Eva Safitri, Jakarta – The parliamentary watchdog Forum of Concerned Citizens for Indonesia's Parliament (Formappi) has criticised an incident in which the birthday of House of Represen

Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia says that around 93 percent of Jakarta residents are breathing dangerously polluted air with particulate matter content five times the safe limit set by t

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid has refused an offer to become a member of the Munir Murder Case ad hoc Investigation Te

Antara, Jakarta – Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto allocated Rp4.6 billion from the general allocation fund (DAU) for providing social assistance to people affected by the hike in fuel pr

Detik.com Team, Jakarta – Demonstrations opposing the recent fuel (BBM) price hike continued on Tuesday in several parts of the country, both in the Greater Jakarta area (Jabodetabek) a

Jakarta – The Kendari municipal police along with the Kendari municipal government in South-East Sulawesi have prepared free busses to take children to school while public transport min

Aryo Putranto Saptohutomo, Jakarta – Indonesia Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) Director Gufron Mabruri says he hopes that the time limit for investigating the 2004 assassination of renow

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) President Said Iqbal is urging the House of Representatives (DPR) to form a special committee (Pansus) to oppo

Bachtiar Rojab, Jakarta – An alliance of workers and social organisations held a protest action today against the recent increase in the price of subsidised fuel (BBM) in front of the H

Jakarta (Bisnis.com) – The Indonesian rupiah opened today's trade, September 6, with a gain on the US dollar.

Jakarta (Antara) – The government has announced that all regions of Indonesia are under the public activity restriction or PPKM level 1, the least stringent of the four-level COVID-19 c

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The President of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), Said Iqbal, declared that the workers will conduct a nationwide strike in November or Decemb

Muhammad Aulia, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Ratu Atut Chosiyah, who made history by becoming the country's first female governor, was released on parole on Tuesday after serving time in

Jakarta – Thousands of people rallied in Indonesia's biggest cities on Tuesday, seeking to pile pressure on the government to reverse its first subsidised fuel price hike in eight years

Edna Tarigan and Fadlan Syam, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers and students in Indonesia rallied on Tuesday demanding the government cancel fuel price hikes, a politically sensitive issue

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Jakarta – With less than two weeks until the United Nations General Assembly convenes for high-level dialogue in New York, the government continues to avoid a straight answer as to whet

Laborers and university students are staging protests throughout the country today, demanding the government reverse its subsidized fuel price hike.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has confirmed that he will meet with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to aid in the anti-graft body's probe into the capital's hosting of the

While the nation is still exhaustively poring over every little detail in the murder case of Police Brigadier Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat almost two months since he was gunned down, ano

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia is bracing for protests this week after the government raised fuel prices by more than 30 per cent to curb soaring subsidies, as higher costs hit househo

Max Lane – While public opposition to Indonesia's proposed revision to its Criminal Code has stalled its passage in parliament, the conservative political establishment looks set to hav

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Jakarta – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr met with his Indonesian counterpart Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday for a state visit focused on bolstering defence, trade and other ti

The government's policy of raising fuel (BBM) prices has attracted opposition from many parties with student groups in different parts of Indonesia holding demonstrations on Monday Sept

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – The number of women who were victims of violence throughout 2021 totaled some 27,335 people.

Bisnis.Com, Jakarta – A number of textile entrepreneurs expressed deep worries about the government's decision to increase the subsidized fuel price, Pertalite and Solar, by more than 3

What was briefly the cheapest fuel in the land has been pulled from circulation, as private gas station chain Vivo's Revo 89 variant is reportedly no longer available nationwide.

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria called on the people who are planning to hold protests against the increase in subsidized fuel prices not to commit anarchic

Sebastian Strangio – Indonesia has bitten the bullet and cut its subsidies for fuel, after the government's attempts to hold down the cost of petrol amid rising global oil prices threat

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – United Development Party (PPP) Chairman Suharso Monoarfa has been ousted by clerics grouping in three oversight councils, a party executive said on Monday, alle

Muhammad Aulia, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto didn't show up in a crucial hearing with the House of Representatives' Defense and Foreign Affairs Commission

Erick Tanjung – Student groups in various parts of the country took to the streets on Monday September 5 to hold demonstrations protesting the recent fuel (BBM) price hike.

The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has identified 19 articles in the draft criminal code of Indonesia that could criminalize the work of journalists.

Jakarta – The government announced a long-anticipated fuel prices increase on Saturday in a move to rein in the state budget deficit this year and better allocate the subsidies to the p

Jakarta – When one of our citizens dies an unnatural death in a foreign country, the government has a duty to find out why it happened and see to it that justice is upheld.

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The government raised subsidized fuel prices by about 30 percent on Saturday, top officials said, as it moves to rein in ballooning subsidies despite a risk

M Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid (LBH) on Thursday declared its dissatisfaction with the court of ethics' decision on the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Police Chief, commissioner E

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – The arrest of a two-star general on suspicion of the murder of his bodyguard has riveted Indonesians in a case that threatens to undermine public co

Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – The coalition of Indonesian civil society on Wednesday presented their findings regarding the human rights situation at the United Nations (UN) Palais des Nat

Servio Maranda (Bangka Belitung), Pangkalpinang – Commission VII of the House of Representatives (DPR) has urged the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry (ESDM) to revise the governmen

Stevani Wijaya, Jakarta – Six mid and high-ranking officers have been named suspects for allegedly obstructing justice in the ongoing investigation into the murder of Brigadier Nofrians

News Desk, Jakarta – Jakarta Police have arrested several officers from Penjaringan precinct in North Jakarta for abuse of authority.

Lima, Peru – Peruvian prosecutors have opened an investigation for alleged torture over the death in Bali last month of a trans Peruvian man who died while in custody in the tourist isl

Jakarta – A cargo of eight Chinese-made high-speed train cars has arrived at a Jakarta port marking the first batch of rolling stock for Indonesia's first high-speed railway network bei

With the frequency that data breaches have been reported in Indonesia lately, we wouldn't be surprised if hackers manage to learn about that embarrassing incident we experienced in sixt

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios) director Bhima Yudhistira on Thursday believes the psychological effects of the government's plan to incr

President Joko Widodo has come out to quash reports that the government was set to raise fuel prices today, which caused some panic buying across the country over the past few days.

Muhammad Heriyanto, Raka Adji, Jakarta – Indonesia's climate change losses could reach 40 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2050, according to the assistant director of Ban

Eduard Lazarus – After two years of pandemic killjoy, Indonesia's Independence Day celebrations last month had a festive feel.