Aisyah Llewellyn – Two weeks ago, this column discussed the Indonesian Supreme Court's decision to slash the sentences of four convicted murderers, including two police officers, after

Jakarta – Indonesia's government has widened public access to a 7 million rupiah ($458.87) subsidy to buy an electric motorcycle after a lack of uptake due to limited eligibility, as it

Akhmad Riyadh, Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) head of media information, Ali Fikri, confirmed that his agency conducted a search at the Mayor's Of

Jakarta – Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin appealed to the public to use masks to prevent respiratory diseases caused by air pollution.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's deal with industrialized countries for the latter to channel $20 billion in funding to help speed up the former's energy transition is hitting

BTV, Surabaya – An Indonesian couple was sentenced to jail on Tuesday for producing and profiting from a video depicting their sexual activities.

Nirmala Maulana Achmad, Jakarta – The government is being asked to set history straight on incidents of past gross human rights violations by writing an official national history book.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Tuesday freedom of expression should not give someone a free pass to discriminate against others based on religion f

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Adm.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia should not rush into joining BRICS as there are still no clear economic benefits that come from being part of the group that encompasses Brazil,

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – Jakarta Acting Governor Heru Budi Hartono stressed that Jakarta's Regional Budget or APBD was the lowest among other provinces in Java.

Tempo.Co, Jakarta – Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud Md said at the inaugural meeting with political exiles in Diemen, the Netherlands,

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government is banking on the freshly launched light rail transit, popularly known as the LRT, to reduce the traffic in one of the world's most congeste

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Jakarta – Local authorities have declared a state of emergency following a raging fire that has been burning at Sarimukti landfill in West Bandung regency, West Java, since last week.

Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – The craft of winemaking has come a long way in Indonesia over the past decade, from humble beginnings in East Java's hip-hop community via burgeoning artisanal

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Megawati Sukarnoputri, the chair of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the largest party in the coali

Muhammad Ersan Pamungkas – The 1978 novel by Australian author Christopher Koch, titled The Year of Living Dangerously, set primarily in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, describes events

Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian government has lifted a moratorium on sending Indonesian citizens to the Middle East as domestic helpers but cautioned that those who take up offers of em

Hariz Baharudin, Jakarta – Students in parts of the Indonesian capital will do their schooling from home, and more civil servants will also work remotely for a few days as the city host

Charmaine Jacob – Indonesia has ambitious plans to relocate its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara in East Kalimantan.

Wilda Hayatun Nufus, Jakarta – A former victim of human rights abuses, Sungkono has questioned President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's failure to apologise for the 1965 mass killings.

Singapore – More than 300 servicemen from the Singapore and Indonesian navies took part in a six-day bilateral military exercise in Batam and its surrounding waters.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government on Sunday urged Muslims to undertake the hajj pilgrimage only once in their lifetime due to the endless queue.

Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – The Jakarta government is set to increase the electric bus fleet to 100 vehicles, which will be operated by the municipally-owned land transport compa

Muhammad Sidik Permana, Jakarta – The Bogor City Government announced a fine of Rp10 million for residents who burn trash in a bid to prevent air pollution in the city.

Hundreds of activists who are members of the Coalition Against Forgetting held a thanksgiving event to mark missing poet Wiji Thukul's 60th anniversary titled "Happy Birthday Wiji Thuku

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Deputy Traffic Director of Jakarta Metro Police Adj. Sr. Comr.

Muhamad Aulia, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has revealed that it has found three more former corruption convicts that have been nominated as legislative candidates (caleg)

Antara, Jakarta – The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry's Directorate General of Housing said that the official residences of ministers in the new capital city of Nusantar

Antara, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) recorded foreign capital outflows from the domestic financial market of Rp4.51 trillion in the period 21-24 August 2023.

Antara, Balikpapan – The Balikpapan Station of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected 25 hotspots in East Kalimantan Province on Friday, August 25, 2023.

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Environment Agency is determined to force all industries in the capital to install scrubbers and a continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) in

Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – Jakarta will not extend the existing license plate-based traffic restriction to a 24-hour format as a means to address both traffic congestions and ve

Dian Erika Nugraheny, Jakarta – Activists who are part of the Reject Forgetting Coalition commemorated what would have been the 60th birthday of missing poet and activist Wiji Thukul at

Iim Halimatusa'diyah – Indonesian leaders have committed to refrain from politicising religion in the upcoming February 2024 elections, but political incentives and social forces contin

Malang – Indonesia's Supreme Court has overturned the acquittal of two policemen accused of negligence that led to one of the deadliest stadium disasters in football history, jailing th

Jakarta – A fire that burned about 15 hectares (37.07 acres) of a landfill in Bandung, West Java last weekend was still raging on Thursday, as the local government declared a state of e

Jakarta – United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stressed the importance of modernising Indonesia's military in a meeting with its defence chief, as Washington shores up ties in S

In the conclusion of a court case that marked a grim chapter in Bali's hospitality scene, I Gede Wijaya, 39, the proprietor of Uncle Benz Cafe in Badung, has been slapped with a 1.5-yea

The families of some of the 135 people who died in Indonesia's Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster say they are still looking for justice after an appeals court overturned a ruling that freed t

Yustinus Paat, Bogor – A Democratic Party executive voiced concerns on Friday regarding the declining performance of presidential candidate Anies Baswedan in various pre-election survey

Antara, Jakarta – Agus Dwi Susanto, Professor of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine at the University of Indonesia's (FKUI) Faculty of Medicine, disclosed that air pollution is among

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo responded to suggestions to dissolve the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Antara, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court decided on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, allowing general election 2024 candidates to hold campaigns in academic institutions as long as they obta

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti responded to the plummeting price of salt by recommending the government subsidize salt.

Adi Warsono, Jakarta – The regional government of Bekasi set the status of drought in Bekasi to alert as stated in the SK Regent No. HK.02.02/KEP.528-BPBD/2023.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has officially ousted prominent member Budiman Sudjatmiko, who openly declared his support for Prabowo Subia

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian central bank on Friday signed local currency transaction pacts with its Malaysian and Thai counterparts, respectively, in a bid to reduce re