Dwita Sutjiningsih (360info), Depok, West Java – Flood control solutions are expensive, but the cost of inaction is far greater.

Antonia Timmerman, Jakarta, Indonesia – On August 31, a user named Bjorka posted an entry on a little-known site called Breached Forums, with the bland title: "Indonesia SIM Card (Phone

Baim Wong's latest wrong won't keep him and his wife Paula Verhoeven away from police questioning, it has been reported, after they posted a distasteful and possibly illegal video.

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) urged every school in the country to implement early sex education in a bid to prevent sexual violence against childr

Bangun Santoso – In the lead up to the 77thy anniversary of the Indonesian military (TNI) which falls on October 5, the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras)

Antara, Jakarta – The Jakarta Environmental Agency planned to install 14 more units of air quality sensors across the capital city in order to increase the validity of air quality in th

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has opened a new investigation into the graft case of the Airbus aircraft procurement for Garuda Indonesia in 2010-2

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) has nominated Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo as their candidate for the 2024 presidential candidate although he is n

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan will part ways with his deputy Ahmad Riza Patria after their tenure ends later this month and may find themselves in opposing camps

Anastasia Febiola S., Jakarta – In 2017, the government announced a plan to relocate three state-owned defense companies, namely PT Pindad, PT PAL and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI), t

Jakarta – The Bank Indonesia (BI) Board of Governors decided at its monthly meeting last week to raise its policy rate (7-Day Reverse Repo Rate or 7-DRRR) by 50 basis points to 4.25 per

Jakarta – Indonesia's hopes of hosting world sports events in future will depend on the credibility of its investigation into the weekend's football stadium disaster and safety reforms,

Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa – The "communist" label, inherited from Suharto's era, has become a traditional part of the Indonesian "political repertoire".

Andy Fuller – More than 125 people are dead, after police fired tear gas at football fans in Malang, East Java, over the weekend, in one of the world's worst football disasters.

Karuni Rompies and Chris Barrett, Malang, Indonesia – Indonesian football authorities rejected a request from police to shift the ill-fated Javanese derby between Arema FC and Persebaya

Fikri Harish, Jakarta – These days, 32-year-old Rahman who regularly commutes from his apartment near Tanah Kusir to Sudirman, takes a combination of TransJakarta feeder buses and the M

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to publically apologise to the victims of the Kanjuruhan Stadium tragedy.

Jakarta – Our thoughts and prayers go out to those who were killed or wounded in the post-match tragedy at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, on Saturday.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reportedly moved to select the new Indonesian Military (TNI) chief as the current commander, Gen.

Jakarta – Anger against the National Police mounted in Indonesia on Monday after at least 125 people were killed in one of the deadliest disasters in the history of football, when offic

Reuters, Jakarta – The country's fifth-largest political party NasDem on Monday announced that it is backing outgoing Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan as its candidate for the 2024 presi

Grace Dungey – Indonesian palm oil workers and labor rights activists are looking to press their advantage following the success of four labor rights appeal cases heard in Indonesia's S

Karuni Rompies, Chris Barrett and Amilia Rosa, Malang, Indonesia – As chaos unfolded at Indonesia's Kanjuruhan Stadium, with bodies beginning to accumulate, Arema assistant coach Kuncor

Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok and Reno Surya in Jakarta – Indonesian police are facing mounting pressure over their management of crowds during the Kanjuruhan stadium disaster, where at

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government implied on Sunday that it won't recognize the results of the so-called referendums in four regions in Ukraine that become the basis

Rebecca Ratcliffe, David Connett and Adam Fulton – At least 174 people were killed and around 180 injured at a football match in Indonesia after police used teargas in response to a pit

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesia President Joko Widodo has ordered an investigation into security procedures at a football match in East Java after one of

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Tapanuli Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) in North Sumatra has recorded to date that at least one person has been killed and 24 injured, with 952 hom

Antara, Jakarta – Muhadjir Effendy, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs, has invited the people, including the younger generation, to interpret and practice

John Duerden – Indonesia's love for football is the greatest in all of Asia but along with that passion comes a long list of tragedies.

Jakarta – Leading plantation firm Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) denied allegations that it has committed environmental destruction, human rights violations, and land grabs that led food and

Winda Nelfira (Liputan6.com) – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has officially become a member of the social organisation (ormas) Pancasila Youth (PP).

Riri Rahayu (Antara), Jakarta – The increase in soybean prices has affected tofu and tempeh producers.

Bisnis, Jakarta – The National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) was urged to immediately reveal the person behind the hacker persona 'Bjorka'.

Robertus Robet (360info), Jakarta – A fatal oversight in Indonesia's history of political reform is the absence of efforts to reform Indonesian police.

Fachrizal Afandi (360info), Malang, East Java – There's a joke in Indonesia: NKRI, the widely used acronym for the republic, in fact stands for Negara Kepolisian Republik Indonesia – "I

Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy hasn't requested or received money to release detained vessels or ship captains, a senior naval officer said, responding to a Reuters report quoting

Hendro Situmorang, Jakarta – The Drug and Food Supervisory Agency (BPOM) on Friday issued the emergency use authorization for two local vaccines against Covid-19 called IndoVac and AWco

Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman, Jakarta – The World Bank has said that new rules on investment brought about by the Job Creation Law should be complemented by trade policy reforms for Indonesia

Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has urged the Agriculture Ministry and other government bodies to solve a horticulture imports conundrum that has been draggin

Jakarta – Indonesia said it has granted emergency use approval to an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese company, becoming the first country, ahead of even China, to do so.

Andrew Conroe, Jakarta – What does it mean to have knowledge about a violent historical event that, for the most part, has never made it into national history books?

Singapore – More than a dozen senior Indonesian government and military officials were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm, according to nine p

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Tri Meilani A, Suharto, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has rejected the Prosperous Justice Party's (PKS) application for a judicial review of the 20-percent presidential threshold s

Double the validity, half the renewal hassle.

An Indonesian man who had built a reputation as a savior of unwanted children has been arrested on suspicion of child trafficking.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta – Ship operators under the River, Lake and Water Transportation Operators Association (Gapasdap) have announced that they will scale back ferry services on

Jakarta – Putri Candrawathi was detained on Friday ahead of the trial on the murder of a policeman allegedly ordered by her husband, former police general Ferdy Sambo.

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