Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is willing to meet Papua and West Papua leaders to discuss their independence referendum demands, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe said.

Erwida Maulia and P Prem Kumar, Jakarta/Kuala Lumpur – Asia's two dominant palm oil producers, Indonesia and Malaysia, may be heading for a clash with the European Union in internation

Pacific Media Watch – A senior Jakarta Post managing editor has predicted it is possible that West Papua may face a self-determination vote following the Timor-Leste example and this c

Jakarta – Indonesia will continue to lean on palm oil economically for decades to come despite European opposition, as stakeholders look for a strategic policy that will help the indus

Sara Niner – On August 30, Timor-Leste will celebrate the referendum that gave it independence from Indonesia.

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Vale Indonesia, the country's largest nickel producer, said the government's planned ore export ban will give the country a strategic advantage and bring positive

President Joko Widodo finally revealed the exact location of the country's new capital in East Kalimantan yesterday, putting Indonesia one major step closer to actually enacting the lo

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – Almost no one, including Dili Catholic Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo and independence fighter Kay Rale Xanana Gusmao, thought their homeland East Timor c

Michael Leach – On August 30, Timor-Leste will celebrate the referendum that gave it independence from Indonesia.

The choice for the location of Indonesia's planned new capital city in East Kalimantan province, which was announced yesterday, has sparked speculation of backdoor political dealings a

Laurentina Barreto Soares, Melbourne – This month, Timor-Leste is in a festive mood, celebrating the 20th anniversary of its independence referendum.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Coordinator of Balinese' Peoples Forum (ForBali) Wayan Gendo Suardana urged state-owned port operator PT Pelindo III to immediately publish the envi

Marc Daalder – With concerns over violence in West Papua escalating, New Zealand officials appear reluctant to wade in more significantly – despite the Green Party calling for action.

Jonathan Watts – Indonesia has announced plans to move its capital from the climate-threatened megalopolis of Jakarta to the sparsely populated island of Borneo, which is home to some

The former president of East Timor wants to give evidence on behalf of two Australians charged with sharing secret information.

Jakarta – Thousands of Papuans staged another series of rallies on Monday (Aug 26) in several towns of Indonesia's easternmost region, after protests that erupted last week over percei

Ardila Syakriah and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta/Surabaya – Legal experts have demanded that the police prove that shooting tear gas and arresting 43 Papuan students at a dorm in Sura

Jakarta – The Brawijaya Military Command in East Java have suspended five military personnel who are currently under investigation for their alleged involvement in a recent incident of

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Brawijaya Military Command (Kodam) head of information Lieutenant Colonel Imam Haryadi announced that five Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) members will face disch

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Five military personnel who were present at the scene when a mob besieged a boarding house occupied by Papuan students in Surabaya, East Java, on Aug.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday announced the location of Indonesia's next new capital in East Kalimantan Province.

Stanley Widianto and David Crawshaw, Jakarta – Indonesia is draining the swamp.

Dewi Nurita, Tempo Magazine, Jakarta – President-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced the formation of three new State Ministries in his upcoming second-term Cabinet which will consist

Rizieq Shihab, the infamous leader of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), says that he wants to leave Saudi Arabia – where he has lived for more than two years after fleeing po

An Indonesian man named Muh Aris bin Syukur from the city of Mojokerto in East Java was sentenced with chemical castration for the rape of nine children in a landmark ruling for the co

James Massola, Jakarta – Labor leader Anthony Albanese has called on the Morrison government to commission a white paper on Australia's economic relationship with Indonesia, as parliam

James Massola, Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ended months of speculation and finally revealed the country's national capital will move to a newly const

Kate Lamb, Jayapura – Thousands of protesters were expected to take to the streets in six regions of West Papua on Monday, one week after violent demonstrations flared across Indonesia

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) Executive Director, Anggara, said that his institution is in the midst of taking legal steps against the govern

Maddy Eagan – Following days of unrest, the Indonesian government blocked internet access on August 22nd in the provinces of Papua and West Papua (known collectively as West Papua).

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Ghina Ghaliya and Fadli, Jakarta and Batam – Fueled by a viral video that appeared to show alleged security personnel using the derogatory slur "monkey" against Papuan students in Sura

Hannah Sinclair – Two decades on from the historic referendum in Southeast Asia – which saw at least 1,400 people lose their lives and Australia forced to step in – SBS News meets an a

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan called on the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) to "keep defending religion" during an opening speech he delivered at the mass organization's 21st a

Jakarta (Antara) – Member of the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission V Bambang Haryo Soekartono has urged the government to reduce the import of both consumer goods and raw mater

Jakarta (Antara) – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) Station in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, confirmed the presence of 584 hotspots on Sumatra Island suggestive of fores

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – More than 80 percent of oil palm plantations in Indonesia, the world's biggest producer of the crop, are operating in violation of numerous regulations, a

Jakarta – Jafar Umar Thalib, former leader of the now-defunct Laskar Jihad paramilitary group, died of a heart attack at the age of 58 on Sunday.

Jakarta (Antara) – Visibility in Riau's capital of Pekanbaru was curtailed to 1.5 kilometers (km) on Saturday at 8 a.m.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan took part in dawn prayers during a commemoration of Indonesian independence and the 21st anniversary of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) at t

The Papuan People Council has advised all West Papuan students studying in other parts of Indonesia to return home.

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's government extended the suspension of mobile-data services in Papua and West Papua provinces after riots broke out in the region, the country's cabine

Asip Hasani, Blitar – The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad apprehended three terrorist suspects at three different locations in Blitar regency, East Java, on Friday.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – West Papua journalist Victor Mambor claims he has faced intimidation and harassment for reporting on the internet blackout sanctioned by the government amid

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Passenger ship KM Santika Nusantara caught fire in waters off Masalembu Islands en route from Surabaya in East Java to Balikpapan in East Kalimantan on Thursd

Jakarta – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) emphatically opposes the Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence believing that it contains Western feminist ideas which are anti-re

Gemma Holliani Cahya and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Papua is widely known for its poor telephone and internet network, and coupled with challenging geographical terrain, it is a diffic

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Papuan students across the country have allegedly experienced 33 human rights violations since 2018, according to Director of Legal Aid Institute (LBH)

Kristianto Galuwo, Papua – Thousands of students from the Faculty of Social and Political Science of the University of Cenderawasih closed the university's gate, the only access to its

Randy Mulyanto and Meaghan Tobin – Sceptics of East Timor's relations with China should know it is not a "new, fragile country" that can be easily swayed by others, its foreign ministe