"This should be a violation of the code of ethics.
M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in opening the Investment Authority (INA) agreement signing event on Thursday proclaimed that during his seven-year term as President, 1,900 kilometers of toll roads have been built across the nation.
For around two years since the COVID-19 outbreak occurred, Bali's tourism practically became dormant. Now that the island is starting to receive a flow of international visitors, several local outlets are reporting about plans to increase the fee for the visa on arrival (VOA) entry by threefold.
West Papuan students stranded in Aotearoa New Zealand by an abrupt cancellation of their Indonesian government scholarships earlier this year while trying to complete their degrees and diplomas can breathe mire easily with the latest news.
Julia Lau – Recent student protests against rising living costs and rumours that Widodo might seek a third presidential term suggest that Indonesia's democracy is not as resilient as some may think.
Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia, or BI, the country's central bank, has signaled to keep its benchmark interest rate steady at 3.5 percent, saying the fundamental domestic inflationary pressures as reflected in core inflation have yet to warrant any increase despite rising commodities prices and increasingly hawkish US Federal Reserve.
An international group advocating human rights in Timor-Leste, of which a UK pedophile priest was a supporter, has taken down an appeal for financial support he had set up for the group following his conviction for child sex abuse last week.
Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry plans to provide more free mudik (exodus) trips for Idul Fitri 2022, for a total of 21,000 trips.
The ministry said around half of the first 10,500 bus trips it had offered were fully booked almost immediately after registration opened.
Elizabeth Byrne – The High Court has put off considering whether details of an alleged Australian spying operation in Timor-Leste should remain secret during a criminal trial.
Four Corners has revealed the New Zealand military ordered its legal offi
Konradus Epa, Jakarta – A man was hacked to death and another injured in an attack by a rebel group in Indonesia's restive Papua province.
Papua police spokesman Senior Commissioner Ahmad Kamal said the attack took place on April 12 in Lumbuk, a village in Puncak Jaya district.
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) speaker Puan Maharani asked the government to immediately draw up derivative rules of the sexual violence or TPKS Law which was passed yesterday, April 12, in the plenary meeting.
Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – The Labour Party has been officially registered as a political party with the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Kemenkumham).
Labour Party General Chairperson Said Iqbal said that they received a written notification of the decision (SK) from the ministry on Monday April 11.
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Antigraft watchdog Indonesia Memanggil 57 or IM57 Institute urged the Supervisory Council of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to seriously deal with reports about its senior official Lili Pintauli Siregar who allegedly received gratification while watching 2022 MotoGP at Mandalika.
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It is unconscionable. A bewildering and grossly unfair crisis for 34 young Papuan students – 25 male and 9 female – the hope for the future of the West Papua region, the Melanesian half of Papua New Guinea island ruled by Indonesia.
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Indonesia has passed a landmark bill that for the first time outlaws forced marriage and sexual harassment.
An Indonesian lawmaker is being shielded by his party after he was filmed watching porn on his phone during a recent committee meeting at the House of Parliament (DPR).
A high school principal has been removed from his post after a 17-second video of him treating a student with the utmost disrespect went viral recently. The disgraced educator, however, is still permitted to teach after he was transferred to another school.
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian on Wednesday told the General Election Commission (KPU) on Wednesday to make sure the 2024 election runs smoothly, while keeping the budget minimum.
The 2024 election budget is estimated at Rp 110.4 trillion ($7.6 billion).
Stefani Wijaya, Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police announced on Wednesday they have arrested three men accused of attacking social media activist Ade Armando during a rally two days earlier. The hunt is underway for two more suspects who were identified with the help of facial recognition technology.
Jakarta (Antara) – At least 18 mining workers died and 10 others were seriously injured after a truck carrying 29 people crashed in a mountainous region in West Papua early on Wednesday.
All the victims are from the province of East Nusa Tenggara who worked for a local mining firm, according to West Papua Police spokesman Chief Comr. Adam Erwindi.
Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) has highlighted the recently enacted Law on Sexual Violence Crimes (TPKS) for not fully accommodate the rights of victims.
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A Catholic priest is to moderate the presidential debate in Timor-Leste as Asia's youngest democracy gets ready for a second round of voting on April 19.
The appointment of Father Bento Barros Pereira from Dili Archdiocese was announced by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) on April 11.
Jakarta – The House of Representatives passed on Tuesday a long-awaited bill to tackle sexual violence, aimed at providing a legal framework for victims to secure justice in a country where sexual abuse has often been regarded as a private matter.
The Humanitarian Coalition for Papua says the creation of three new provinces in Papua by the Indonesian government is like repeating the management model of Dutch power during the colonial era.
The Coalition's Cahyo Pamungkas said the move would cause mistrust among the Papuan people and prove counter-productive.
Six years after deliberations first began, Indonesia's parliament has passed a landmark bill to tackle sexual violence, aimed at providing a legal framework for victims to seek justice.
