Sheena Suparman, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has pledged that Indonesia is fully committed to controlling climate change, including reducing emissions by 29 percent by 2030

Aisyah Llewellyn – When Arif Setyawan was given a three-year prison sentence in August 2015 for terrorism-related offences, he was sent to Salemba Prison in Jakarta – a place that has h

Abeth You, Jayapura – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) said that the Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel who allegedly shot dead Nopelinus Sondegau, a two-year-old child,

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – The Papuan Customary Council has criticized all parties who speak on behalf of the Indigenous Papuan people and ask PT Freeport Indonesia to build a copper smelt

Nava Nuraniyah – Shortly after his re-election in May 2019, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) delivered his Vision of Indonesia speech, in which he pledged "zero tolerance against those wh

Antonio Sampaio, Dili – Former Timor-Leste President Xanana Gusmao today lamented the death of journalist and filmmaker Max Stahl, recalling that his work had "changed the fate of the n

Antonio Sampaio, Dili – Filmmaker and journalist Max Stahl, 66, has died almost 30 years after capturing images of the Indonesian massacre at Santa Cruz cemetery in the Timor-Leste capi

Jakarta – Indonesia has received more than 12 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in three days, bringing the total vaccine delivered to the country to more than 300 million doses, ac

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry on Friday has introduced yet another change in its air travel health requirement amid the COVID-19 pandemic overseen by C

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on Friday issued an early warning on La Nina, which the agency warns could affect Indonesia's weath

Hedwige, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning to have public transportation buses running on electricity by 2030.

A child was killed and one wounded in Indonesia's easternmost Papua region, a security spokesman said, in a rare flare up in an old insurgency when government forces clashed with separa

Aisah Putri Budiatri and Ahmad Najib Burhani – The largest Islamic organisation in Indonesia will hold its congress in December to elect its next chairman.

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), as one of the parties in a judicial review of Article 40 Paragraph (2b) of Law Number 19/2016 on Information and Electronic Tran

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Two children were reportedly shot during a crossfire between the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) in Sugapa, Intan

Yanuar Nugroho – Legislation to approve moving the Indonesian capital to East Kalimantan is expected soon.

David Rising and Edna Tarigan, Jakarta – Indonesians are looking ahead warily toward the holiday travel season, anxious for crucial tourist spending but worried an influx of visitors co

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Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The latest poll by Indikator Politik Indonesia shows that young voters comprising the generation Z (gen Z) and millennials have shown serious awareness towards cl

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The government's plan to broaden the PCR test mandate outside of air travel grabbed the attention of the Indonesian Association of Clinical and Laboratory Pathol

Rr Ariyani Yakti Widyastuti, Jakarta – The East Java branch of one of Indonesia's largest Islamic organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), on Sunday announced its latest fatwa that deems th

Abeth You, Jayapura – The Pegunungan Bintang (Pegubin) Administration is preparing to send hundreds of displaced people of Kiwirok District, who fled after the attack on the Kiwirok's h

Kulon Progo, Indonesia – On the coastline south of one of Java's oldest kingdoms, a group of chili farmers grapples with a centuries-old sultanate on ancient plains of dark sand.

Jakarta – Protesting workers, students and civil society groups from the Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) have begun moving off in the direction the the State Palace in Central

Wisma Putra, Bandung – Hundreds of students held a demonstration in front of the West Java Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) in Bandung on Thursday October 28 in which they highl

Isnaya Helmi, Jakarta – An alliance of worker and student groups held a demonstration near the Presidential Palace on Central Jakarta today, Thursday October 28.

Hermawan Mappiwali, Makassar – Protesting students, who have been demonstrating since earlier this afternoon, continued to hold their ground on Jalan Sultan Alauddin in the South Sulawe

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The government fully supports the development and monetization of video games by local players to tap into the rapidly growing market in the region, the infor

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Being blessed with abundant renewable energy sources, Indonesia has the potential to become a climate superpower, according to British diplomats.

Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia's decision to block internet access during periods of social unrest was lawful, its constitutional court ruled on Wednes

Jakarta – An Indonesian cabinet minister is pushing for American mining giant Freeport McMoRan to be allowed to expand its copper concentrate output so as to supply a planned smelter in

Ryan Dagur – A Catholic school run by the Canossian Sisters in Timor-Leste has launched a green school initiative aimed at, among other things, reducing single-use plastic waste that is

Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy has received two new tank landing ships built by a local defense consortium on the island of Batam.

Jayapura – Papua Legal Aid Institute has called on the Papua and West Papua administration, as well as the Indonesian Red Cross, to immediately save civilians who were displaced due to

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) chairperson Tulus Abadi on Tuesday gave his response to President Joko Widodo's public request to lower the cost of PC

The gold standard COVID-19 diagnostic tool has become slightly more accessible to Indonesians, after the government this afternoon announced PCR swab test's price ceiling has been lower

Officers of an agency regularly tasked with cleaning up prostitution and all sorts of humanly vices from their jurisdiction were caught with their pants down (quite literally) solicitin

Johnny Blades – Armed conflict in West Papua has caused an exodus of displaced people into one of the most remote parts of neighbouring Papua New Guinea.

New Delhi – The daughter of Sukarno, Indonesia's founding father and first president, on Tuesday converted from Islam to Hinduism, an unorthodox move in the world's most populous Muslim

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Minister of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) Johnny G.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian government once again pledged to advance the nation's shift from fossil fuel to renewables, as it sets up strategies to give the energy tran

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Pollster Indikator Politik Indonesia in partnership with NGO Indonesia Cerah Foundation conducted a poll on young voters' opinion and perception towards climate c

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Education, Culture, and Technology Ministry Nadiem Makarim in early September introduced regulation No.

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has officially erased the Christmas annual collective leave initially slated for December 24, 2021, in an attempt to suppress public mobility

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Communications and Informatics (Kominfo) Ministry on Tuesday responded to a Google report stating that Indonesia tops the list of countries in the world with

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas issued a written statement on Tuesday insisting that the ministry he leads represents every religion and does not

Pribadi Wicaksono, Graven Fikri (Intern), Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta Covid-19 Task Force is conducting a random vaccination card checking to the people roaming around the famous tourist ar

One of Indonesia's top ministers appears to have caught wind on how bars and clubs in Bali managed to avoid sanctions despite violating health protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic, al

Jakarta – Indonesia received on Monday about 684,400 doses of Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccine from New Zealand.

Charles Scheiner – The young nation of Timor-Leste has been blessed with $US23 billion ($F47.71b) in oil and gas revenues over the past 15 years, which has paid for 86 per cent of state