Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The chairperson of the Indonesian Transportation Workers Union (SPAI) Lily Pujiati tended to agree with the analysis of transportation expert Djoko Setijow

Antara, Jakarta – The public prosecutor (JPU) at Surabaya's District Court on Monday has charged the sexual crime defendant who allegedly sexually violated dozens of Islamic boarding sc

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – When Indonesia recently unveiled the latest plans to overhaul its ageing Criminal Code, one of the articles that caught everyone's eye was the one a

Stephen Wright, Wellington – Pacific island nations have tempered their protests against Indonesia's rule in its volatile Papua region, a possible sign that Jakarta's effort to silence

News Desk, Jakarta – In an apparent swipe against outgoing Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered interim Jakarta governor Heru Budi Hartono to imme

News Desk, Jakarta – The National Police disclosed on Monday that some of the tear gas canisters fired in the lead-up to the Kanjuruhan Stadium stampede in Malang, East Java, had expire

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Young people aged between 17 and 39, who will make up 54 percent of voters in 2024, want a president who can make significant changes and they don't think

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X had his term as Yogyakarta governor extended by another five years on Monday which will keep him in office for a total of 29

Jakarta – It is not unusual for politicians to bend or even break rules to achieve their goals. In its most basic, if not cynical form, politics is nothing but a "means to an end".

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition's fact-finding team dedicated to independently investigating the deadly stampede at the Kanjuruhan stadium found that the hund

Jakarta – East Java Police Chief Insp.

Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman, Jakarta – Akhmad from Jakarta felt euphoric when activity restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were lifted early this year.

Reno Surya, Malang – Only four paramedics were on standby inside the football stadium in Indonesia where 131 people were killed in a crowd crush, with a further 12 nearby, the head of t

Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition fact finding team (TPF) has conducted an investigation for at least seven days related to the Kanjuruhan Stadium tragedy in whic

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, has not revealed its presidential candidate for 2024 despite having the luxu

Jayapura, Jubi – Recently, Roy Marthen Howay, one of the four suspects in the murder and mutilation of four Nduga Residents in Mimika Regency on August 20, 2022, who is on the run, made

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Legislative Council lawmaker Laurenzus Kadepa called on Investment Minister or Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia to resolve the ri

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo launched the Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility at East Jakarta's Pulogadung area on

Devi Ernis, Jakarta – The Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim lamented the reported discrimination experienced by a high school student of SMAN 2 Depok.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesia won't get sanctions from the world football governing body FIFA, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Friday, after at least 131 people died

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Teachers should consider streamlining the curriculum and put more emphasis on nurturing student engagement rather than coverage of material, according to c

Ryan Dagur – Catholic activists in Papua have urged Indonesian authorities to refrain from employing coercive measures against their ailing provincial governor, accused of corruption in

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has once again postponed the analog switch-off (ASO) program for Jakarta, leading experts to question whether digital

David Engel – The Indonesian government's announcement on 27 September of its agreed 2023 defence budgetary allocation leaves Indonesia no closer to having a military capable of wieldin

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The National Police handed over disgraced internal affairs chief Ferdy Sambo to the Attorney General's Office (AGO) on Wednesday, as the trials relating to the mu

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Greater Jakarta braces for more flooding after heavy downpours swept through many neighborhoods, causing massive floods and severing major thoroughfares in the pa

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Anies Baswedan met with Democratic Party Chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono on Friday to gain support for the 2024 presidential election in his first poli

Jakarta – Indonesia was among 19 nations that rejected a motion against China at the United Nations to hold a debate on alleged rights abuses against Muslim Uighurs and other ethnic min

Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced early this week a 1.17 percent headline inflation in September on a month-to-month basis – the highest since December 2014 – and 5.95 perc

Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has urged his ministers to scale up the country's food estate megaproject to boost agricultural productivity, even as te

Six people, including police and match organisers, are facing criminal charges in Indonesia after a crowd crush at a football game killed at least 131 people at the weekend.

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Vaksincom cybersecurity and digital forensic expert Alfons Tanujaya commented on the plan to utilize face recognition technology by state-railway operator

Antara, Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Agency asked the government to relocate the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine from other regions with surplus stock to the capital as its stock is star

Basten Gokkon, Richaldo Hariandja, Jakarta/North Penajam Paser, Indonesia – The Indonesian government's strategy to minimize the marine impacts of building a new capital city on the isl

Siktus Harson – A multimillion-dollar graft scandal involving high-ranking leaders in conflict-torn Papua has drawn a public backlash and further impoverished people traumatized by deca

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi' Widodo has appointed his secretary Heru Budi Hartono as the acting Jakarta governor to replace Anies Baswedan whose term expires

Beritasatu, Jakarta – At least three students of a state Islamic junior high school in South Jakarta died on Thursday after walls in a section of the school building were swept by flood

Eko Rusdianto, Wawonii Island, Indonesia – The coconut palm has been a source of food and identity for centuries among the people of Wawonii Island.

Before you reach out for that packet of spicy noodles, you need to souper careful.

Made Supriatma – A personal spat between two four-star generals spilling into the open has raised questions about military professionalism and elite politics in Indonesia.

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Legislative Council member Namantus Gwijangge condemned the attack on Trans Papua road workers in Moskona, Bintuni Bay Regency, West Papua on September 29, 2022.

Wamena, Jubi – The Ministry of Home Affairs plan to accelerate the inauguration of the acting governors of the three New Autonomous Regions (DOB) in Papua land at the end of October is

Kiki Siregar, Karagasem, Bali – Standing regally on the eastern side of Bali in Karangasem regency lies Mount Agung, the highest mountain on Indonesia's Island of the Gods.

Jakarta – The Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), the state-owned wealth fund created by the government to accumulate capital for the country's long-term development, recently investe

News Desk, Jakarta – Despite the pledge from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo that the government would start relaxing COVID-19 restrictions, the Home Affairs Ministry has decided to impl

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The rising benchmark interest rate added pressure on the landed housing sector, property consultancy firm Colliers has said.

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Fika Nurul Ulya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) is asking Indonesian police chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo to stop his officers from intimidating Aremania (Ar

Dicky Kurniawan, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry supports the government's plan to achieve the goal of having two million electric motorcycles by 2025.

Jack Brook – Hours before he was bludgeoned into a coma, Yulianus Yeimo was singing worship songs at a bonfire in 2014.