Antara, Beritasatu, Jakarta – A doctor sought by police for alleged terrorism was killed after a pursuit by counterterrorism unit Detachment 88 in the Central Java town of Sukoha

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Devianti Faridz, Jakarta, Indonesia – Thousands of refugees in Indonesia are finding themselves shut out of public services including travel and shopping because of a bureaucratic glitc

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Roel Frakking and Anne van Mourik – The Dutch continue to widely underestimate their colonial violence of the past.

Rieka Rahadiana and Yudith Ho – President Joko Widodo has picked Bambang Susantono, a senior official at the Asian Development Bank, to spearhead his $34 billion ambition to turn an und

Jaya Suprana – In the midst of the euphoria and optimism thanks to Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD guarantee that the presidential and legislati

Yogyakarta – Mount Merapi unleashed a torrent of hot clouds, turning the sky a fiery red, as molten lava flowed down its slopes on Thursday with the eruption forcing over 250 people to

Jakarta – How soon should Indonesia declare the transition of COVID-19 from being pandemic to endemic? Not a moment too soon, we believe.

Jakarta – Indonesia, the largest producer of crude palm oil, has decided to stifle its palm oil export over the next six months in a move designed for taming the cooking oil scarcity wi

Aditya Laksmana Yudha, Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially appoints Bambang Susantono – former deputy transport minister and Asia Development Bank su

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) said it will keep monitoring young people who love to flaunt their wealth on social media.

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Indonesia's former fisheries minister has had his jail sentence for corruption slashed by nearly half after an appeals court ruled that he had "done good work"

Thresa Sandra Desfika & Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A number of airlines have removed the antigen or polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test requirement for fully-vaccinated domes

Radityo Dharmaputra – Almost two weeks in, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been condemned by most countries around the world, including Indonesia.

Asep Firmansyah, Nabil Ihsan, Jakarta – Interfaith marriages could not be recognised and registered in local religious affairs offices, Deputy Religious Affairs Minister Zainut Tauhid S

Sebastian Strangio – This morning on my Twitter feed, amid the flow of depressing news from Ukraine, I came across two fascinating articles on how the nation's war with Russia is

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Violence against women in Indonesia rose sharply by nearly 50 percent last year, according to the National Commission on Violence against Women.

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia will expand its mandatory domestic sales of palm oil to 30 per cent of planned exports by companies from 20 per cent currently starting from Thursday (Marc

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Natuna, Indonesia – A fishing vessel seized by authorities in Indonesia for a zoning violation was doing more than just fishing out of bounds, local fishers allege: i

Jakarta – State-owned oil company Pertamina retains the price of subsidized fuel product Pertalite below Rp 8,000 (55 US cents) per liter despite surging crude oil prices and a major di

Francisca Christy Rosana, Hendartyo Hanggi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati as she submitted her annual tax returns (SPT) on March 8 mentioned a coordinating minister s

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Fana Suparman, Jakarta – A panel of three justices has reinstated a sentence of five years' imprisonment for former maritime affairs and fisheries minister Edhy Prabowo, a Supreme Court

The commemoration of International Women Days (IWD) was marked by a peaceful action in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya on Tuesday March 8.

Interfaith marriage is a grey, if controversial, area in legal and cultural terms in Indonesia.

Ahmad Syarif Syechbubakr – The swearing-in ceremony for the leadership team of Indonesia's largest Islamic organisation, Nahdatul Ulama (NU), under its new chair, Yahya Cholil Stafuq (o

Sultan Ashori, Denpasar, Bali – Bali on Monday welcomed its first foreign tourists under relaxed coronavirus rules that no longer require arrivals to quarantine, part of a broader easin

Julia Winterflood, Jakarta – If you've traveled through Tuban on East Java's northern coast, 100 kilometers west of Surabaya, you might have sampled the delicate sweetness of the regenc

Niken Nurcahyani, Td, Jakarta – A number of women's organizations staged a rally, pushing for the ratification of the sexual violence crime bill or RUU TPKS at the Arjuna Wiwaha Horse S

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan emphasized the importance of system integration between ministries

Antara, Jakarta – Executive director of election watchdog, Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem), Khoirunnisa Nur Agustyati urges President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, to prove

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The establishment of large-scale agriculture under the Indonesian government's "food estate" program is harming local farmers in Sumatra, a study has found

Jakarta – Municipal land transport operator TransJakarta began to operate 30 electric buses on Tuesday in a landmark move to shift its fleets to emission-free vehicles.

Herman, Jakarta – The government on Tuesday launched an integrated information system called Simbara, which is set to help them keep a close eye on coal and mineral producers.

Sudirman Wamad, Bandung – An alliance of women's organisations held a protest action in front of the Gedung Sate building (governor's office) in the West Java provincial capital of Band

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers held a demonstration in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta on Tuesday in the context of commemorating International Women's Da

The issue of sexual violence is still encountered in every layer of society, including the office environment and educational institutions.

Anggi Muliawati, Jakarta – Protesters calling themselves the Women's Organisation held a rally at the Horse Statue in Central Jakarta commemorating International Women's Day (IWD) 2022

Jakarta – Workers from the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance Confederation (KASBI) urged the government to pay attention to working women during a commemoration of International

Putu Indah, Raka Adji, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) recorded 338,496 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) against women in 2021 based o

M Baqir I A, Mecca Yumna, Jakarta – Cooperatives and SMEs Minister Teten Masduki attached utmost importance to the government's collaboration with stakeholders, especially business acto

Indonesian miners may struggle to reach a 2022 output target of 663 million tonnes because of export restrictions imposed unexpectedly in January, Indonesia Coal Miners Association exec

Jakarta – Circulating reports about 18 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine that may have expired at the end of February 2022 have triggered safety concerns, hence damaging public trust in

Endy Bayuni, Jakarta – Subversion.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan announced that domestic travelers are no longer required to present

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD ensured that no discussions related to the proposed delay of the 2024 General E

Jakarta – The latest Tempo Magazine edition reported that the Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan had allegedly asked political party

At least 52 villagers in North Sumatra's Mandailing Natal Regency, including children, were hospitalized with suspected hydrogen sulfide poisoning.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesia is returning to normal life with the government scrapping major community restrictions and Covid-19 mandates, a senior official said on Monday.