Indonesia, West Papua – On the morning of 23 May 2025, at approximately 10:00 am, five Papuan minors sustained bullet injuries as Indonesian joint security forces opened fire at them in

Antara, Jakarta – The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the Indonesian government to mandate standardized plain packaging for all cigarette products, featuring graphic health wa

Muhammad Farhan, Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry has issued a new directive banning discriminatory requirements in job recruitment, such as appearance, age, height, marital status, ethn

Jakarta – The move by the government to force Daya Anagata Nusantara Investment Management Agency, or Danantara, to take over projects of dubious economic value could be dangerous in th

Ihsan Syahreza, Medan – The central government has officially reassigned four islands previously under Aceh's jurisdiction to the administrative authority of North Sumatra Province, Nor

Salman Mardira, East Kalimantan – Several ministerial office buildings in Nusantara, Indonesia's future capital, have been completed, marking a significant milestone in the government's

Hendro Dahlan Situmorang, Jakarta – Indonesia is strengthening its national tsunami early warning system by utilizing undersea fiber optic cable technology to detect seismic activity, p

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Jakarta – Following the conclusion of this year's computer-based entrance exam (UTBK) for state university admissions, organizers have vowed to take firm action against mass cheating an

Mervin Goklas Hamonangan and Mohamad Dian Revindo (360info), Jakarta – Just when the calm of the post-Ramadan period had settled in, United States President Donald Trump dropped a bombs

Jakarta – Asenior minister in the administration of President Prabowo Subianto has denied a report claiming that a meeting took place between Indonesia and Israel last year to explore t

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian government recorded a drop in coal exports during the first quarter of 2025, as confirmed by the Director of Coal Business Development at the Min

Indonesia, West Papua – On 13 May 2025, a large-scale military (TNI) operation in the Sugapa and Hitadipa districts of Intan Jaya Regency, Papua Tengah province, resulted in the deaths

Sahat Simatupang, Medan – Delima Silalahi, an environmental activist in Toba Regency, North Sumatra, received a package containing a bloody carcass of a bird at her home in Silangit, To

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Head of the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority, Basuki Hadimuljono, announced that the construction of the Vice President's Palace at IKN in East Kalimant

Wen Zongduo, Prime Sarmiento and Leonardus Jegho, Hong Kong, Jakarta – When President Xi Jinping entered the front lawn of the parliament building in Jakarta on Oct 3, 2013, Marzuki Ali

Grace el Dora, Jakarta – The Presidential Palace clarified on Friday that President Prabowo Subianto was drinking non-alcoholic apple juice – not wine – during a toast with French Presi

CIVICUS discusses the devastating impact of palm oil extraction in West Papua with Tigor Hutapea, legal representative of Pusaka Bentala Rakyat, an organisation campaigning for Indigeno

Maidina Rahmawati and Erasmus AT Napitupulu – The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) is reportedly set to ratify amendments to Law No.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto received the Grand-croix de la Lgion d'honneur, the highest honor from France, at Sapta Marga Field, Akmil Magelang (Mag

Andika Julia Perdana Putra – The government's move to block the archive.org website has attracted support and opposition from the public.

Dyna Rochmyaningsih – Indonesia, one of the most biodiverse nations on Earth, appears to be gearing up to renew official estimates of its remaining wildlife populations, following nearl

Louis Plottel – There's a notorious stretch of road in Indonesia, by the border of North Sumatra and Aceh provinces, that passes through kilometres and kilometres of oil palm plantation

Manila – Timor-Leste deported an Interpol-wanted Filipino murder suspect on Thursday (May 29) whose case the government has linked to its aspirations to join the regional ASEAN bloc, af

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Bara Muhammad Setiadi, a researcher from the Center for Economic and Law Studies (Celios), stated that online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers must put in e

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Indonesia is moving closer to providing free basic education for all students, including those enrolled in private schools, following a landmark Constitutional

Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Yovanda Noni, East Kalimantan – Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka made a two-day working visit to Indonesia's new capital, Nusantara (IKN), on May 28 and 29, hi

Savero Aristia Wienanto, Jakarta – Middle East geopolitical analyst Dina Sulaeman shed light on the pro-Palestine movement in Indonesia, which tends to be less active compared to other

Agencies, Jakarta – France and Indonesia have signed a preliminary defence pact that could lead to new orders of French military equipment including Rafale fighter jets and Scorpene sub

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia has criticized the recently introduced Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) 2025-2034 shared by the government.

Ananda Ridho Sulistya, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Digital Space Supervision at the Ministry of Communication and Digital Technology (Komdigi) has confirmed the blocking of the

Musthofa Bisri (Kontributor), Bangkalan – Prabowo Subianto, the 8th President of the Republic of Indonesia, purchased a sacrificial cow from Jamil Achmadi, a resident of Dusun Tlempok,

Antara, Jakarta – Manpower Minister Yassierli announced on Wednesday the issuance of a new circular prohibiting all forms of discrimination in the job recruitment process.

Lelilef Sawai, Indonesia – Sitting deep in east Indonesia's lush jungle, Bokum, one of the country's last isolated hunter-gatherers, has a simple message for the nickel miners threateni

Budhy Nurgianto, Halmahera – Dozens of blood samples from workers at the Weda Bay Nickel Industrial Park, and the residents around the nickel industrial area located in Weda, Central Ha

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Chairperson of the Central Executive Board of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), Puan Maharani, asked Minister of Cooperatives Budi Arie to c

Jakarta – The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) has reported that Mount Semeru, situated on the border of Lumajang and Malang districts in East Java, erupt

Eka Jaya Saputra, Bekasi, West Java – More than 25,000 job seekers crowded the President University Convention Center on Tuesday for a large job fair organized by the Bekasi Regency Gov

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) investigation into the management of oil imports by Pertamina increasingly confirms the fact that it involves many people and careful plann

Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – CEO of sovereign wealth fund Danantara, Rosan Roeslani, and CIO Pandu Sjahrir firmly deny reports that American investor Ray Dalio has withdrawn from

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – Thousands of job seekers crowded the Bekasi Pasti Kerja 2025 Job Fair, organized by the Bekasi District Manpower Office at President University's Jababeka

Salman Mardira, Jakarta – The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) have appointed Major General Edwin Adrian Sumantha as the new commander of the Presidential Security Force (Paspampres), repl

Agung Dharma Putra, Surabaya – The Indonesian government has made it mandatory for all landowners to convert their paper-based land certificates into a digital format, as part of a swee

Widi Agustian, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor warns that students who smoke at school or in public places could lose their Jakarta Smart Card (KJP) Plus financial aid.

Max Lane – From two different May Day events in Jakarta, divergent approaches in negotiating workers' aims and rights in Indonesia can be discerned.

Donny Iqbal – Indonesia's highest court has overturned the acquittal of an accused translator who facilitated transactions in the international trade of poached rhino horns.

Police in Timor-Leste have re-arrested a former Philippine Congress member accused of masterminding the killing of a sitting governor and nine others back home in March 2023.

Agencies, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday said he would be willing to establish diplomatic relations with Israel if it recognised a Palestinian state, as he held talks

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meal program could balloon to hundreds of trillions of rupiah and put significant pressure on the state budget,

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – Tensions have risen between flag carrier Garuda Indonesia and its pilots over disputes regarding the new leadership's hiring policy.