Andrew Mathieson – Exiled West Papuan media are calling for Fiji – in a reflection of Melanesian solidarity – to hold the greater Pacific region to account and stand against Indonesia's

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) is considering a proposal to lower the minimum age for Hajj registration.

Aimee Gabay, Jakarta – Some of the world's biggest consumer brands are banding together to tackle deforestation in one of Earth's richest biodiversity hotspots in Indonesia.

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) is exploring the possibility of a fifth amendment to the 1945 Constitution.

Jakarta – This month 20 years ago, the world witnessed something rare: The successful resolution of a decades-long separatist conflict in Southeast Asia's largest nation.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's balance of payments (BOP) swung into a deep deficit of $6.7 billion in the second quarter of 2025, the steepest shortfall since Q2 2023 when i

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund, Danantara, has pledged to help resolve mounting problems at the country's first high-speed rail line, the Jakarta-Bandung se

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Deputy Minister of Manpower, Immanuel Ebenezer, as a suspect in a case of extortion related to the process

Yolanda Agne, Jakarta – Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested Deputy Minister of Manpower Immanuel Ebenezer in a sting operation (OTT) on Thursday, August 21, 202

Monique Handa Shafira, Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Friday addressed thousands of teachers and principals of the government's new Sekolah Rakyat ("People's School

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The narrative advocating for the government to forcibly acquire shares of PT Bank Central Asia (BCA) has the potential to destabilize the banking system, acco

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Constitutional law expert Jimly Asshiddiqie proposed that, in Indonesian presidential elections, the public should only vote for the president.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia is aiming high, but the private sector is "cautiously optimistic."

Jakarta – The first few months of office normally serve as a honeymoon between an elected leader and his or her people, with the former intensifying dialogue to absorb aspirations from

Eka Yudha Saputra – Indonesia's Maluku Police Region stated that approximately 557 local residents are still displaced due to clashes between residents in Hunuth Village, Teluk Ambon Di

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Concerns are mounting that President Prabowo Subianto's free nutritious meal program could overshadow meaningful improvements in education, as nearly half of the

Muhammad Ghafur Fadillah, Jakarta – Bank Central Asia, Indonesia's largest private lender by market value, rejected allegations that its takeover by the Djarum Group two decades ago was

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Indonesia Safety Journalists Committee (KKJ) strongly condemns the planned murder of journalists in Gaza by the Israeli military.

Dandi Bajuddin, Jakarta – State-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) CEO Bobby Rasyidin said that the company will coordinate with the Investment Management Agency of An

Hafizh Wahyu Darmawan, Akhdi Martin Pratama, Jakarta – A number of protesters from the Student Movement with the People (Gemarak) began filing the area in front gate to the House of Rep

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Tulus Abadi, the chair of the Indonesian Empowered Consumer Forum (FKBI), dismissed a remark by an Indonesian House member that proposes smoking cars on

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Thirteen organizations and businesses have launched the Indonesian Reuse Association, or AGUNI, a coalition dedicated to building a sustainable reuse syste

Ahmad Fikri (Kontributor) – The West Java Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) reported that dozens of houses, as well as educational and health facilities, were damaged in Karawang Regenc

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has launched its second humanitarian airdrop mission for the besieged residents of Gaza, delivering nearly 30 tonnes of aid to the Palestinian te

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Washington – US health authorities announced Tuesday a recall of frozen shrimp potentially contaminated with radioactivity.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – A journalist from CNN Indonesia, Zulkifli Natsir, was a victim of violence from authorities while covering a protest against a property tax hike in

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) considered the housing allowance for parliament members as a form of budget extravagance, estimating the total cost at

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Asia Pulp & Paper, one of the world's biggest forestry groups, has effectively been given the green light to seek ethical certification from the Forest

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi – The Forum Indonesia for Budget Transparency (Fitra) criticized the provision of a housing allowance amounting to Rp50 million per month for House of Representat

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf, or Gus Ipul, has uncovered significant issues within Indonesia's social welfare system, revealing that more than 2,000

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia has decided to cut the benchmark interest rate, or BI Rate, to 5.00 percent.

Prisma Ardianto, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is stepping up efforts to widen its tax base and tap into the shadow economy as it seeks to raise Rp 2,357.7 trillion ($145.6 billi

The Timorese government announced the launch of formal negotiations with neighbouring Indonesia to delimit the maritime border between the two countries, reports Lusa.

Jakarta – Tropical wood demand from some of America's top RV brands is fuelling deforestation in Kalimantan, home to Asia's last great rainforest, according to a new investigation by en

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM) has accused the Indonesian military (TNI) deployed in Yakuhimo regency of plantin

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Several regions in Indonesia have staged demonstrations protesting the hike in the Rural and Urban Land and Building Tax (PBB-P2).

Adelia Anjani Putri – It seems like everyone is trying to leave.

Laurensia Yame is a mother of seven in her 50s who, with her Indigenous community, the Awyu, lives deep in the forests of South Papua Province, Indonesia.

Jakarta – Amass protest against a property tax hike on Tuesday turned violent in Bone regency, South Sulawesi, leaving four Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) personnel and two police offi

Ilham Oktafian, Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament is facing criticism over a Rp 50 million ($3,067) monthly housing allowance for each lawmaker, with analysts cal

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The National Police said Wednesday that DNA testing has ruled out any biological link between former West Java governor Ridwan Kamil and a 3.5-year-old girl at

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – Thousands of job seekers crowded the Jakarta International Velodrome this week as the city government staged Jobfest 2025, one of Indonesia's largest empl

Ema Ganivatu – In exile but unbroken, three West Papuan journalists are in Fiji calling on the Pacific to stand with them against Indonesia's ongoing media blackout and human rights abu

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Corps of Alumni of the Association of Indonesian Muslim Students (KAHMI), Textile Rayon, suspects that rising import quotas for yarn and fabric are causin

Irfandi, Bone, S – Sulawesi.

Tyberius Seeto and Kayla Hill – On 17th August, Indonesia celebrated 80 years of independence, an end to a 350 year rule riddled with mass atrocities committed by the Dutch, as well as

Aimee Gabay, Karawang/Jakarta, Indonesia – At 55, Warno has spent the past quarter of a century making a living from a fish farm that he manages in Karawang district, in the Indonesian

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – "If you run, you are shot.

Jakarta – The enduring maritime boundary dispute between Indonesia and Malaysia over the Ambalat block has resurfaced, this time with a twist.