An Australian human rights author and poet has accused successive federal governments of "deliberately aiding and abetting" the 1969 annexation of West Papua by Indonesia and enabling t

Amy Heppy, Najla Nur Fauziyah (Translator), Jakarta – A thousand protestors consisting of farmers and workers are reported to demonstrate in front of the Constitutional Court of Indones

Eka Yudha Saputra, M Zulnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) spokesperson Rear Admiral Julius Widjojono stated that his side is offering figures who would become a mediat

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Director General of Foreign Trade at the Trade Ministry, Budi Santoso, emphasized that the export of sea sand is still prohibited albeit Government Regulat

Antara, Jakarta – Director General of Railways of the Transportation Ministry, Mohamad Risal Wasal, stated that the construction project of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train will be

Amelia Rahima Sari (Antara), Jakarta – The World Bank listed Indonesia in the group of upper-middle-income countries again.

Bill Birtles and Hellena Souisa – Philip Mark Mehrtens – a pilot for a charter plane company – was ambushed by rebels after he flew to a remote airstrip to drop off some passengers and

Jakarta – In an effort to release New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens, taken hostage by Papuan separatists, the interim Nduga regent Edison Gwijangge will hold negotiations with the rebel

Muhammad Ghafur Fadillah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has nominated four candidates to fill two key vacant positions at the Financial Services Authority (OJK) to the House

Theressia Silalahi & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force on Thursday received the second of five C-130J Super Hercules aircraft the government has purchased from US

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Australian investors are still in a wait-and-see mode before they decide to invest in Indonesia's new capital city Nusantara, according to the economic thi

Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Balikpapan – Sinarmas Land Group's property development subsidiary, Grandcity Balikpapan, is set to be awarded a project to construct 1,500 houses for civil servant

News Desk, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has unveiled a plan to build an extensive railway network that would connect Nusantara in East Kalimantan with major cities around the p

Jakarta – The July 1 deadline set up by the Papuan rebels who hold Susi Air pilot Philip Mehrtens has passed and the military operation deployed by the Indonesian Military (TNI) has thu

Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has highlighted that human rights issues that do the rounds ahead of elections are never concrete or discu

Celvin Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning to establish a coast guard to bolster maritime border security and effectively combat smuggling and other illicit activities, Chief Sec

David Livingstone – The charismatic leader of the world's third-largest democracy, fourth-largest country by population, and likely fourth-largest economy by 2050, has just visited Aust

Lee Ying Shan – Mining giants Australia and Indonesia have signed a "win-win" EV battery deal, said Sabrin Chowdhury, head of commodities analysis at BMI, a research unit of Fitch Solut

Mongabay Haze Beat – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has warned of potentially dangerous weather conditions accelerating across the archipelago in the coming months, as the nation's me

Yamin Kogoya – An Indonesian court hearing was held at Tipikor Court, Jakarta, last week when suspended Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe was arraigned before a panel of judges on allegation

Jakarta – The 2023 Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games have been cancelled after Bali pulled out as host a month before the event's scheduled start, organisers

Nur Janti, Jakarta – Lawmakers are trying to water down a number of problematic provisions in the 2016 Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law that have often been used to cri

Natasya Salim and wires – On a stage in Singapore, Indonesian President Joko Widodo spruiks his planned new $48 billion capital city Nusantara to a room full of global investors.

Vinnilya Huanggrio, Jakarta – New details have emerged in the police investigation into alleged blasphemy at Al Zaytun Islamic Boarding School, led by controversial figure Panji Gumilan

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The endemic phase is here and Indonesia is welcoming travelers with improved infrastructure as the country aims for economic growth above 5 percent.

Reuters, Najla, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met his Papua New Guinean counterpart, Prime Minister James Marape in Port Moresby on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.

Fachri Hamzah, Padang – Ruling party PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto asserted that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is consistent in supporting Ganjar Pranowo as a presidential c

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – Forum of Concerned Citizens for Indonesia's Parliament (Formappi) researcher Lucius Karus suspects the rush to deliberate revisions to the Village Law ar

Nabire, Jubi – The body of Yalingga Jikwa, one of the victims of the conflict between residents in Topo, was found in Nabire Regency, Central Papua Province, on June 29, 2023.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia burned more coal in 2022 than any other year, a preliminary analysis shows, putting the country on track to become one of the largest carbon emit

Indonesian advocacy groups have urged the government to amend the country's laws and appealed to the police to halt the enforcement of blasphemy-related articles to stop the abuse of re

Jakarta – Just moments before embarking on a flight to Sydney, Australia, on Monday to attend the Indonesia-Australia Annual Leaders' Summit, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo boldly asser

Jakarta – Gerindra Party politician Andre Rosiade has said his party would welcome new partners this month to back the presidential bid of chairman Prabowo Subianto in the presidential

Eka Yudha Saputra, Najla Nur Fauziyah (Translator), Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence or KontraS recorded 622 cases of violence involving police membe

Bella Evangelista, Jakarta – Indonesian Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno responded with a more lenient approach to reports that Indonesian rice terraces were mistakenly featured in a Phili

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Indonesian state budget has reported an impressive surplus of Rp 152.3 trillion ($10 billion) in the first half of 2023, largely attributed to the att

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's business lobby group Kadin and the Western Australian government inked on Tuesday an action plan aimed at power investment cooperation on criti

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) has suspended trading of shares for 46 companies that failed to submit their audited financial results for the fiscal

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – As the standoff between the government and Papuan separatists over the release of New Zealand pilot Philip Merhtens continues, the National Commission on Human Ri

Kukuh S.

When battling to protect Indonesia's peatlands during wildfire crises in 2015 and 2019, most volunteer firefighters confronted the infernos with a dire shortage of equipment and technol

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is urging the national police criminal investigations directorate (Bareskrim) to halt the investigation into the head of the Al Zaytun Islamic boar

Fransiskus Salu, Tegar Nurfitra, Manokwari, West Papua – The Regional Police of West Papua will station special troops across all regions of West Papua Province and Southwest Papua Prov

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of foreign visitors to Indonesia has experienced a significant increase, quadrupling in the first five months of the year compared to the same peri

Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – The deforestation rate in Indonesia showed a notable decline of 8.4 percent for the period of 2021-2022 compared to the previous year's monitoring results.

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Mathius D.

Gantry Meilana – Former Timor-Leste independence fighter Xanana Gusmao was sworn in on Saturday as prime minister of Asia's youngest country after his party won the parliamentary electi

Hilman Palaon – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo carries a personal ambition in his visit to Australia this week, to secure Australia's support for Indonesia's nascent electric vehicle

Gatra Priyandita – Indonesian President Joko Widodo will meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney this week on his third (and possibly last) state visit to Australia, a count

Jakarta – Halfway into 2023, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have released separate reports on the state of Indonesia's economy.