of his colleague, former PRD chairperson Budiman Sudjatmiko, who seems to

Jakarta – The Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy together with the International NGO Forum on Indonesia Development (INFID) has revealed that Indonesia's 2023 human rights (HAM) i

Jayapura – West Papua National Committee (KNPB) international spokesperson Victor Yeimo says that the Jayapura immigration office has banned him from overseas travel (dicekal) and refus

Medikantyo Adhikresna, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto confirmed on Sunday that the selection of Gibran Rakabuming Raka as his running mate was solely his personal dec

Aceh Besar – Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday morning after bein

Antara, Jakarta – A political analyst opined that using English in Indonesia's presidential and vice presidential debate could undermine the quality of democracy and be interpreted as a

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Police (Polri) Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo and Defense Forces (TNI) Commander General Agus Subiyanto attended a community service during th

Antara, Tangerang, Banten – The Port Health Office (KKP) at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia, stated on Saturday, December 9, 2023, that it is trying

Jakarta – Gibran Rakabuming Raka is on the verge of a major test, where he must demonstrate his qualifications for the vice presidential role beyond being President Joko Widodo's son.

On December 6, 2023, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) celebrated its 9th anniversary.

Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that the cases of alleged intimidation against artist Butet Kartaredjasa and the criminalisation of Haris A

Jayapura, Jubi – Mukry M Hamadi, Chairman of Commission A of the Jayapura City Council, emphasized the necessity for the Jayapura City Administration to have detailed information regard

In recognition of his contribution to East Timor's freedom struggle, President Ramos Horta awarded Sri Lankan civil activist and journalist Freddie Gamage with the highest award of the

Novali Pandji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Office notes that from November 27 to December 3, 2023, there are 80 positive cases of Covid-19 in the capital city.

Yohanes Maharso, Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Most food commodity prices have increased as of Saturday, December 9, 2023.

14, 2024., Jakarta – Political observer from Universitas Indonesia Aditya Perdana mentioned that presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo is likely to continue the development of Nusantara

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto extends his lead to more than 20 points over his rivals in the run-up to the February 14 election, according to a poll r

Nabiel Gibran El Rizani, Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) has extended invitations to 11 experts representing diverse fields to partake in the opening of five presidentia

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – The head of the Prabowo-Gibran National Campaign Team (TKN), Rosan Roeslani, responded to allegations that his team had mobilized village government officia

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Co-captain of the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar (Amin) campaign team, Thomas Lembong assessed that the nickel downstream policy introduced by President Joko Wi

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The National Food Agency (Bapanas) said the number of regions vulnerable to food insecurity decreased from 74 regencies/cities in 2022 to 68 regencies/citi

Ihsan Reliubun, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democracy and Electoral Empowerment Partnership (DEEP) Executive Director, Neni Nur Hayati, asked the General Elections Commission (KPU) to invo

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology stressed that the country's Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) score in 2022,

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is in talks with Wisk Aero, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American airplane manufacturer Boeing, to have air taxis in the new capital city Nus

Denny Armandhanu and Neo Chai Chin, Jakarta/Singapore – If researchers and the authorities had their way, millions of mosquitoes infected with naturally occurring bacteria would now be

Abdullah Faqih – The British rock band Coldplay is gearing up for their inaugural concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, scheduled for November 15, 2023.

Wamena – Tens of Indigenous Papuan entrepreneurs and contractors in the Mountainous Papua Province protested at the Governor's office seeking assurances regarding job opportunities for