Tom Allard, Kate Lamb and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Sydney, Australia – China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in maritime territory that both countries regard as t

Further proving that the mighty durian is a valuable commodity in Indonesia, a traffic cop was filmed receiving a bribe of the thorny fruits in exchange for not writing a ticket, in an

Road trippers may have to clear one additional bureaucratic hurdle to travel during the Christmas and New Year holidays: car stickers.

UCA News reporter and AFP – The self-immolation of an Afghan refugee in Indonesia has prompted Catholic officials to ask the government to handle refugees with more accountabilit

From Auckland Tamaki Makaurau in Aotearoa New Zealand to Paris, France, and from Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara to Jayapura and far beyond, thousands of people across the world today ra

Abeth You, Enarotali, Jubi – The displaced people of Maybrat in West Papua Province, who fled their hometowns due to armed conflict between the Indonesian Military (TNI) and police and

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Ministry of Transportation before members of the House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission V on Wednesday presented results of an internal surve

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia on Wednesday said the government's attempt towards industrialization downstreaming is met with resistance to counterblow it.

Agung Sandy Lesmana – The Metro Jaya regional police have rerouted traffic and closed off Jalan Merdeka Utara and traffic in the direction of Gambir train station due a rally by Papuan

Dhias Suwandi, Jayapura – Police have arrested seven youths – along with an eighth who recorded the action – who raised the Morning Star flag on the grounds of the Cenderawasih Sports C

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Having already declared coal ash non-hazardous waste, the Indonesian government now wants to turn it into bricks that will be used for coral transplantation pro

David Robie – Pressure is mounting on Indonesia to back off its brutal and unsuccessful military strategy in trying to crush West Papuan resistance to its flawed rule in "the land of Pa

Ambon – A demonstration by scores of Papuan students commemorating 60 years of West Papua independence in the city of Ambon, Maluku province on Wednesday December 1, ended in chaos afte

Sui Suadnyana, Denpasar – A protest action by the Bali City Committee Papua Student Alliance (AMP-KKB) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) in the Balinese provinci

Antara, Jakarta – A third wave of COVID-19 during the year-end holidays could see the number of cases reaching 70,000 in a moderate scenario and 400,000 in the worst-case scenario.

An Afghan refugee set himself on fire in the North Sumatra capital of Medan this morning, in what is reportedly an attempt to bring attention to the plight of asylum seekers in limbo in

Zainal Abidin Bagir and Husni Mubarok – Religious tension is a near constant part of life in Indonesia.

Uday Bakhshi – The Papuan provinces, or West Papua, the easternmost part of Indonesia's territory, have been wracked with conflict for decades.

Grace Natalia Chandra, Jakarta – Indonesia's effort to manage its plastic waste has been hampered with a basic problem for years now: all of its garbage remains unsorted.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said Indonesia is facing the fact that oil and gas production continues to decrease every year.

Antara, Jakarta – Upstream oil and gas company Pertamina Hulu Energy through its subsidiary Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore Southeast Sumatera (PHE OSES) on Tuesday announced the finding

Antara, Jakarta – The government Covid-19 spokesperson and new normal ambassador Reisa Broto Asmoro on Monday said two thirds of Indonesia's population have been inoculated with the min

The Jakarta Metro Police has confirmed that one of its officers was involved in a shooting in Bintaro, which killed one person and injured another.

Jakarta – The government has tightened the restrictions level in Greater Jakarta, and Bali in the latest move to anticipate the arrival of the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, after obser

Johannes NugrohoSouth – Bullied for not being "masculine enough", Bambang Priawan is feeling wretched.

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Tano Batak indigenous people in North Sumatra will continue protests in Jakarta after several protesters were arrested at a demonstration outside Indonesia's Env

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The sex abuse trial of Richard Daschbach, a former priest and missionary from the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in Timor-Leste, has entered the final stage afte

Graye Morkel – Indonesia has withdrawn participation from the 70th edition of Miss Universe in Israel on 12 December.

Going against WHO's appeal, Indonesia has officially jumped on the travel restriction bandwagon in its bid to prevent the Omicron COVID-19 variant from reaching its shores.

The organizers of an annual rally by Islamist groups is adamant that this year's edition will go ahead in Jakarta, even if authorities don't issue a permit for mass gathering required f

Timoteus Marten, Jayapura, Jubi – A total of 3,121 people in the Maybrat Regency, West Papua, have been displaced following the attack on the Indonesian Military (TNI) post in Kisor by

Jakarta – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on Monday said his government would ensure legal certainty for investors, offering continuity guarantees amid jitters and confusion over last

Jakarta – For sure, the Constitutional Court's order on Thursday for the government to amend the controversial Job Creation Law in two years, or else it will be declared unconstitutiona

Jakarta – Communications and Informatics Minister Johnny G.

Lani Diana, Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said before a group of protesters at the City Hall on Monday that he already sent a request for a review to the Manp

Antara, Jakarta – Papua Police Chief gen. Marthinus D.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said Monday the government will work together with the House of Representatives (DPR) t

Antara, Jakarta – State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir planted and donated trees at the launching of Make Indonesia Green campaign (#BUMNHijaukanIndonesia) on Sunday, to

Luh De Suriyani, Penyaringan, Indonesia – Stretching across Bali's southwest coast and up into the mountainous hinterland is Jembrana, one of the least populated of the Indonesian islan

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia has no effective mechanism for resolving its epidemic of land conflicts between rural communities and palm oil companies, according to a new stud

Jakarta – Six representatives from labour, student and civil society groups which are part of the Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) held an audience with a Presidential Staff Off

Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Democracy and Justice suspects that there are elements of corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN) in the polymerase chain reactio

When Indonesia unveiled a plan to turn 2.5 million millennials into farmers within five years, it was a big ask.

Jakarta – Indonesia will ban the arrival of travellers who have been in eight African countries to curb the spread of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, an official document sh

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – It is dawn in Jakarta and the sound of the adzan, the Islamic call to prayer, is blaring from the loudspeakers of mosques around the metropol

Livia Kristianti, Suharto, Jakarta – Indonesia is now among the five countries with the largest decline in COVID-19 cases, Communication and Informatics Minister Johnny G.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Tucked away in a small, dark alley of Jakarta's Glodok area lies a hidden gem that can be easily overlooked by anyone passing through.

Tri Meilani A, Fadhli Ruhman, Jakarta – Secretary to the Head of the Pancasila Ideology Development Agency (BPIP) Achmad Uzair Fauzan urged citizens, especially those from the younger g

Jakarta – Green analysts and campaigners have lauded Indonesia's ambitious goals of carbon-emission reduction and medium and long-term programs for transitioning from fossil fuels to re

Rakhmat Nur Hakim, Jakarta – The mass organisation Pancasila Youth (Pemuda Pancasila, PP) is currently the subject of lively discussion after several members set upon and assaulted a po