Jakarta – With less than two weeks until the United Nations General Assembly convenes for high-level dialogue in New York, the government continues to avoid a straight answer as to whet

David Engel, Albert Zhang and Jake Wallis – ASPI has analysed thousands of suspicious tweets posted in 2021 relating to the Indonesian region of Papua and assessed that they are inauthe

Edna Tarigan and Fadlan Syam, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers and students in Indonesia rallied on Tuesday demanding the government cancel fuel price hikes, a politically sensitive issue

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Parker Novak – It's been hard to miss Jose Ramos-Horta, the President of Timor-Leste, in the news over the past couple of weeks.

Thousands of people in Timor-Leste lined the streets of the capital Dili to welcome the Catholic-majority nation's first on Sept. 5.

Laborers and university students are staging protests throughout the country today, demanding the government reverse its subsidized fuel price hike.

Jayapura – The Papua Office of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM Papua) announced nine points from their investigation into the murder and mutilation of four Nduga res

Jakarta – Thousands of people rallied in Indonesia's biggest cities on Tuesday, seeking to pile pressure on the government to reverse its first subsidised fuel price hike in eight years

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has confirmed that he will meet with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to aid in the anti-graft body's probe into the capital's hosting of the

Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Office of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM Papua) has started an investigation into the murder and mutilation of four civilians from Nduga

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia is bracing for protests this week after the government raised fuel prices by more than 30 per cent to curb soaring subsidies, as higher costs hit househo

Max Lane – While public opposition to Indonesia's proposed revision to its Criminal Code has stalled its passage in parliament, the conservative political establishment looks set to hav

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – The number of women who were victims of violence throughout 2021 totaled some 27,335 people.

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Jakarta – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr met with his Indonesian counterpart Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday for a state visit focused on bolstering defence, trade and other ti

Bisnis.Com, Jakarta – A number of textile entrepreneurs expressed deep worries about the government's decision to increase the subsidized fuel price, Pertalite and Solar, by more than 3

The government's policy of raising fuel (BBM) prices has attracted opposition from many parties with student groups in different parts of Indonesia holding demonstrations on Monday Sept

Jayapura, Jubi – Member of the Religious Working Group of the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) Rev.

What was briefly the cheapest fuel in the land has been pulled from circulation, as private gas station chain Vivo's Revo 89 variant is reportedly no longer available nationwide.

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria called on the people who are planning to hold protests against the increase in subsidized fuel prices not to commit anarchic

While the nation is still exhaustively poring over every little detail in the murder case of Police Brigadier Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat almost two months since he was gunned down, ano

Rod McGuirk, Canberra – East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta arrived in Australia on Tuesday for a state visit as negotiations over lucrative gas resources reach a critical stage for

Sebastian Strangio – Indonesia has bitten the bullet and cut its subsidies for fuel, after the government's attempts to hold down the cost of petrol amid rising global oil prices threat

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – United Development Party (PPP) Chairman Suharso Monoarfa has been ousted by clerics grouping in three oversight councils, a party executive said on Monday, alle

Muhammad Aulia, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto didn't show up in a crucial hearing with the House of Representatives' Defense and Foreign Affairs Commission

Erick Tanjung – Student groups in various parts of the country took to the streets on Monday September 5 to hold demonstrations protesting the recent fuel (BBM) price hike.

Jakarta – The government announced a long-anticipated fuel prices increase on Saturday in a move to rein in the state budget deficit this year and better allocate the subsidies to the p

Jakarta – When one of our citizens dies an unnatural death in a foreign country, the government has a duty to find out why it happened and see to it that justice is upheld.

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The government raised subsidized fuel prices by about 30 percent on Saturday, top officials said, as it moves to rein in ballooning subsidies despite a risk

M Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid (LBH) on Thursday declared its dissatisfaction with the court of ethics' decision on the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Police Chief, commissioner E

Aryo Putranto Saptohutomo, Jakarta – Military observer Al Araf believes that the case of the Army personnel who were involved in the mutilation and murder of four civilians in Mimika sh

Jayapura – Spokesperson for the Papua Peace Network (JDP) Yan Cristian Warinussy said President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo did not commit to resolving conflicts in the Land of Papua.

Jayapura – The General Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Papua Police has revealed the motive for the murder and mutilation of four Nduga residents in Timika was a robbery.

With the frequency that data breaches have been reported in Indonesia lately, we wouldn't be surprised if hackers manage to learn about that embarrassing incident we experienced in sixt

Seven people have been found guilty of treason after raising the banned Morning Star flag in West Papua, a province of Indonesia.

Pacific Media Watch – The co-founder of Tabloid Jubi, Victor Mambor has been presented with the 2022 Udin Award from Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) during the org

Jakarta – A cargo of eight Chinese-made high-speed train cars has arrived at a Jakarta port marking the first batch of rolling stock for Indonesia's first high-speed railway network bei

Lima, Peru – Peruvian prosecutors have opened an investigation for alleged torture over the death in Bali last month of a trans Peruvian man who died while in custody in the tourist isl

News Desk, Jakarta – Jakarta Police have arrested several officers from Penjaringan precinct in North Jakarta for abuse of authority.

Stevani Wijaya, Jakarta – Six mid and high-ranking officers have been named suspects for allegedly obstructing justice in the ongoing investigation into the murder of Brigadier Nofrians

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – The arrest of a two-star general on suspicion of the murder of his bodyguard has riveted Indonesians in a case that threatens to undermine public co

Servio Maranda (Bangka Belitung), Pangkalpinang – Commission VII of the House of Representatives (DPR) has urged the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry (ESDM) to revise the governmen

Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – The coalition of Indonesian civil society on Wednesday presented their findings regarding the human rights situation at the United Nations (UN) Palais des Nat

Jayapura – The Constitutional Court on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, read out its decision in the case of reviewing Law No. 2/2021 on the Second Amendment to Law No.

Eduard Lazarus – After two years of pandemic killjoy, Indonesia's Independence Day celebrations last month had a festive feel.

Jayapura – Head of the Papua Office of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM Papua) Frits Ramandey asked the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) not to target civi

President Joko Widodo has come out to quash reports that the government was set to raise fuel prices today, which caused some panic buying across the country over the past few days.

Matthew Knott – Foreign Minister Penny Wong has used a visit to East Timor to publicly rebuke the country's president, Jose Ramos-Horta, for using the media to pressure Australia over t

Tess Ikonomou (AAP) – Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has pushed back against Timor-Leste's use of the media to apply pressure to Australia over a gas project.