Anwar Siswadi, Jakarta – In 2022, West Java recorded 36,608 people cases of dengue fever with 305 casualties. The highest number of cases was in January and then gradually decreased until December.

Rory James – Last month, Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo formally acknowledged 12 episodes of historical human rights violations by government agencies between 1965 and 2003.

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister of Law, Politics, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD said that he had held a meeting with President Joko"Jokowi" Widodo and a number of his staff at the Jakarta State Palace.

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Head of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Margo Yuwono stated in a virtual press conference said that the country's economic growth in 2022 reached 5.31 percent, which is a significant bump compared to 2021 which recorded 2.61 percent growth. BPS said that the growth is supported by household consumption.

Fransiska Nangoy, Gayatri Suroyo, Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Armed with the world's largest reserves of nickel and a ban on the export of nickel ore, Indonesia is making itself indispensable for the electric vehicle industry, which uses the metal extensively.

Jayapura, Jubi – Linus Hiluka, a victim and witness of human rights violations in the 2003 Wamena case, wrote an open letter to the Indonesian President, the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Human Rights, as well as the National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM).

Merauke, Jubi – The Head of Karang Indah Village in Merauke Regency, Wilibrodus Sabon Duran, created a competition to catch the persons who carelessly litter in a public place, with a prize of Rp 500,000 (USD 33.12).

Yamin Kogoya – On Friday 10 February 2023, it will be one month since the Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was "kidnapped" at a local restaurant during his lunch hour by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and security forces.

The Catholic Church in Timor-Leste will assist to ensure upcoming parliamentary elections are peaceful after previous polls were marred by violence, says the country's top Catholic leader.

Melbourne – Woodside Energy Group and its partners on Monday formally committed to working rapidly to pick the best option for developing the Greater Sunrise natural gas field, factoring in for the first time the potential benefits for East Timor.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy grew 5.31 per cent in 2022, the highest in almost a decade, marking a return to its growth patterns before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Announcing the 2022 growth figures on Monday (Feb 6), head of the statistics agency Margo Yuwono said that last year's growth was the highest since 2013 when it was about 5.7 per cent.

Jakarta – Indonesia will suspend some palm oil export permits to secure domestic supply amid rising cooking oil prices ahead of upcoming Islamic festivals, senior cabinet minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on his official Instagram account on Monday.

Jakarta – Indonesia is courting Tesla Inc to invest in the country, which has become a key player in the electric vehicle industrythanks to its rich nickel reserves.

In just three years, Indonesia has signed more than a dozen deals worth more than $15 billion for battery materials and electric vehicle production with global manufacturers including Hyundai, LG and Foxconn.

Dwi Argo Santosa & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – It took three days for the police to announce that one of their own was found dead at the official residence of Police General Ferdy Sambo and another month to finally bring a reasonable conclusion that it was a premeditated murder ordered by the disgraced general.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Fikri Harish, Surabaya/Jakarta – Inviting clerics from all over the world, Nahdlatul Ulama's central executive board is set to discuss the legitimacy of the United Nations Charter from the perspective of Islamic jurisprudence, or fiqh, in the first International Congress of Islamic Jurisprudence on Civilization that takes place on Monday.

News Desk, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo praised on Monday the electoral performance of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) and said that the party could in fact win future elections.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Kaesang Pangarep, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's youngest son, is planning to embark on a political career, following in the footsteps of his father, older brother Gibran Rakabuming Raka and brother-in-law Bobby Nasution.

Yerica Lai and A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – The 2024 presidential election will likely go down to the wire if contested under the current political constellation, the Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) pollster has predicted, with popular Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo facing stiff competition from the equally favored former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan.

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Head of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Margo Yuwono announced in a virtual press conference on Monday that the country's trade balance in 2022 logged a surplus both cumulatively and during the fourth quarter of last year.

Jakarta – Protesters from the Labour Party and the Indonesian Metal Trade Workers Federation (FSPMI) held a rally in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta on Monday February 6.

Ridwan, Jakarta – On Feb. 5 each year in Papua, people commemorate the day the Gospel was spread in Papua and the declaration of Papua Tanah Damai (Papua as Land of Peace, or PTD). The day represents a distant hope for many people in the restive region, which is still experiencing a protracted violent conflict, where blood and tears of sorrow are shed.

Jakarta – Nearly empty thoroughfares in Jakarta in the early months of the pandemic were a sight to behold, and the relatively pure air in a city that normally ranks abysmally on pollution scales was a welcome bonus.

BTV, Jambi – The parents of Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat are holding out for tougher sentences for all the defendants accused of murdering their son ahead of the sentencing hearing, after expressing disappointment about the prosecution's demand.

Anastasia Ika, Fadhlan Aulia Akbar. Jakarta – This Sunday marks the celebration of the Cap Go Meh festival for 2.8 million Chinese-Indonesians.

Jakarta – Indonesia told major powers not to use Southeast Asia as a "proxy" for their rivalries Friday at the start of two-day talks between regional foreign ministers, while also calling for unity and progress on the Myanmar crisis.

Jakarta – A Sumatran tiger believed to have attacked and injured farmers in Aceh was captured on Saturday after a days-long hunt.

It comes after two separate tiger attacks in the same Sumatran town over the past week left at least four people seriously injured.

