Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate Mahfud Md stressed that it was not yet time to congratulate Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka as the winners of the 2024 presidential election despite the General Elections Commission's (KPU) announcement on March 20, 2024.

Jakarta – Indigenous people are taking legal action against the President and the DPR for delaying deliberations of a bill. It has taken second place to the interests of investors.

Defara Dhanya, Yohanes Maharso and Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Spokesperson for the West Papua National Liberation Army of the Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM), Sebby Sambom, denied the allegations that the residents tortured by Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) soldiers were members of the organization.

Hanoi (VNA) – With camera traps and extensive DNA sweeps, Indonesian conservationists are hoping to find more evidence that the Javan tiger, a species declared extinct, actually still exists in the wild, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry announced on March 26.

Alfida Rizky Febrianna & Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – Indonesia's latest import restriction has raised concerns about its potential to deter tourism and has sparked fears of extortion from customs officials at airports.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) asserted on Monday its right to retain the speakership in the House of Representatives after securing the most votes in the Feb. 14 election.

Ben Doherty – Footage of a West Papuan man, bound in a water-filled barrel and being beaten and cut with knives, allegedly by Indonesian soldiers, has reanimated demands for international intervention in the contested province.

Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies – The Indonesian military has detained eight of its own after disturbing videos surfaced of a group beating and slashing a young Papuan as he stood trembling in a drum of bloodied water.

Human rights groups on Monday were attempting to confirm reports from locals that the victim later died.

The Indonesian government has confirmed it is investigating a viral video showing security forces in Papua torturing a civilian.

An Australian solidarity group for West Papua today warned of a fresh "heavy handed" Indonesia crackdown on Papuan villagers with more "arrests and torture".

As a result of the attack on a police post in Paniai District by the TPNPB on the 20 March, the Papuan Police have deployed 30 rangers from its elite Mobile Brigade (Brimob) to secure the post and hunt down the attackers. Two police officers died in the attack.

Julie Wark – Budi Hernawan said it ten years ago: "torture in Papua... has become a mode of governance." It hasn't stopped. It's got worse. It's got worse precisely because it's a mode of governance accepted and blessed by the international "community" whose neoliberal politics of extraction means extermination of anything and anyone getting in its way.

Bill Birtles in Jakarta – Indonesia's military has pledged to investigate after videos described as "barbaric" circulated online showing what appear to be soldiers punching, kicking and slicing a Papuan man in a steel barrel.

Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia's palm oil product exports slipped in January and February, raising concerns less of the edible oil will be available domestically because of the tie between overseas sales quotas and internal quotas, official said on Monday.

Jakarta (Agencies) – The bodies of at least five Rohingya refugees have been recovered off Aceh coast after their boat believed to be carrying around 150 people capsized last week, United Nations officials said Monday.

Jakarta – United States President Joe Biden spoke late last week with president-elect Prabowo Subianto to congratulate him on his election victory, said White House national security communications aide John Kirby.

Kirby added that Biden pledged to expand cooperation with Indonesia under the US-Indonesia comprehensive partnership in the Indo-Pacific economic framework.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – It is by far the least powerful job among the country's highest state political institutions, but for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the position of House speaker may be a consolation prize after emerging as the party with the most votes in the February general elections.

Jakarta – Shortly after the General Elections Commission (KPU) announced election winners last week, attention has begun shifting to whether the nation will have an opposition force and which of the eight political parties will play a role in the legislature.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Constitutional Court (MK) Judge Anwar Usman is prohibited from presiding over disputes arising from the 2024 presidential and legislative elections involving the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) due to a conflict of interest.

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has reported a surplus in the state budget amounting to Rp 22.8 trillion ($1.44 billion). As of March 15, state revenue reached Rp 493.2 trillion, while state expenditures totaled Rp 470.3 trillion. This represents a decrease of 81.4 percent in the state budget surplus compared to the same period last year.

Yolanda Agne, Dewi Rina Cahyani and Sita Planasari, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) on March 20 declared Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming the victors of the 2024 presidential election. The KPU chairman Hasyim Asy'ari said the pair had secured 96,214,691 votes and won in nearly all provinces.

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Greenpeace has condemned mounting legal actions taken by Indonesian authorities against four activists for protesting illegal shrimp farms damaging a marine park off the island of Java.

Rabul Sawal, Indramayu, Indonesia – A veil of smog lurks over Surono and Umroh's home as relatives and neighbors file inside to greet the couple. Umroh welcomes the new arrivals over lunch as family members and friends congratulate the beaming pair on the birth of their second child.

Jakarta – The commander of the Cenderawasih/XVII Regional Military Command (Kodam), Major General Izak Pangemanan, has revealed the chronology of the abuse committed by TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers against a member of an armed criminal group (KKB) in Central Papua.

Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies – The Indonesian military has detained 13 of its own after disturbing videos surfaced of a group beating and slashing a young Papuan trembling in a barrel of bloodied water.

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's military said Monday it has arrested 13 elite troops accused of involvement in a video showing the torture of an indigenous Papua man believed to be a member of a separatist group.

