Apriadi Gunawan, Toba, North Sumatra – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called for greater improvement to the tourist facilities at Lake Toba in North Sumatra, after observing their s

Jayapura, Jubi – Commander of the XVI Yahukimo Defense Area Command Elkius Kobak of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) claimed to have attacked and shot members of the Indo

Jose Matheus – Authorities in Timor-Leste are pushing for Portuguese to be adopted as the sole medium of instruction in the country's schools, even though some 80 per cent of the countr

Why bother paying taxes if the people responsible for them are going to get up to no good?

Noviar Andayani, Universitas Indonesia in Depok – Strong legislation backed by science and technology could help protect Indonesia's wildlife.

Made Supriatma – A promising 2024 presidential contender's hopes rest on political forces beyond his control.

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has urged foreign investors to keep coming to Indonesia and invest in the country despite the intensifying politi

Ali Akhmad Noor, Jakarta – Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) senior economist Aviliani on Thursday said the "political year" which comes ahead of the 2024 Gener

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – The Labor Party along with labor unions and organizations from a number of Indonesian regions are planning to conduct a five-day long march that will s

Anugerah Rizki Akbari, Leiden University in Leiden – When Indonesian prosecutors went after the leader of an illegal wildlife syndicate operating near the Malacca Strait, they relied on

Anwar Siswadi (Contributor), Jakarta – The number of road accident victims in the West Java region continues to increase annually.

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency for Batam reported a number of indicators of the city's economic growth which showed bright results.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A visiting Ukrainian parliament member Vadym Halaichuk on Thursday revealed his country's interest to cooperate with Indonesia on electrical grid system co

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – Parliamentary watchdog Forum of Concerned Citizens for Indonesia's Parliament (Formappi) says that this is not the first time that a survey has shown the

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The highly disaster-prone Indonesia calls for aseismic constructions or buildings designed to withstand earthquakes, according to President Joko "Jokowi" W

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Jakarta – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on Wednesday launched the construction of a $2.6 billion hydropower plant that would be linked to a planned industrial park in North Kalimant

Faisal Rachman, Jakarta – Indonesia, being one of the world's largest producers and exporters of natural resource commodities, has been positively impacted by the global commodity windf

Felix Martua, Jakarta – Founded by Lulu Qonita and Andra Jatikusumo, SafeSpace Indonesia aimed to give a stage for poetry logophiles to express themselves without fearing judgment.

Jakarta – The ramifications of a recent assault involving a Jakarta university student have extended far beyond what anyone could have expected, with the case eliciting public calls to

Security forces in Indonesia's restive Papua region have surrounded separatists holding captive a New Zealand pilot, but will exercise restraint while negotiations for his release conti

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The Indonesian language has words for children who have lost their mothers or fathers, but none for parents who lose their children.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Representative of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM Papua) has sent an investigation team to Wamena, the capital of Jayawijaya Regency, to i

Dave Smith, Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia – Five years ago, the beaches on Nusa Lembongan, a paradisal island half an hour's speedboat ride from Bali, were pockmarked with the kind of rubbi

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – In Kupang, in Indonesian West Timor, the first school bell of the day is now sounding far earlier than in the rest of the country.

Jakarta – Indonesia's annual inflation picked up slightly in February, but its core inflation decelerated more than expected, data from its statistics bureau showed on Wednesday.

Stephen Wright – Indonesia has protested to Fiji's government after the prime minister of the Pacific island country met with a Papuan leader in a morale boost for the regional independ

Jakarta – Indonesia's rice output is estimated at 13.79 million tonnes for the January to April harvest period this year, up 0.56 per cent from a year earlier, data from the country's s

Jayapura, Jubi – The Democracy Alliance for Papua (AlDP) recorded at least 9,205 Indonesian Military (TNI) and Poice personnel were stationed in Papua and West Papua provinces in 2022.

The government's health and mobility tracking app PeduliLindungi – a pandemic staple – has transformed into Satu Sehat (meaning "one health"), but all is not well with the app's relaunc

Jakarta – Foreign visitors to Indonesia in January were down 18 per cent from the previous month, data from the statistics bureau showed on Wednesday, a fall attributed to a seasonal tr

Nur Janti, Jakarta – The Indonesian security forces are set to conduct a long-term operation to rescue the New Zealand pilot who has been held hostage by an armed Papuan rebel group in

Ranny Rastati – A video of a western man wearing batik and speaking fluent Javanese went viral on Facebook a few years ago.

Ni Komang Erviani, South Kuta, Bali – Local police announced they had arrested of a French national on suspicion of robbing a convenience store in South Kuta, Badung regency, Bali, in J

Hans Nicholas Jong, Tonggo Simangunsong, Batang Toru, Indonesia – With fewer than 800 individuals remaining in the wild today, the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan isn't just th

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – An Indonesian court has sentenced palm oil tycoon Surya Darmadi to 15 years in prison and fined him a record 41.9 trillion rupiah (S$3.71 billion) – the

Tika Ayu, Jakarta – The Indonesian Teachers Union Federation (FSGI), through a statement issued by secretary general Heru Purnomo on Tuesday, criticized the latest policy introduced by

Antara, Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister of Economics Airlangga Hartarto in an economic outlook event on Tuesday highlighted the competitiveness of Indonesia's electric vehicle ecosy

Tika Ayu, Jakarta (Antara) – The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Legislative Council (DPRD) is set to hold a meeting with the local education agency which comes after the local government issu

Joniansyah Hardjono, Tangerang – The Soekarno-Hatta Airport customs and excise office on Tuesday managed to foil a smuggling attempt of liquid cocaine that was carried by a Brazilian na

Antara, Jakarta – United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) in Indonesia, Valerie Julliand, on Tuesday highlighted the importance of education for the lives of Indonesians and for ensu

Antara, Jakarta – Many traffic accidents that occurred in Bali involved foreign tourists.

Adi Warsono, Bekasi – Bekasi Regency Government has declared a state of emergency in the region following massive flooding and landslides in the past few days.

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government received grants amounting to US$5.5 million (equivalent to 7.2 billion South Korean won or around Rp84 billion) from South Korea to increase

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Three weeks have passed since Papua separatists held a Susi Air pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens hostage, and the airline has shut down rumors that the New Zeal

Antara, Jakarta – Darmaningtyas, an observer from the Institute for Transportation Studies (INSTRAN), asked Jakarta-owned bus operator TransJakarta to add a special fleet for women in i

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M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Constitutional Court (MK) chief justice Anwar Usman is reportedly set to be questioned by the court's honorary council over an alleged court verdict falsificati

Musthofa Bisri, Sumenep – Storms lingering across the waters of Masalembu Island in Sumenep Regency, East Java for the last three weeks triggered a shortage of staple goods since boat t

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Taiwan seeks to attract 150,000 Indonesian tourists this year after it finally scrapped its Covid-19 entry restrictions, according to a representative of i