Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – Deputy Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Commissioner Alexander Marwata has admitted to once hearing an account by former KPK chairperson Agus Rahardjo abo

Stefan Armbruster – On 1 December each year, in cities across Australia and New Zealand, a small group of West Papuan immigrants and refugees and their supporters raise a flag called th

Jakarta – Indonesia's oil and gas lifting is expected to come in below target this year due to disruptions like a pipe leakage and a fire at a power cable, the country's upstream oil an

Gracia Ayni Warella – Indonesia stands as one of the top greenhouse gas emitters in the world.

Dicky Kurniawan, Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumado admitted that the number of sales of incentivized electric motorcycles is still scarce.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Developing Indonesia's battery industry is expected to remain a challenging task, as the industry is still beset with a lack of regulation and an unclear path fo

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo swore in new Army chief of staff Lt. Gen.

Singapore – Singapore and Indonesia have concluded the 22nd edition of Exercise Elang Indopura.

Jakarta – Indonesia's outgoing president has approved a 20% increase in defence spending through the end of next year, to upgrade the country's military hardware in response to geopolit

Irfan Maullana, Bekasi – Workers held another demonstration on Jalan Ahmad Yani in front of the Bekasi Labour Office (Disnaker) in West Java on Thursday November 30.

Alex de Jong – In 1999, after almost a quarter century of Indonesian occupation, the small country of East Timor finally gained its independence.

Jayapura, Jubi – The ongoing armed conflict in Papua continues to claim lives among civilians, armed groups, and security forces.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Knasaimos Indigenous Community has made a formal request for acknowledgement as an indigenous group to the South Sorong Indigenous Peoples Committee.

Jayapura, Jubi – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has announced the suspension of memberships of prominent figures such as Benny Wenda and Buchtar Tabuni.

On 23 November 2023, the trials against Mr Agus Kosay, chairman of the central West Papua National Committee (KNPB) with trial number 449/Pid.B/2023/PN Jap, and Mr Benius Murib with tri

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is trying to attract more South Korean investors into the country by promising business profitability.

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – A Supreme Court justice who has been acquitted of corruption charges was arrested for a second time by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday

Isnaya Helmi, Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairperson Agus Rahardjo has related his experience in 2017 of being scolded by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ov

Jakarta – Jakarta Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) political science professor Burhanuddin Muhtadi says that Indonesia is one of the countries with the highest level o

Jakarta – Scores of civil society activist held another routine Kamisan (Thursday) action opposite the Presidential Palace complex in Central Jakarta on Thursday November 30.

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Former figureheads of the 212 demonstrations on Dec. 2, 2016, are set to hold a 212 reunion this year on Saturday morning.

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – The Indonesian Trade Unions Confederation or KSPI claimed that nearly one million workers staged a protest and took part in a nationwide strike on Thursday

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The President of the Confederation of the Indonesian Workers' Union (KSPI) Said Iqbal reported that around 50,000 workers in Jakarta will start their nat

Antara, Jakarta – Several neighborhoods in Kebon Pala, Kampung Melayu Sub-district, Jatinegara District, East Jakarta were flooded due to Ciliwung River overflows on Thursday, Nov.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua), under the leadership of Director Emanuel Gobay, inaugurated a crisis center to handle grievances regarding the mistreatment a

Jayapura, Jubi – The PMKRI St.

Jakarta – Workers held simultaneous demonstrations at a number of locations in West Java in protest against a 2024 minimum wage decision by the West Java Provincial Wage Council at a pl

Edna Tarigan and Fadlan Syam, Jakarta – Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana's village stays grey for months at a time, while as

Rizki Dewi Ayu, Ihsan Reliubun, Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Ruling party PDIP leader Megawati Soekarnoputri's statement likening the current government to the New Order regime has recently

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesian police have swooped on a group of Bangladeshi nationals as they prepared to board a boat to Australia after paying a peo

Jakarta – The Indonesian Coal Mining Association (ICMA) expects the country's 2023 coal output to surpass the official target of 695 million metric tons, a group official said on Wednes

Jakarta – A critically endangered Sumatran elephant was born in Indonesia on Tuesday, officials said, the second rare birth in weeks that has given renewed hope to conservation efforts.

Jakarta – Foreign observers have consistently considered our elections as relatively peaceful, a feat that has earned us global praise for our democratic resilience.

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The Indonesian Traditional Market Traders Association (IKAPPI) says staple food prices have been going up long before they normally do as the year draws toward a

Jakarta – Prosecutors have asked the Jakarta Military Court to hand down the death penalty to three soldiers accused of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a shopkeeper from Aceh.

Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial administration has allocated Rp 6.9 trillion (US$446.9 million) in the 2024 city budget to curb traffic congestion in the capital city by improving publ

Ikmal Fauzan Hanif, Jakarta – General Maruli Simanjuntak, the son-in-law of Chief Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, was inaugurated on Wednesday as the new Chief of Staff of

Mohammad Said, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Wednesday that his intensified overseas engagements in recent years are aimed at addressing global challenges impacting t

Ihsan Reliubun, Jakarta – The Chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Hasyim Asy'ari stated that phase I of logistics production for the 2024 general elections is 90 percent

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Defara Dhanya Paramitha, Jakarta – The Deputy of Funding and Investment of the IKN Authority Agung Wicaksono invited potential investors from the US to contribute to the development of

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia recently urged the United Nations (UN) to conduct a vote on granting full membership to Palestine which is still assuming a non-member observer s

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo swiftly addressed the accusations made by presidential candidate Anies Baswedan regarding the ongoing project to relocate the nation

Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – The National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) wants to see election candidates – particularly those seeking to lead the sub-national governmen

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Zipping from Halim Station in Jakarta to Tegalluar Station in Bandung regency in 45 minutes, the Whoosh, Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway (HSR) servi

Sultan Abdurrahman, Adinda Jasmine Prasetyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian government and the House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission VIII have reached an agreement to increase the cost o

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo embarked on a journey spanning over 5,000 kilometers from Jakarta to Merauke to inaugurate his campaign on Tuesday in a lo

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – From television skits to social media clips, comedians have long used comedy as a tool for political criticism in the public sphere, but few women have partici

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has dismissed Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri and appointed an interim head of the antigraft body aft

Jakarta – Not one of the country's three 2024 presidential candidates has shown any real interest in making the changes necessary to salvage our ailing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), w