Apriadi Gunawan, Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra – The Environment and Forestry Ministry is looking to designate North Sumatra coastal areas for reforestation location in an effort to reduce carbon emissions as well as to develop the local economy and maintain aquatic ecosystems.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia is heading to the polls in February next year to elect a new president, with political parties starting to rev up their machinery to prepare for a showdown.

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – President Director of State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Budi Waseso a.k.a. Buwas conducted a sudden inspection of the rice warehouses belonging to Jakarta-owned food security firm PT Food Station Tjipinang Jaya in East Jakarta on Friday, February 3, 2023.

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency, or Bappebti, is under the suspicion of maladministration in its process of building the country's crypto ecosystem, including the postponed bourse, according to the Indonesian Ombudsman.

Oliver Dixon, Jakarta – The Polish embassy has sent a team to the site of Indonesia's yet-to-be-built new capital city Nusantara in East Kalimantan to get a better understanding of the project and consider taking part in all types of projects surrounding the new city, an envoy said in a recent interview.

Anita Permata, Raka Adji, Jakarta – From as many as 2,522 cases of online lending recorded in 2021, most of the victims are women, according to an official from the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection.

Hariz Baharudin, Jakarta – Asean members are supportive of observer Timor-Leste's participation in the bloc, but full membership comes with heavy responsibilities and obligations which can be a steep hill to climb, said Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.

BTV, Tangerang – Affordable cooking oil brand Minyakita, initiated by the Trade Ministry last year to cope with nationwide shortage, has gone scarce in some public markets across the country.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Bishop of Jayapura Diocese, Msgr. Yanuarius Theofilus Maatopai You has asked all Catholics in his region to never sell their land to anyone for any purpose.

Jayapura, Jubi – It was 128 years ago when Catholicism entered Papua in Skuru, Fak-Fak. Today, February 2, 2023, marked a historical day as an Indigenous Papuan priest was appointed the first Papuan Bishop in the Diocese of Jayapura.

Jayapura, Jubi – International Spokesperson of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Victor Yeimo, who is a defendant of an alleged treason, underwent another hearing on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at the Jayapura District Court.

A fresh scandal may be brewing in Indonesia with a very multi-layered single-vehicle accident in the city of Jambi.

On Thursday evening, a Toyota Camry sporting a red license plate – which denotes that it's a government vehicle – crashed into a billboard pole in front of Siloam Hospital.

A pedicab driver named Gufron has become a hero in his hometown of Lamongan, East Java, after he went out of his way to fix potholes in the regency that the government had long failed to repair.

The 62-year-old recently spent two days fixing potholes on a main road connecting the districts of Deket and Karangbinangun, which is frequented by his daughter.

Douglas Kammen – Nothing grabs headlines quite like the announcement that a country intends to build a new national capital. Unlike other news of upcoming events – when the G7 will meet, who will attend the COP26 climate summit, or how OPEC will adjust production targets – announcements about purpose-built capitals are aspirational, not predictive.

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Panjaitan has said the government will be making a deal with Tesla very soon as negotiations have entered their final stage of wrapping up a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) with the United States' electric carmaker.

Jakarta – As expected, the torching of a copy of the Quran by Swedish far-right activist Rasmus Paludan in Stockholm, Sweden, has ignited anger across the Muslim world.

Kate Newsome, Jakarta – Australia has an Indonesian language problem; or rather, the lack of it. The number of Australian students participating in Indonesian-language programs has hit a historic low, and many Australian researchers have voiced concern that this trend could have an adverse effect on the broader bilateral ties.

Investor Daily, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is drafting a new incentive program for electric vehicles and supporting industries including companies that provide public charging stations.

Muhammad Farrel Fauzan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Labor Party in a statement on Thursday announced a plan to hold massive simultaneous demonstrations at the House of Representatives (DPR) headquarters and a number of Greater Jakarta industrial cities such as Serang, Banten, Bandung, Semarang, and Surabaya.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Timor Leste, which finally got the green light to join ASEAN "in principle" last year, made its ASEAN meeting debut on Friday hosted by neighboring Indonesia which holds the current presidency.

BTV, Jakarta – Two men in their 60s accused of killing at least nine people in West Java gave the gruesome details on Thursday of how they eliminated some of their victims, including a two-year-old boy who was killed because "he was such a crybaby".

Wowon Erawan, aged 60 upon arrest, admitted to having ordered the murder of his own son identified only as Bayu.

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Friday that the 2023 state budget had earmarked Rp 25.01 trillion (US$1.7 billion) to fund the election process leading up to the balloting day in February 2024.

Len Garae – A West Papua Delegation led by United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) Interim President, Benny Wenda, West Papua Interim Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Morris Kaloran, Head of Mission Freddy Warome, President of Vanuatu Free West Papua Association, Job Dalesa and Vango representative, Lai Sakita, have held discussions with the Leader of Opposition, Bob Loughm

Xinhua, Jakarta – At least two people were reportedly killed in floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rain in the eastern Indonesian province of South Sulawesi, an official said on Thursday, Feb. 2.

"Two were killed by landslides since Wednesday. Authorities have recovered their bodies," provincial disaster agency chief Amson Padolo told local media.