M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is planning to plant 700,000 hectares worth of sugarcane, which will be carried out by state-owned plantation firm PT Perke

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The spokesman for Muhammad Jusuf "JK" Kalla, Husain Abdullah, responded to the statement by the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment

Agence France-Presse in South Tangerang – The K-pop band NCT 127 were forced to end their first concert in Indonesia early after 30 people fainted in a crush, police said.

Fika Nurul Ulya, Jakarta – Global health security researcher Dicky Budiman says that the government has been too neglectful about Covid-19 mutations which continue to occur.

Jakarta – Two Indonesian state-owned companies have agreed with the United Emirates Arab's military contractor Edge Group to explore cooperation in explosive manufacturing and shipbuild

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metropolitan Police have charged two members of live music show organizers for criminal negligence after it was found that they sold tickets nine t

Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said on Friday he is not against the possibility of becoming a running mate for Prabowo Subianto in the 2024 presidential el

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The Labor Party and the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) gathered in front of the Manpower Ministry headquarters on Friday, November 4, 2022

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of residents have taken refuge from flooding in North Sumatra's Labuhan Batu Utara and Langkat regencies following heavy rains that began on Wednesday

Jakarta – Protesting workers from the Labour Party and the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) plan to hold a national strike in December if the demands at today's demonstra

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas, which has a long history of deforestation and conflicts with local Indigenous communities, secretly controls Canadian pa

Muhsin Sabilillah, Jakarta – The National People's Defending Movement (GNPR) and the Islamic Brotherhood Front (FPI) are set to hold the 4th demonstration of the People's Defending Acti

Ima Dini Shafira, Jakarta – Constitutional law expert Bivitri Susanti assessed that the formation of law in the past three years of the Joko Widodo or Jokowi's regime was dominated by t

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo may have to forget his ambition to present both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in

Vincent Fabian Thomas, Jakarta – Years behind schedule, the high-speed railway link to connect Jakarta with Bandung is set for a trial this month in preparation for commercial operation

Nur Janti and Yerica Lai, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that he had no problem with his ministers running for election while in office, but cautioned that he would r

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo welcomes Russia's resumption of its deal, freeing up grain exports from Ukraine, during a telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin o

Jakarta – The government has taken another step forward in its plan to retire coal-fired power plants.

Jakarta – Indonesian accident investigators on Thursday submitted their final report to parliament on last year's deadly crash of a Sriwijaya Air jet, citing mechanical problems, the pi

Jakarta – Authorities in East Nusa Tenggara have halted the search for 17 missing passengers from a boat that caught fire while at sea last week, believing the probability of their surv

The daughter of Filep Karma who died this week aged 63 has confirmed that the West Papua activist died in a diving accident.

Nusa Dua, Indonesia – The stronger price of crude oil is making a higher mix of bio-content in fuel increasingly more feasible for Indonesia, which currently has a mandatory 30 per cent

Syaiful Hakim, Mecca Yumna, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry signed a cooperation contract with domestic defense industry players, both state-owned and private enterprises, on the sidelin

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Bali – The Oil Palm Plantation Fund Management Agency or BPDPKS on Thursday revealed that it could potentially lose Rp 10 trillion ($634.5 million) from the export l

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Bali – The government's decision to halt palm oil export to cool cooking oil prices earlier this year was not without consequences, and this is something that the go

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has launched a complete switch from analog television to digital since midnight on Wednesday but several broadcasters continued to air on analog chan

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) recently submitted its final investigation report on the deadly incident in East Java's Kanjuruhan footb

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed five new National Heroes from various regions in Indonesia.

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo expressed support for Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto to run in the 2024 Presidential Election after attending the Indo D

Muh Raihan Muzakki, Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Attorney General Office (AGO) estimated that state losses due to alleged corruption in the Ministry of Telecommunication an

Jakarta – A tsunami as high as 34 meters could be triggered by an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 in and around Java and Sumatra islands, according to a report recently released by I

Sulthan Haidar Dziban – The agricultural sector is one of the most important and most strategic sectors for the survival of a country, without food the country could be in a position of

You're driving down the road when you spot a billboard for laundry detergent.

Maidina Rahmawati – Police involvement in the illicit drug market is in the headlines again, after recently installed East Java Police Chief Teddy Minahasa was arrested on 14 October fo

Wahyudi Akmaliah – The popularity of so-called halal matchmaking apps is a positive development provided developers and users alike remain clear-eyed about their claims to serve Islam.

Laurens Ikinia – Many organisations, NGOs, churches and student leaders have called on the Indonesian government in Jakarta to consider Papua Governor Lukas Enembe's health problems wit

Jakarta – Indonesian police firing tear gas was the main trigger for a deadly football stampede at a stadium in East Java last month, the country's human rights commission found in a re

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Residents of Tempur village in Jepara, Central Java, have reported that Javan leopards, a critically endangered species, have been preying on their liv

News Desk, Jakarta – The Yogyakarta administration has reported a spike in daily new COVID-19 cases, with nearly 1,000 total active cases as of Tuesday.

Tonggo Simangunsong, Jakarta – Passed down for generations, some believe that local Batak wisdom is the solution to deforestation.

Vincent Fabian Thomas, Jakarta – Inflation slowed in October following a drop in a wide range of food commodities, but analysts expect the drop to be temporary as risks overshadow the e

Daniel Hurst – Indonesia's ambassador to Australia has raised new concerns about the sharing of advanced weapons technology under the Aukus security agreement, warning that it must not

Christopher Knaus – The Australian government has been ordered to attempt to negotiate a settlement with more than 100 Indonesians who say they were wrongly imprisoned as adult people s

In February 1998, resistance towards Indonesia's president, Soeharto, and his New Order regime reached boiling point.

The excessive and indiscriminate use of tear gas by police was the main cause of a deadly crush at a football stadium in East Java last month that left 135 people dead, Indonesia's huma

Jakarta – The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) said on Monday it had revoked licences for syrup-type drug production by two local firms for violating manufacturing rules, as it in

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Low cost carrier Lion Air has filed a defamation complaint against a comedy collective over a skit that took aim at the airline's safety record.

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Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia takes baby steps toward the country's net-zero emissions goal by introducing three schemes to retire coal-fired power plants early.