Yamin Kogoya, Brisbane – Google images of a country or region can offer a wealth of information about the people and cultures that live there.

Chris Barrett, Singapore – Eight months before the 20th anniversary of the Bali bombings, an Australian plan to build a memorial park where the Sari Club once stood is back on the table

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police Chief Gen.

Mentari D G, Mecca Yumna, Jakarta – The government has decided to not impose stricter regulations during level 3 of community activity restrictions, as the number of COVID-19 cases in s

Sam Roggeveen – The fuss made over Friday's Quad meeting in Melbourne is quite out of proportion to the group's significance.

Risyiana Muthia, Ubud, Bali – Before the pandemic, Carol Pou, a corporate trainer in Singapore, would visit the Indonesian island of Batam several times a month.

Gayatri Suroyo and Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – Indonesia's export growth slowed more than expected in January, after authorities in the world's top thermal coal exporter banned coal shi

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura, Jubi – The head of the Somatua Intan Jaya Independent Student Community, Feri Belau, asked the Indonesian Military (TNI) to immediately withdraw its troops from

Yance Wenda, Sentani, Jubi – Member of the Customary Working Group of the Papuan People's Council (MRP) Edison Tanati criticized development in Papua which focused more on infrastructur

Nur Janti, Jakarta – An ancient inscription on an andesite slab presumed to be from the time of the Mataram kingdom in the 10th century was found during a recent excavation of an unname

Delvira Hutabarat, Jakarta – In an upload on its Instagram social media account on Monday February 14, the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) accused the administration of P

Jakarta – The Confederation of United Indonesian Workers (KPBI) along with the National Student League for Democracy (LMND) held a symbolic action in front of the Ministry of Labour bui

Jakarta – Human rights abuses in Papua have come under the spotlight of the United Nations with the global body's special rapporteurs seeking explanations over several issues including

Antara, Jakarta – The number of Indonesians who have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine or have been fully vaccinated has crossed 135 million as of 12 noon on Monday, according

Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – The broad spread of Covid-19 infections caused by the latest variant, Omicron, has made Indonesia become one of the largest contributors to the number of ca

M Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – The Indonesian Trade Union Association (Aspek Indonesia) on Monday officially sent a letter to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the Minister of Manpower request

Bandung, West Java – A district court in West Java Tuesday sentenced a teacher to life in prison for the rape of 13 students, in a case that has drawn national attention to sexual abuse

Karawang, West Java.

Grace Sihombing – Indonesia is considering lifting all quarantine requirements for travelers around April as Covid-19 hospitalizations and fatality rates remain under control despite a

Editorial Board, ANU – It says a lot about Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's extraordinary mastery over Indonesian politics that year in, year out analyses of what's driving domestic developments

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The Timor-Leste government has approved a food basket program to support vulnerable families and ensure economic recovery at national and local level amid a spike

Jubi TV – The United Nations (UN) through the Special Procedures Mandate Holders submitted a request for data, information, and clarification to the Indonesian government regarding alle

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura, Jubi – The Papuan Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) has asked the Papua Police to guarantee the fulfillment of the right to health for eight people who were arrest

Jakarta – Anyone wondering what a police state in Indonesia would look like must watch the video clips of last week's ugly scenes in Wadas, a village near the Central Java town of Purwo

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Indonesia has logged a rising number of COVID-19 cases lately with a daily death increase of 111 on Sunday, which is the highest case increase since the new Omicr

Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Monday presented their initial findings after investigating a demonstration protesting against a minin

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation or YLBHI said the leadership of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has many similarities with the New Order era led by Soe

Pribadi Wicaksono (Contributor), Yogyakarta – Tourists were still seemed enthusiastic to visit a number of tourist destinations in Yogyakarta albeit the city recently recorded thousands

Antara, Jakarta – Member of the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission overseeing manpower, Saleh Partaonan Daulay, opined that the government should review the Manpower Ministerial

Burhanuddin Muhtadi – Polls on voter preferences consistently suggest that Indonesians value 'honesty' and 'care for the people' as the two most important traits that Indonesia's Presid

Senay Boztas – On the walls and counters, like portraits in blood, are the stylised images of eyewitnesses to four years of horrifying violence in Indonesia.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Local opposition to a mine on Indonesia's Java Island, and the heavy-handed police crackdown on protesters, has turned the national spotlight on a spate of

Apriadi Gunawan, Langkat, North Sumatra – North Sumatra police's crime and forensic units exhumed two graves believed to contain the remains of people who died after being tortured in i

Jember, East Java – At least 10 people died after tidal waves swept away a group of people meditating on a beach during Sunday's early hours, police in East Java said.

Erna Dwi Lidiawati, Palu – A protest action by local people against mining activities in the Kasimbar sub-district of Parigi Moutong regency in Central Sulawesi on Saturday February 12

Greg Fealy, ANU – The past year, the seventh year of Joko Widodo's presidency, has been notable for two trends: the further entrenching of the president's political position and the con

Kathmandu – Nepal and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste have established diplomatic relations.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – It was pitch-dark when 28-year-old Andika Pramono and 33 other Indonesians waited at the shore in Tanjung Tiram, North Sumatra in the wee hours of Monday (Feb 7)

Anita Permata D, Suharto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded 40,489 positive COVID-19 cases on Friday, with Jakarta chalking up the highest number of daily cases at 10,707, the Health Ministr

M Zulfikar, Nabil Ihsan, Jakarta – Indonesia's decision to purchase 42 Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft and two Scorpene-class submarines from France is a strategic move to modernize th

Anita Permata, Raka Adji, Jakarta – The government's problem inventory list (IDM) for the sexual violence bill (RUU TPKS) has been completed, Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child P

Jakarta – Jakarta, where people's mobility is high, remains the epicenter of the pandemic and it has seen its hospital occupancy rate for COVID-19 patients rise, albeit mostly for asymp

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) opined that the intimidation done by the authorities in Wadas Village, Purworejo, Central Java was included as a human rig

Jakarta – The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council has written to the Indonesian government asking for data and clarification related to alleged forced disappearances, the use of ex

Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – Indonesian Covid-19 task force announced 55,209 people were confirmed to contract Coronavirus on Saturday, February 12, totaling the number to 4,763,252.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia recently expressed its optimism that it would achieve its goal of 32.5 million hectares of marine protected areas by 2030.

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura, Jubi – The Yahukimo 16 Headquarters of the West Papua National Liberation Army's (TPNPB) has said that the Indonesian Military (TNI) and police personnel are not

Jakarta – Indonesia has agreed to buy six Rafale fighter jets from France's Dassault Aviation, the first part of a bigger deal to bring in 42 aircraft over the next few years as Southea

An owner of a warteg (a modest stall or kiosk selling budget meals) in the industrial area of Cikarang, West Java's Bekasi regency, was the target of a mob's wrath after he was accused

Tassia Sipahutar – Indonesia reported 100 deaths from Covid-19 in a day, the highest since September, as the jump in cases starts to send more people to hospitals.