Tika Ayu, Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – Muhaimin Iskandar, a vice presidential candidate endorsed by the Coalition for Change, said he had been informed that the temporary shelters for t

Jakarta – The state civil service bill is expected to bring some major changes to the annual recruitment process, among others, according to Minister for Administrative and Bureaucratic

Ahmad Shoim, Surabaya – Indonesia is grappling with a shortage of religious marriage officiants, a pressing issue given the millions of wedding ceremonies held throughout the country ea

Muawwan Daelami, Jakarta – Indonesian state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are in overall robust financial health, with a combined market valuation surging to Rp 2,200 trillion ($143 billion)

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Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The government has dismissed eight Finance Ministry employees over their alleged efforts to conceal Rp 349 trillion (US$22 billion) worth of suspicious transactio

Antara, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan targeted Indonesia to manufacture its own electric cars or electric vehicles (EV) by

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the country's duties did not end with its 2023 ASEAN chairmanship as he passed the role to Laos at the closing ceremony of the 4

Jayapura, Jubi – Director of the Democracy Alliance for Papua (AIDP) Latifah Anum Siregar has criticized the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) for the slow progress in inves

Jayapura, Jubi – The meeting of Committee II of the Papua Regional Representative Council (DPD) resulted in the agreement on various aspects concerning the impact of mining giant Freepo

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – Chinese staff from China Railway Group will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway in its early years, PT Kere

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government on Thursday promised faster promotion for civil servants willing to serve in remote areas to address the country's Java-centric public emplo

David Robie – Prime Minister James Marape has made two foreign policy gaffes in the space of a week that may come back to bite him as Papua New Guinea prepares for its 48th anniversary

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo may receive criticism for his simplification the cause of clashes between the native inhabitants of Rempang island, situated just a few kilomete

David Stanway and Fransiska Nangoy, Singapore/Jakarta – Environmental groups have submitted a formal complaint to the World Bank for providing financial support for two coal-fired power

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Jakarta – Protesting workers have begun leaving the Horse Statue area in Central Jakarta after holding a brief demonstration for around two hours on Thursday September 14 opposing the O

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Thursday that the electric vehicle (EV) battery plant, owned by South Korean companies Hyundai and LG in the West Java town

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Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Acting Governor Heru Budi Hartono said the city administration will soon revitalize 16 rivers, lakes, dams, and reservoirs to anticipate flooding during the up

Moh. Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi said the government has completed 161 national strategic projects (PSN) in the past eight years.

Riri Rahayu, Antara, Jakarta – Head of the Batam Concession Agency (BP Batam) Muhammad Rudi suspected that there were many provocateurs who instigated clashes during the protest

Antara, Jakarta – The West Java Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has declared an emergency alert status for drought in Bogor Regency, Bekasi Regency, and Garut Regency.

Antara, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry's Directorate General of Sea Transportation implements the digitization of ship and goods services using the Inaportnet platform at 45 port

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Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM) has confirmed that the Susi Air pilot from New Zealand, Philip Mark Mehrtens, who was taken hostage by

Eka Yudha Saputra, Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said the police would add four company-level units (SSK) or 400 personnel to Rempang I

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The government has proposed state capital injections (PMN) of Rp 24.6 trillion (US$1.59 billion) to continue work on toll road projects handled by debt-laden sta

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning to remind the Group of 77 at its upcoming Cuba summit to not become a proxy of major powers' rivalry – the same message that the Sout

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Indonesian Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia ensured that the government will proceed with Rempang Eco-City development despite the rejection from the locals.

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy has spoken out about the poverty rate in Papua which has not been declining.

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Japan appears less than keen to join a project to extend the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail (HSR) link to Surabaya, East Java, citing concerns about technical c

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – A public policy observer from the National Development University or UPN Veteran Jakarta, Achmad Nur Hidayat, lamented the conflict between security officials and

Antara, Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – Deputy for Special Child Protection at the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA), Nahar, said that children on Rempang Island

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Acting Governor Heru Budi Hartono claimed that all programs and policies to tackle air pollution and improve the city's air quality are effective.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning or Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) Hadi Tjahjanto stated that people residing on Rempang Island, Batam,

Theressia Silalahi, Jakarta – Prosecutors on Wednesday recommended a prison sentence of 10 and a half years for former Papua Governor Lukas Enembe, who is on trial for allegedly accepti

Jakarta – TikTok on Wednesday criticised calls by the government to ban social media transactions, as officials rails against what it says are monopolistic practices by major companies

Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia is urging the government to reinvestigate the gross human rights violations that occurred during the Tanjung Priok tragedy in 1984.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Military Chief General (ret.) Andika Perkasa has been appointed as the deputy chairman of the campaign team for Ganjar Pranowo's presidential

Jakarta – Pertamina New Renewable Energy, the renewable sector sub-holding of the state-owned oil and gas firm, was recently placed third globally in Sustainalytics' environmental, soci

Helmut Timothy & Vinnilya Huanggrio, Jakarta – Indonesia has what it takes to be among the world's largest economies by 2042, but this calls for collaboration across all sectors, in

Lynda Hong, Singapore – The increased number of hot spots in Kalimantan and Sumatra this week has raised the risk of transboundary haze returning to Singapore, but severe haze is not fo

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Several provinces in Sumatra and Kalimantan have been blanketed with haze from raging forest fires that worsened in August, causing a surge in people with resp

Jakarta – Many may be surprised to hear that Indonesia, the world's largest nickel producer, is also importing the commodity.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Five state-owned corporate venture capitals (CVCs) have formally launched the Merah Putih Fund, raising US$300 million in its first fundraiser targeting "

Nazarudin Latif and Pizaro Gozali Idrus (BenarNews), Jakarta – Police said Tuesday they had arrested 43 people for alleged violence while protesting a plan to move thousands of resident

Jakarta – The Riau Island Police have arrested 43 people accused of causing a riot and attacking police during a protest over a plan to relocate communities for a multi-billion dollar i

Jakarta – Indonesia's defence ministry said on Wednesday it has signed an agreement to buy a submarine rescue vessel for $100 million from a British company, the latest move to modernis

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has backtracked on his comments that PNG had no right to comment on human rights abuses in West Papua and has offered a clarification to "cl