Revered journalist and writer Arswendo Atmowiloto died on 19 July aged 70 after a short illness.

Fans of former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama may have to live with the fact that he won't ever return to politics in Indonesia.

Leading West Papuan human rights activist Ferry Marisan has died in Jayapura.

Jakarta – Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, known to many as Pak Topo, the spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), passed away on Sunday in Guangzhou, China, at 2:20 a.m.

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Indonesia's highly regarded disaster agency spokesperson, a man who continued to provide updates on the country's inordinate number of natura

Jakarta – Former Indonesian first lady Kristiani Herrawati Yudhoyono passed away on Saturday at the National University Hospital in Singapore, where she had been receiving treatment fo

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi is on the cover of the monthly lifestyle magazine published in Saudi Arabia, Arrajol.

Johnny Blades – Indonesia has lost a significant asset from in its Pacific diplomacy efforts with the recent passing of the West Papuan, Franzalbert Joku.

Johnny Blades – A former West Papuan independence campaigner who became an Indonesian government supporter, Franzalbert Joku, has died in Jayapura.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Papuans are mourning the death of a priest and leading peace campaigner working to try and end a long-running insurgency in Indonesia's easternmost region Papua.

RNZ Pacific – A leading West Papuan peace campaigner, Neles Tebay, has died in Jakarta after being hospitalised with leukemia.

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Papua Peace Network (JDP) coordinator and Catholic priest Neles Tebay died at the age of 55 on Sunday, having been in intensive care for the last few wee

Multi-millionaire businessman Sandiaga ("Sandi") Salahuddin Uno has been the surprise star of the 2019 presidential election campaign.

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Eka Tjipta Widjaja, who became a coconut and palm oil trader at the age of 15 before building a multi-billion dollar empire with businesses spanning paper and pul

Denpasar – Mifta'im An'am Maulana Habiburrohman is not your typical Muslim preacher. Instead of a skull cap, he wears a Javanese headdress over his 1980s-style mullet.

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi is ranked 16th in the list of the world's 500 most influential Muslims for 2019 edition.

Ian Morse – The people of East Timor (also known as Timor-Leste) join the world in mourning the death of international diplomat Kofi Annan who died in Switzerland at the age of 80 on Au

Bharati Jagdish, Singapore – "I thought I was going to die.

Jewel Topsfield – On the impoverished Indonesian island of Madura is a house that looks like it has taken an acid trip.

Google recently released its Year in Search 2017 lists, showing the top unique terms that people entered into the digital giant's search engine this year.

If there's a silver lining to former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's controversial imprisonment for blasphemy, it's that it has served as a wake up call to the reality that fundame

Ihsan Ali Fauzi – When the news finally came that former State Secretary Djohan Effendi had died in Geelong on 17 November, few who knew him were surprised.

Jeffrey Hutton – Susi Pudjiastuti shows off a copy of an application for a permit submitted one year before she was named Indonesia's fisheries minister in 2014.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo recognized four prominent Indonesians as the country's heroes on Thursday (09/11), ahead of the National Heroes Day celebrations on Nov. 10.

Jakarta – Prominent journalist Ahmad Taufik died of lung cancer on Thursday at 7:15 pm after being hospitalized in Jakarta. His body was taken to the family home in Kebon Pala, Central Jakarta.

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Muslim organization, lost one of its best sons as its former chairman Hasyim Muzadi, passed away on Thursday in his home town of

Karishma Vaswani – On top of a rock formation on the Indonesian island of Bali, sits Tanah Lot.

Ariel Heryanto – On International Human Rights Day, 10 December, Indonesia lost one of its great public thinkers: George Junus Aditjondro.

Mahinda Arkyasa, Jakarta – The Timor Leste government extended it condolences for the passing of Dr. George Junus Aditjondro on December 10, 2016.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Activist, researcher, scholar and former Tempo magazine journalist George Junus Aditjondro died in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Saturday at 5:45 a.m. local time.

Hamish McDonald, Dili – The biggest private sector employer in Timor-Leste has two names on his business card.

Sarah Marinos – It's a weekday afternoon at Coburg Library and Kirsty Sword Gusmao and her youngest son, Daniel, 11, are browsing.

Jakarta – GlobeAsia, a sister publication of the Jakarta Globe that appears in print every month, has released a list of Indonesia's 50 most influential figures in its December issue, h

Jakarta – Studying Indonesia was not always easy for the late Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson, or Ben Anderson, who was banned from entering the country by the New Order regime due t

Dandy Koswaraputra, Jakarta – Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson, an Indonesianist with Cornell University, US, died at the age of 79 on Saturday night during a nostalgic visit to Indon

Sabam Siagian – It would be difficult to expect the emergence of a fearless fighter for democracy and staunch advocate of human rights to equal the late Adnan Buyung Nasution, or "Buyung" for short

Jakarta – Noted Indonesian lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution has passed away at Pondok Indah Hospital. He died at 10:15 a.m. today, Wednesday 23 September.

For Kirsty Sword Gusmao, being appointed an officer of the Order of Australia is not just a recognition of her life's work, but of another country.

Hans David Tampubolon – Playwright Faiza Mardzoeki often takes inspiration and ideas from the books she reads to produce high quality plays.

Jakarta – Sitor Situmorang, one of Indonesia's most prominent poets, passed away on Saturday night local time in the Netherlands, at the age of 91.

Zoe Reynolds, Contributor, Sydney – Putu Oka Sukanta survived one of the greatest atrocities in Indonesia during the violence of 1965-1966.

Zoe Reynolds, Contributor, Sidney – Putu Oka Sukanta survived one of the greatest atrocities in Indonesia during the violence of 1965-1966.

Karl Quinn – Kirsty Sword Gusmao answers the door of her mother's house on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula wearing flat-heeled boots, a patterned jacket, a hint of make-up and no hair.

Zakir Hussain – Bonnie Triyana was buying men's magazines for his friends back home while attending a conference in Brazil eight years ago when he realized he had better buy a more resp

Lim Chia Ying, Dili – The breast cancer diagnosis that came just before Christmas was the latest in Kirsty Sword Gusmao's series of continuous battles.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono paid his last respects to the late former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander and former coordinating political and securi

In 1975, Jose Ramos-Horta, the then foreign minister of the newly-liberated nation of East Timor, was sent by his country's prime minister to New York.

Muhammad Cohen, Bali – Max Lane is a Marxist and leading authority on Indonesia.

Jakarta – Mindful of an increasing number of incidents of religious intolerance in the nation, activists are commemorating late president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, known as the smili

Shoeb K. Zainuddin – He was a giant of Indonesia's business world, a confidante of former President Suharto and the founder of the Salim Group.