Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Arya Dipa and Apriadi Gunawan, Surabaya/Medan – Residents in various regions of Indonesia decided to go ahead with festive celebrations for this year's Independenc

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – More than 15,000 hikers swamped Mount Bawakaraeng in Gowa regency, South Sulawesi to celebrate Independence Day on Monday, the most visitors ever recorded on

Jakarta – All COVID-19 patients from the Army's Officer Candidate School (Secapa) cluster in Bandung, West Java, have recovered, the Army announced on Saturday.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Amid the slew of technological and financial limitations that come with online learning, several local communities across Java have taken it upon themselv

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Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Three influencers on social media have apologized to their followers after facing a backlash for posting content supporting the controversial job creation

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – City-owned bus operator Transjakarta announced that it will play the national anthem "Indonesia Raya" inside of buses and at bus stops from 10:17 to 10.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Airlangga Universitry rector Muhammad Nasih has touted the potential coronavirus remedies the university is currently developing in collaboration with sev

Jayapura, Jubi – The Action Committee against the Special Autonomy Policy Phase II held a protest in front of the Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs Office on Monday, 10 August 2020.

Antara, Jakarta – Car sales in Indonesia rose by 100.3 percent to 25,283 vehicles in July, from 12,623 units a month earlier, Association of Indonesian Motor Vehicle Producers (Gaikind

Ian Cunliffe – Timor-Leste only achieved independence in 2002. It was Asia's poorest country and desperately needed revenue.

Islami Adisubrata, Wamena, Jubi – Papua Customary Council (DAP) commemorated the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples of 9 August 2020 by organising public prayer at Karm

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Activists from the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) held a demonstration on Saturday against the 1962 Ne

Jakarta – Indonesia must use the pandemic to reboot South-east Asia's biggest economy, including by improving food and energy security, as well as processing more natural resources at

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia is still evaluating when to reopen Bali and other tourist hot spots to foreign visitors, noting that efforts to curb the spread of coronaviru

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Lawmakers are speeding up the deliberation of the controversial omnibus bill on job creation as they aim to complete it by September for endorsement amid mount

Jakarta – Approximately 289 children below 19 years old have been infected with COVID-19 in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, an official has said, arguing that the virus tran

Jakarta – A total of 167,653 students have made it into the 85 state universities across the country after passing the 2020 state university entrance test (SBMPTN), as announced on Fri

Belseran Christ, Ambon – The Maluku Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has thwarted attempted illegal trade involving birds and reptiles originating from the Maluku Islands.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Economic recovery and structural reform will be at the core of the government's 2021 state budget policy as the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzes the economy an

Jakarta – The police in Palembang, South Sumatra, are investigating a 43-year-old private university lecturer after he was caught sexually assaulting an underage boy.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Two high-ranking police officers were named suspects on Friday for allegedly accepting bribe from a graft fugitive in a major scandal that prompted the presiden

Jakarta – The Trimurjo Police in Lampung have arrested a man for allegedly stabbing his wife after she refused to allow him to live a polygamous lifestyle by marrying another woman.

Dion Bisara, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has proposed an expansive state budget next year with a deficit of 5.5 percent of Indonesia's output as he s

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Higher consumer demand for sustainable palm oil propels producers to pursue ecolabels, according to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Production, or

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Coronavirus is still raging on in Indonesia with 2,345 new cases on Saturday to bring the total number of confirmed cases to 137,468, including 6,071 deaths.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The South Sulawesi Police have carried out their legal proceedings against the head of the Selayar Islands Police's criminal investigation unit for allegedl

Chandra Iswinarno and Adie Prasetyo Nugraha – The Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) held actions at two locations in Jakarta on Sa

Denpasar – The Bali chapter of the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) held a protest action at the Renon traffic circle in the provincial capital of Denpasar on Saturday August 15 to commem

Jakarta – The President has removed BIN from the responsibilities of the coordinating ministry for political, legal and security affairs.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reiterated his commitment to eliminating overlapping regulations and developing more industrial parks across Indon

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reaffirmed that Indonesia's future natural resources policy will focus on "massive downstreaming" to produce higher-value p

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo aims to push the country's economic recovery and structural reform amid the coronavirus-induced downturn in its proposed 20

Jakarta – Hundreds of protesters from the People's Movement Alliance (ARB) have again taken to the streets to oppose the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation (RUU Ciptaker) during a rally

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on people to support development amid the health and economic crisis.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has pledged to produce policies that protect human rights and the environment, noting that speed and accuracy should not be exch

Jakarta – Depok city in West Java has seen an increase in COVID-19 household clusters as the city continues to ease restrictions, Depok Health Agency head Novarita said.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The nation's capital has extended the transitional phase of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) a fourth time, for another two weeks starting Friday, as Jak

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Health protocols have been more strictly enforced on the grounds of the Presidential Palace, including for state guests and embedded journalists, foll

Jakarta – The Legislative Women's Caucus (KPP-RI) plans to engage religious organizations as campaigners in an effort to push the House of Representatives to pass the long-awaited sexu

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the House of Representatives to stop the deliberation of the

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Civil society group Papua Itu Kita (Papua Is Us) and Jayapura-based publication Jubi have initiated a fundraising movement to support Indonesian human rights la

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Fidelis Eka Satriastanti and Sophie Chao – Indigenous People fought alongside youth movements in the creation of an Indonesian nation.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – There has been an increase in the occupancy rate of COVID-19 isolation wards and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds over the past two weeks in Jakarta, with more th

Dina Afrianty – Women were central to the fall of Soeharto, and there is no doubt that women have continued to experience important gains since Reformasi began in 1998.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 2,307 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Friday to take the country's total to 135,123, amid a worrying trend in West Java that saw a s

Jakarta – Workers and students from the East Java Movement Alliance Against the Omnibus Law (Getol) have criticised President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's state of the nation address at the

Jakarta – Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) Alliance spokesperson Nining Elitos says that more than 100 people were detained by police after they tried to join demonstrations op

Jakarta – Activist Veronica Koman says that she is ready to be discarded by the Indonesian government if her activities as a Papua human rights defender are deemed not to support the Un