Jakarta – The legal team of losing Indonesia presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo filed a complaint at the country's constitutional court on Saturday, calling for a fresh election and disqualification of the winning team of defense minister Prabowo Subianto.

Jayapura, Jubi – The bodies of two police officers who died in an attack by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) in Paniai Regency, Central Papua Province on Wednesday (20/3/2024) will be evacuated on Friday morning. Both bodies will be evacuated to Mimika Regency, said Paniai Police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Abdus Syukur Felani, on Thursday.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP) filed a motion to the Constitutional Court on Saturday claiming that it had lost at least 200,000 votes, in its efforts to retain representation in the House of Representatives.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Indonesian government has faced substantial criticism, questions, and recommendations from the UN Human Rights Committee regarding the transparency in addressing past serious human rights violations, the abolition of the death penalty, and ongoing violence in Papua.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has received 63 lawsuits disputing the election results, including two cases related to the presidential election, just hours before the deadline arrived on Saturday.

Presidential candidates Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo filed separate cases alleging widespread fraud in the Feb. 14 election and demanding a revote.

Antara, Jakarta – The Papua Police deployed 30 rangers from its elite Mobile Brigade (Brimob) to the Ndeotadi 99 police post in Paniai District, Central Papua, following a deadly attack on the post on Wednesday, March 20.

Diamanty Meiliana, Jakarta – The Humanitarian Coalition for Papua is urging the government to hold an investigation into the torture of a Papuan civilian by members of the TNI (Indonesian military) after a video of the incident went viral on social media.

Ronny Kareni – Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West Papua's suffering, laying bare the horrifying reality faced by its people.

Andika Pratama, Palembang – A policeman is being sought after a video went viral showing him shooting a debt collector who was negotiating to seize his car for unpaid installments in the city of Palembang.

Yustinus Paat & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The ongoing legal motions by two defeated presidential candidates seeking to disqualify president-elect Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka are essentially challenging a ruling issued by the same court where the motion will be tried, state administrative law expert Yusril Ihza Mahendra said on Sunday.

Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for an evaluation of the placement of TNI (Indonesian military) in Papua after a video of a Papuan man being tortured by several soldiers at the Gome Post in Puncak Regency, Central Papua, went viral on social media.

Andika Dwi (Kyiv Independent), Jakarta – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a phone call with Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto on March 18, after the former general claimed victory in the February 14 election.

Jakarta – Last week, the government announced a plan to extend statutory paternity leave in a draft implementing regulation for the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) Law, recently passed to bring sweeping changes to the recruitment and welfare of state employees.

A West Papuan pro-independence leader has condemned the "sadistic brutality" of Indonesian soldiers in a torture video and called for an urgent United Nations human rights visit to the colonised Melanesian territory.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Farm-to-fork traceability has become an increasingly urgent, and often required, component of global supply chains, with a growing number of commodities now trackable all the way back to their source.

Indonesia stands at a critical juncture as plans to expand military regional commands (Kodams) gain traction in the last months of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration.

Videos of Indonesian soldiers torturing an indigenous Papuan have gone viral on social media and caused public outrage. Human rights defenders found hints that the video might have been taken during a security force raid in Omukia and Gome on 3 and 4 February 2024. Both districts are located in the Puncak Regency, Pegunungan Tengah Province.

A West Papua freedom movement leader is renewing calls for a UN human rights visit to Papua after new videos of Indonesian soldiers torturing a West Papuan man emerged online.

In the video viewed by RNZ Pacific, a group of men wearing Indonesian military uniforms take turns kicking, punching and slicing an indigenous Papuan man.

Jakarta (VNA) – The number of dengue cases in Indonesia doubled in March compared to the corresponding period in 2023, said the Health Ministry.

Vinnilya, Jakarta – The Indonesia Coal Mining Association (APBI) expresses concern over the government's ambitious coal production target exceeding 900 million tons in 2024, fearing it will exacerbate pressure on coal prices.

Wahroni, Tangerang – Flooding struck the Sedyatmo Toll Road leading to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten on Friday, causing significant traffic congestion in the vicinity.

Commissioner Bernard Bachtera Saragih, the Traffic Chief of the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Police, reported that the floodwaters on the toll road reached depths of 30-40 centimeters.

Victor Mambor and Dandy Koswaraputra, Jayapura, Indonesia and Jakarta – Military officials in Indonesia's restive Papua region said Friday they were verifying the authenticity of a video that has gone viral and appears to show Indonesian servicemen beating and cutting with a bayonet a man believed to be an indigenous Papuan.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The leaders of Saudi Arabia have sent their best wishes to president-elect Prabowo Subianto who will begin governing the Muslim-majority Indonesia this October.

Yustinus Paat & Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto extended an invitation to the National Democratic (Nasdem) Party to join his coalition.

This proposition was conveyed directly to Nasdem's Chairman, Surya Paloh, during their meeting at Nasdem Tower on Gondangdia Street, Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Friday.