Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Depok – The Depok city administration said COVID-19 isolation beds at the centralized isolation site in the Guest House of the University of Indonesia's Japanese Studies Center (PSJ) were almost full.

The city's Health Agency Head Mary Liziawati said 48 of the total 56 available beds were occupied according to reports as of Feb. 9.

A male tourist from the West Kalimantan capital of Pontianak died after falling from the third floor balcony to the second floor at a hotel where he stayed during his trip to West Bandung regency, West Java.

Antara, Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia has again shut down its public facilities in its work area in Mimika Regency, Papua Province. The decision came following a rise in the number of workers who contracted Covid-19.

Jakarta – The Wadas Village Nature Concern Social Movement (Gempadewa) says that the visit by Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo to Wadas Village in Bener, Purworejo regency, on Wednesday February 9, was only to meet with people who support the construction of the andesite rock quarry to supply materials for the Bener Dam.

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The mobilisation of hundreds of fully armed police to Wadas Village in Purworejo regency, Central Java, on Tuesday February 8, has attracted criticism from many parties. The government and the police are being urged to prioritise dialogue to overcome the land conflict there.

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and the Association of Families of Talangsari Lampung (PK2TL) believe that the government of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has failed to side with the victims of gross human rights violations in Talangsari, Lampung, on February 7, 1989.

Jakarta – No less than 2.7 million undereducated and unskilled Indonesians, most of them also undocumented, have risked their lives for the sake of getting the jobs in Malaysia they badly need to feed themselves and their families at home.

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura, Jubi – Papua land is increasingly being targeted by investors, especially investors in oil palm plantations and mining. The Papuan Customary Council urges the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) to establish a customary court to protect the customary lands of indigenous peoples from land grabbing by companies.

Daniel Boffey – The director of the Rijksmuseum said he was "happy" as Dutch prosecutors announced they would not proceed with an investigation into complaints over a newly opened exhibition on Indonesian independence, the first of its kind in Europe.

Palu – A wild crocodile in Indonesia that was trapped in a tyre for more than five years has been rescued, freed from its rubber ring and released back into the wild.

Stephen Dziedzic – Documents filed in court claim that Australia may have been monitoring the phone calls of political leaders in Timor-Leste in 2000, four years before Australian intelligence agents allegedly bugged the tiny nation's Cabinet offices ahead of crucial negotiations over lucrative oil and gas reserves.

Emma Connors, Singapore/Jakarta – One of Indonesia' richest men has acknowledged he could reap millions from the planned new capital in East Kalimantan but has denied the fix is in.

Jakarta – With the Indonesian government preparing to shift the nation's capital to East Kalimantan, Jakarta will soon shed its capital city status.

The plan to move the capital city had, in fact, been initiated in the era of Indonesia's first President, Soekarno, and will now be realised by President Joko Widodo.

Jamal A Nashr, Jakarta – The Central Java Police spokesperson Commissioner Iqbal Alqudusy, said that 250 police personnel has been mobilized to guard the land measurement process at the village of Wadas.

The land measurement is conducted as part of the government's program to establish a mining site to supply materials for the Bener Dam construction project.

Andi Firdaus, Raka Adji, Jakarta – The COVID-19 positivity rate among health workers is currently high, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, has informed.

"The positivity rate of our health workers is high. On average, there are five health workers testing positive out of eight (health workers) tested," she told ANTARA here on Wednesday.

Tassilo Hummel and Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia will order 42 Rafale fighter jets, France's defence minister said on Thursday, after the two countries signed a series of agreements that include submarine development and ammunition manufacturing.

Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank will review policy rate levels in the third quarter to head off any spike in inflation next year, Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Thursday, after it decided to keep rates unchanged for now to bolster an economic recovery.

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investments Luhut Pandjaitan said in a virtual press conference on Thursday, February 10, 2022, that energy transition will be costly, especially for a developing country such as Indonesia.

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Nusantara, the government's new capital city project, is facing more public scrutiny even after lawmakers passed a law formalizing the staggered move away from congested Jakarta, following allegations that a number of prominent figures stand to benefit from the relocation to East Kalimantan.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak has been forced to cancel a visit to Australia after contracting Covid-19 for a second time.

The news of his infection comes amid a spike in cases that have spread across the Catholic-majority country in the past week.

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura, Jubi – Papuan activist of the United Liberation Movement For West Papua (ULMWP) Markus Haluk believes that the Indonesian government's policy towards Papua, such as the plan for regional expansion and Law No. 21/2021 on the amendment to Papua Special Autonomy (Otsus), is a cheap offer from Indonesia, just like "sweets" to the Papuan people.

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura, Jubi – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) again plans to submit a proposal to register West Papua in the highest forum of Melanesian countries, the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), once the MSG leaders hold a meeting again.

Jamal A. Nashr, Purworejo – As many as 64 residents of Wadas Village, Bener District, Purworejo, were arrested by the police on Tuesday, Feb. 8, during the land measurement for the mining plan related to the Bener Dam construction project. Ten of them are minors.

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Indonesian rights groups have called for the release of dozens of farmers and activists, they say were wrongfully arrested on Feb. 8 for protesting against a mining project in West Java province.

Emma Connors and Natalia Santi, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's government started the year with a ban on coal exports and now it has ordered palm oil producers to reserve a portion for domestic use, as it battles a hike in the cost of cooking oil on supermarket shelves.