A majority of lawmakers backed the bill at the plenary session in parliament, overcoming opposition from some conservative groups in the world's biggest Muslim-majority country.
Jakarta – Student demonstrations have been held simultaneously in various parts of the country – from the west to the east – rejecting the discourse on postponing the 2024 elections and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo serving a third term in office, and against fuel prices hikes, valued added tax increases and the scarcity of cooking oil.
Edward Aspinall – Richard Harry Chauvel was a noted Australian historian of Indonesia. Known for his pathbreaking research on Maluku (the Moluccas) and Papua, Chauvel was a dedicated and generous scholar, deeply respected by his peers and much loved by his many graduate students.
Johan Purnomo and Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday to disperse hundreds of university students protesting high cooking oil prices and a mooted extension of President Joko Widodo's stay in office.
Stefani Wijaya, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Social media activist Ade Armando was punched and kicked after he joined a protest involving hundreds of people in front of the House of Representatives complex in Jakarta on Monday.
The angry mob who called Ade "government propagandist" also attempted to strip him, causing him to lose his pants at the end of the assault.
Large groups of students have protested in Indonesia over high cooking-oil prices and a potential extension of President Joko Widodo's stay in office, despite attempts by the popular leader to dampen speculation of a plan being hatched to keep him in power longer.
M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Students Executive Boards' Alliance (BEM SI) was determined to stage a mass rally before the Parliament building in Senayan, Central Jakarta today, April 11. The event would reportedly start at 10 a.m. until an unspecified time.
Hamdan Cholifudin Ismail, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police Chief Inspector Fadil Imran said 6,826 joint personnel were deployed to secure the demonstration initiated by the Indonesian Students Executive Boards' Alliance (BEM SI) today, April 11, in the Arjuna Wiwaha Horse Statue area and the Parliament building.
Hamdan Cholifudin Ismail, Jakarta – Hundreds of people under the Forum of Indonesian Retired Fighters (FPPI) arrived at the Arjuna Wiwaha statue in downtown Central Jakarta at 10:45 WIB to join the mass demonstration held by the National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM SI).
Jaja Suteja, Yustinus PAAT, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Students took to the streets in several cities across the country on Monday to protest the rumored presidential term extension, despite earlier assurance from two-term President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo that he had no intention to seek reelection.
Iwan Ariawan (360info), Melbourne, Australia – Indonesia is home to more than a quarter of million people, spread across an archipelago made up of thousands of islands. This geographical reality is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it makes it very difficult to ensure every citizen gets equal access to health services.
Jakarta – Indonesia's biggest tech firm soared in early Jakarta trade Monday following an initial public offering that closed last week.
GoTo, the largest digital ecosystem in the archipelago nation of 270 million people, was formed by the merger of ride-hailing company Gojek and e-commerce platform Tokopedia in May 2021.
Jakarta – The Golkar Party leadership issued a statement on Monday supporting President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to go ahead with the 2024 general election as scheduled, in an about-face from the party's earlier proposal to extend Jokowi's term.
Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Gold and copper mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) is set to raise US$3 billion from the issuance of US dollar-denominated senior notes to finance its copper smelter project development in Gresik, East Java.
Sebastian Strangio – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has flatly denied suggestions that his administration is attempting to extend his term and delay the 2024 presidential elections, after months of suggestions to this effect from senior political figures.
Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's statement asking his ministers to not talk about extending his term in office was an ambiguous sentence.
Sydney Allen – Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at a Cabinet meeting on April 5, where he told his aides to stop suggesting he runs for a third term. Screenshot via the Sekretariat Presiden YouTube Channel.
The Vanuatu Government through the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marc Ati, has expressed utter dismay at the announcement by the Director General (DG) of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat regarding a recent voluntary contribution of 100,000USD (VT10.9 million) by the Indonesian National Police, to the Secretariat.
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has agreed on the bill on the establishment of three new provinces in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua which will bring the total number of provinces on the island to five.
Jakarta – The government has begun transferring cash to around 20.7 million families around Indonesia, weeks ahead of the Islamic holiday of Idul Fitri, to help them afford cooking oil, which had doubled in price in the past few months.
Jakarta – Holidaymakers who want a trouble-free Idul Fitri journey will need a COVID-19 booster shot. Why? Because starting from April 5, travelers who have received a third shot can skip some COVID-related protocols during their mudik (going home) trips.
Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – The Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI) has called on Protestants to help reduce child stunting in a country where the prevalence rate remains high despite a slight decrease.
Masrur Jamaluddin and Brad Lendon, Jakarta, Indonesia – The Indonesian and United States militaries are expanding their annual bilateral exercises to 14 participating countries, the Indonesian Army said in a news release Thursday.
Jakarta – State-owned energy firm Pertamina said on Thursday it had signed a joint study agreement with Japan's Mitsui & Co Ltd for commercialization of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) in the central Sumatra region.
Jakarta – The Humanitarian Coalition for Papua says that the unilateral creation of three new provinces in Papua by the central government is like repeating the management model of Dutch power during the colonial era.