Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The anti-graft commission KPK recently revealed that it had named someone competing in the regional heads election a corruption suspect.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) Commission II, the government, and the General Election Commission (KPU) have agreed to hold new regional elections in 2025 i

Ilham Oktafian, Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – Sports Minister Dito Ariotedjo is planning to report an alleged misuse of funds dedicated to run the 2024 National Sports Week (PON).

Batam – Residents of Rempang Island from the Sembulang Village in Galang district, Batam City, Riau Islands, remain steadfast in protecting their village from the Rempang Eco City Natio

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A top brass at the Bank of America recently said that Indonesia should have no problem attracting trillions of rupiah of investments, including from foreig

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo bid a farewell to North Sumatra locals during a trip to Deli Serdang on Tuesday as his retirement nears.

Chandra Adi Nurwidya, Yogyakarta – Former Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, whose bid for reelection faltered due to a lack of political backing, has expressed respect for a growing move

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Defense Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto has completed a high-profile diplomatic tour of five ASEAN nations a little over a month before his inaugura

Joseph Rachman, Jakarta – The US Department of Labor has put Indonesian nickel on a list of products made using forced labor, a potential significant setback for the Southeast Asian nat

Jakarta – Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) emphasized that MPR Resolution No.

Jakarta – Perpetrators of sexual harassment on Jakarta metropolitan area's main rail transport network will now get a lifetime ban from the trains, following several reports of inapprop

Tenggara Strategics – President-elect Prabowo Subianto intends to divide the Public Development and Housing (PUPR) Ministry into two separate entities: one focused exclusively on housin

Jakarta – Investors in Indonesia invariably laud the "burgeoning middle class" as one of several things the country has going for it.

Dili – Pope Francis on Monday (Sep 9) called for action on abuse of young people after arriving in Timor-Leste, the Catholic-majority nation that has been shocked by several child sexua

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Puan Maharani has indicated the possibility of a meeting between her mother, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri,

Syafiq Hasyim – There is a lot more going on behind the scenes between the leadership of Indonesia's largest Muslim organisation and the party which sprung from its roots.

Rebecca Ratcliffe and agencies – Indonesia will suspend the construction of new hotels in some areas of Bali, amid fears about overdevelopment of one of its most famous tourist destinat

Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – Indonesia's automotive industry is showing signs of recovery.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – In a plenary session on Tuesday, the House of Representatives rejected all nine candidates for Supreme Court justices and three candidates for Human Rights Trib

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Heavy rainfall that swept Binjai North Sumatra, on Sunday, September 8, 2024, caused three rivers to overflow and flood to inundate several residential areas.

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Antara, Jakarta – Prosecutors have charged a father and his son, the caretakers of an Islamic boarding school (pesantren), with sexually abusing students.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – An economist from the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef), Eko Listyanto, asks President-elect Prabowo Subianto to shelve various polic

Zhulfakar, Jakarta – Over the past decade, Indonesia has dramatically increased its internet penetration from 34.9 percent to 79.5 percent, now reaching around 221 million people, accor

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – The Batam Authority (BP Batam) has once again delayed the planned relocation of hundreds of families residing on Rempang Island, Batam City, Riau Islands Pr

Rights activists have criticized the Timor-Leste government for arresting activists who expressed solidarity with West Papuans' independence struggle during Pope Francis' visit.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's free nutritious meal initiative aims to benefit 15 million students across Indonesia starting January 2025, with the National Nutrition

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The State Finance Accountability Committee (BAKN) of the House of Representatives (DPR) has proposed an excise on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) at 2.5

Antara, Jakarta – A number of high schools in Jakarta are set to take part in the trial test of President-Elect Prabowo Subianto's policy of the free nutritious school meal next week.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The government has reiterated that it will pursue the energy transition at its own pace and in ways that match the country's economic goals and fiscal ability, s

Jayapura – The arrival of Pope Francis in Dili, the capital of East Timor, on the afternoon of Monday September 9, was welcomed by the Catholic community.

Dili – When Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff to visit Timor Leste, he will confront a clergy beset by child abuse scandals that have been largely ignored by the deeply Catholic co

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and defense minister Prabowo Subianto have gone to great lengths these past weeks to publicly dismiss rumors of a growing rift between them ahea

Jakarta – Think before you post: This piece of advice has been repeated by the Communications and Information Ministry to urge people to be careful when posting on social media because

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Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Guntur Soekarnoputra, the eldest son of Indonesia's founding father Soekarno, has called on the government to restore his father's reputation, which was tarnish

Jakarta – Outgoing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is scheduled to spend the remainder of his term in office in the country's future new capital in Nusantara, in the jungles of East Kali

After a decade in power, Joko Widodo leaves Indonesia a changed country – one that has benefited from healthy economic growth and has greater international standing.

Nusa Dua, Indonesia – Indonesia is still waiting for cheaper financing to hasten early retirement of coal-fired power plants under a pact with the rich nations of the G7 grouping, senio

Denny Armandhanu, Jakarta – Several newly inaugurated Indonesian lawmakers have resorted to pawning their appointment letters (SKs) in exchange for bank loans, to relieve some of the hi

Jakarta – Indonesia's tourist resort island of Bali has proposed a ban lasting a year or two on the construction of hotels, villas and nightclubs in some areas, as it grapples with the

David Fogarty and Linda Yulisman, Singapore/Jakarta – If there is one thing that worries Indonesia's neighbours, it is choking haze.

Shannon Brincat – Timor-Leste has had much to celebrate recently.

Dili – Pope Francis arrived on Sept 9 in Timor-Leste – a predominantly Catholic nation in South-east Asia – for a three-day visit that will include an open-air celebration of mass, whic

Niniek Karmini – East Timor has been criticised for the cost of Pope Francis' historic visit.

Ian Wilson – Recent student-led demonstrations throughout Indonesia show that popular support for democracy remains high.

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – Gubernatorial candidate Ridwan Kamil and his running mate Suswono have pledged to prioritize the revitalization of Jakarta's slum areas if they win the up

Tria Sutrisna, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has officially revoked Provisional People's Consultative Assembly Decree (TAP MPRS) Number 33/1967 on the R

Ilham Oktafian, Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Marimutu Sinivasan, a prominent debtor in the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI) scandal, was arrested by immigration officials on Su

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to establish the Nuclear Energy Program Implementation Organization (NEPIO) this year, a key step in its nuclear energy strategy that includes plans f