By Sebastian Strangio – Indonesia's plan to shift its capital from Jakarta to a remote location on the island of Borneo is set to inflict a further setback on a Chinese government-backed high-speed rail project that has already experienced repeated delays.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In the nearly two years since Indonesian lawmakers passed a controversial mining law, the legislation has increasingly been used by police to arrest villagers and local activists opposed to mining operations on their lands.

Resty Woro Yuniar (SCMP) – Indonesia is sticking to its decision to open the resort island of Bali to foreign tourists despite a spike in Covid-19 cases, saying the move will boost the national economy and set an example to the rest of the country in how to live with the disease.

Jamal A. Nashr, Jakarta – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo in a written statement on Wednesday openly apologized to the public after police detained dozens of villagers in Wadas, Purworejo, as the area is being subjected to a national strategic project.

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights or Komnas HAM strongly condemned acts of violence committed by police against residents and legal assistants for residents of Wadas Village, Purworejo, Central Java, who opposed the mining plan in their village. The violence occurred during the land measurement process for the andesite mining project on Tuesday, Feb.

Jakarta – A number of professional organisations have slammed the alleged throttling of the internet at Wadas Village in Bener sub-district, Purworejo regency, Central Java, which has made it difficult to access information on the situation in the area.

Jakarta – A resident of Wadas Village has reported that scores of police units entered their village in the Bener sub-district of Purworejo regency, East Java, on the morning of Wednesday February 9.

The resident, who did not want to reveal their name, said that the total number of police officers that arrived could not be confirmed.

Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Muhammad Isnur has accused Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD of lying over an incident at Wadas Village in Purworejo regency, Central Java.

Arrijal Rachman, Graven Fikri (Intern), Jakarta – The development of the new capital city or IKN is continuously protested. The protest's recent addition was initiated by academics in change.org websites. The 13,611 signed petition was initiated by 45 academics and entitled "Mr. President, 2022-2024 isn't the Capital City Relocation Time."

Daniel Ahmad, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from Australia's Griffith University, Dicky Budiman, shared optimism that the wave of COVID-19 transmission due to the Omicron variant in Indonesia will stop before the Eid holidays in early May. He assessed that unwanted situations during the upcoming Eid could be avoided on conditions.

Jamal A. Nashr, Jakarta – The Yogyakarta Legal Aid Institute or LBH Yogyakarta said its Instagram account had been inaccessible since 11:20 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, after it posted videos showing the arrest of residents of Wadas, Bener District, Purworejo Regency by the police.

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said press freedom is a fundamental pillar for the advancement of Indonesia as one of the largest democratic countries in the world.

"Press freedom and protection of the journalist are guaranteed by law," he said in the commemoration of National Press Day, Wednesday, Feb. 9.

Indonesia's government likely won't impose strict restrictions despite a surge in COVID-19 cases, as the Executive Office of the President (KSP) said that there is no need yet to take drastic measures due to the nature of the Omicron variant.

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Indonesian military (TNI) chief Gen. Andika Perkasa has offered a new softer approach to resolving the long-standing conflict in the country's easternmost provinces of Papua and West Papua.

Arjuna Pademme, Jayapura, Jubi – Papuan lawmaker Emus Gwijangge said that the resolution to various problems in Papua, especially cases of past human rights violations, was more important to the Papuan people than the regional expansion planned by the government.

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – John Doe can still recall the moment his alleged torturers made him believe he would never see his family again.

It was in 2000 in Aceh Province, Indonesia, following his alleged capture by members of the Indonesian military working at the nearby ExxonMobil gas plant.

Duncan Graham – Corporate tsars and the political powerful rarely back independent probes into official misconduct – unless limited to their rivals. Canberra has yet to debate such an authority, while next door Indonesia's oligarchs are destroying their Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (Corruption Eradication Commission), not with a bang, which might alarm, but with many whimpers.

Matthew Scott of Newsroom – International students in New Zealand are appealing to the Indonesian government in response to funding being pulled for the autonomous Melanesian provinces to send students abroad.

Fathiya Dahrul – The brother of Indonesia's Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto seeks to supply clean water to the country's new capital.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – An Indonesian diocese has banned Catholics from carrying out a traditional marriage-related ritual involving animal sacrifice, saying it is contrary to the Catholic faith and has no basis in the socio-cultural life of the community.

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – From a decades-long tradition to movie inspiration – arisan is a social rite, financial help, a fun get-together and more.

As today's youth experience the rising trend in blockchains, stocks and shares, investments are now a hot topic that goes beyond the usual investor crowd. Young Indonesians are dipping their toes in the cryptocurrency world.

Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) said it had received 73,000 reports on suspicious financial transactions in 2021, up from 68,057 in 2020, as well as 2.4 million reports on suspicious cash transactions, down from 2.7 million in 2020.

Jakarta – Property companies association Real Estate Indonesia, or REI, recently announced that its global tour to attract investors to fund Indonesia's new capital city in East Kalimantan had ended on a high note.

Antara, Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) of Papua Province stated that the regional economy recorded a growth of 15.11 percent in 2021.

Rachmawati, Yogyakarta – A petition has emerged opposing andesite rock mining for the construction of the Bener Dam project at Wadas Village in Bener sub-district, Purworejo regency, Central Java.

The petition on Change.org was launched by the Wadas Village Nature Concern Social Movement (Gempadewa), the Wadas Village Youth (Kamudewa) and Wadas Women.