Warief Djajanto Basorie, Indonesia – Myanmar. The South China Sea. AUKUS.

Jayapura, Jubi –- The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) recently released a video that threatened to kill the pilot they held hostage, Philip Mark Mehrtens.

Sebastian Strangio – The crisis involving a pilot taken hostage in Papua has taken a turn for the worse, with the rebel group holding the New Zealand national Philip Mehrtens claiming t

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The arrest of a top Cabinet minister on charges of corruption will alter the political landscape ahead of the February 2024 general elections, with presum

Eric Stryson, Denpasar, Bali – At 6:15 am the first rays of the magical Bali light are breaking over the horizon.

Dicky Kurniawan, Jakarta – Djoko Setijowarno, the Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) deputy chair for Regional Strengthening and Development, said that the government's electric ve

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's consistent popularity through to his final year in office may pose a challenge for his own party the Indonesian Democratic Party o

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has refuted allegations that it had pursued a backroom deal with lawmakers on controversial election rules that would allow

Yohana Belinda, Jakarta –- Despite residential property prices having appreciated at a rate much lower than inflation over the past year, a home of their own remains out of reach for mo

Nur Janti, Jakarta – The government has created a new team to formulate a plan to accelerate and renew judicial reform efforts that the Supreme Court launched in the early 2000s, after

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo congratulated Turkiye's Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his reelection victory on Monday.

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo issued Government Regulation (PP) No. 26 of 2023 concerning the management of sedimentation products in the ocean.

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD has emphasised that the government rejects all assistance from outside parties related to efforts to f

Yustinus Paat & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Chief Legal Affairs Minister Mohammad Mahfud MD has urged the police to investigate alleged leaks involving the Constitutional Court verdi

Nivell Rayda, Lembang, Indonesia – Since it was opened in 1923, the Bosscha Observatory has been drawing astronomers from around the globe, looking to unravel the mysteries of the unive

Maria Gabrielle, Jakarta – Jakarta Police Chief Insp. Gen.

Catherine Delahunty – Nearly four months ago, Phillip Mehrtens, a New Zealander working for an Indonesian airline, was kidnapped by West Papuan fighters in the highlands of West Papua.

Antara, Jakarta – The Nusantara Capital Authority (OIKN) has prepared 300 investment packages that will be offered to domestic and overseas investors for the development of Indonesia's

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, expressed Indonesia's readiness to become a supplier of electric vehicle (EV) batteries to t

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government targeted the procurement of 400,000 electric cars in 2025.

Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed for Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape to become a "neutral intermediary" to negotiate between the Indonesian

Yustinus Paat, Semarang – Presidential nominee Ganjar Pranowo on Saturday urged his supporters to always employ graceful and elegant manners when campaigning for him and stay away from

Fana F Suparman, Jakarta – Indonesia ranks second for the world's most tuberculosis cases after India, according to PPTI, an Indonesian organization focusing on fighting the disease.

Hellena Souisa – In May 1998, massive student protests and riots in Indonesia's capital Jakarta and other major cities brought to an end the 32-year Suharto regime.

Virdika Rizky Utama – The events of May 1998 form an indelible chapter in Indonesia's history, marked by profound struggle and heart-wrenching grief, which continues to resonate in Indo

An Australian author-poet and advocate for West Papuan independence has condemned a reported threat against the life of a New Zealand hostage pilot, Philip Mehrtens, held by Papuan libe

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Top officials from Indonesia and Malaysia, the world's biggest palm oil producers, will meet European Union policymakers in Brussels amid a diplomatic stan

Johannes Nugroho – Indonesian author and leading feminist Julia Suryakusuma was in Jakarta when the May 1998 riots erupted and the capital city descended into chaos, as mobs attacked an

Medan, Indonesia – On the morning of May 21, 1998, Indonesia's then-leader Soeharto stood in the Presidential Palace and addressed the nation.

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones, the Australian man arrested in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province over an alleged naked and drunken rampage, ha

Jayapura, Jubi – According to Grace Linda Yoku, the Head of the Culture Division at the Jayapura City Education and Culture Office, Mount Srobu is an ancient civilization in Papua that

Jakarta – Indonesia will continue exporting some raw minerals in 2024 in the context that domestic companies are rushing to finish smelters to process the metal ore, said Minister of En

Jayapura, Jubi – A number of banners and posters containing intimidation against Papuan students were seen on several campuses in Ternate City, the capital of North Maluku Province.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Public Works Ministry has released a statement claiming that the government of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo built 1,500 kilometers more of "national roa

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – With the victory of his CNRT Party in the May 20 elections, and his ability to form a strong coalition with a smaller party, Timor-Leste's independence hero X

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government will grant land titles that span eight decades for industrial and residential properties in Nusantara, Indonesia's planned new capital city

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – The National Food Agency (Bapanas) in a public discussion on Thursday revealed the country's heavy reliance on imported garlic, which the agency claimed re

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Constitutional Court (MK) on Thursday officially moved the jurisdiction to organize court trials on taxes from Finance Ministry to the Supre

Henry Jom – Timor Leste's independence fighter and first president Xanana Gusmao is set on pushing Australia for a gas pipeline to be built from the Greater Sunrise fields in the Timor

Sacha Shaw – A parliamentary election and the climax of a month of celebrations marking the anniversary of independence came and went last weekend in Asia's youngest nation, Timor-Leste

Dewi Kurniawati, Jakarta – Indonesia's anti-monopoly agency (KPPU) ordered seven cooking oil companies on Friday to pay fines of up to over $2 million each for restricting sales amid sc

BeritaSatu, Jakarta – Sarwono Kusumaatmadja, a senior minister during the Soeharto era, died on Friday after undergoing treatment in Penang, Malaysia. He was 79 years old.

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot they took hostage in February if countries do not comply with their demand to start indep

Wuryanti P, Kenzu, Jakarta – The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated the archive of the first Indonesian President Sukarno's speech

Jakarta – Few would still remember when an article from 2009 that classified tobacco as an addictive substance was removed from the final draft of the health bill that would be signed b

Geoffrey Swenson – After a spirited election campaign, the people of Timor-Leste voted for a new parliament on May 21. The vote was free, fair and largely uneventful.

Ima Dini Shafira and Tika Ayu, Jakarta – Kurnia Ramadhana – researcher for the antigraft watchdog Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) – on Thursday called out the General Elections Commiss

Tika Ayu and Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The process related to the 2024 General Elections (Pemilu) has officially kicked off as the General Elections Commission (KPU) has received app

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry's directorate general of land transport in a statement on Thursday has pushed for the use of electric vehicles in public transp