The root cause of the disaster currently unfolding in the natural forest of Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, is truly shameful.

Timor-Leste conferred its highest honour, the Order of Timor-Leste (Grand Collar), on Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Friday (July 3).

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Antara, Jakarta – The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) confirmed that all drought-hit areas across Java are receiving daily supplies of clean water.

Baharudin Al Farisi, Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – A number of trade union confederations declared the formation of the Grand Coalition of Indonesian Workers' Struggle (Koalisi Besar Perju

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) should not have dropped its investigation into the alleged corruption associated with the free nutritious meal (MBG) project.

Ryan Eka Permana Sakti – On June 30, 2026, Nadiem Makarim, the former education minister and well-regarded co-founder of ride-hailing giant Gojek, was found guilty in a highly controver

Grace Gandhi, Jakarta – The rupiah exchange rate at the Thursday afternoon trading close weakened by 43 points or 0.24 percent to Rp17,995 per US dollar from the previous Rp17,952 per U

Antara, Jakarta – A number of refugees have returned to stay near the back of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Jakarta on Friday, July 3, 2026.

Samuel Devaraj, Dili – Singapore wants to help Timor-Leste not just benefit but also contribute fully as an ASEAN member, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on July 3.

Samuel Devaraj, Dili – Singapore will be open to companies hiring workers from Timor-Leste in sectors like construction and marine shipyard in 2027.

Fears of yet another escalation in military conflict in Indonesia's Papua region have risen after an American pilot flying a small aircraft into a remote airstrip in Highland Papua prov

Johnny Blades – Indonesia has defended the high number of military personnel it has deployed to West Papua, which dwarves the size of deployments to others parts of the republic.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has recovered the body of an American pilot who was shot dead by rebels in the restive eastern region of Papua, it said on Friday after a separat

Justin Ong Guang-Xi, Dili, Timor-Leste – Mr Lawrence Wong hopes his visit to Timor-Leste, the first by a Singapore prime minister, will spark greater interest and exchanges between Sing

An evangelist and a teenager were shot dead, and two young men were injured in separate military operations in Indonesia's Papua, prompting the local regent to strip off his official un

Tim Swanston and Ari Wu, Indonesia – A video obtained by the ABC shows a dramatic operation by the Indonesian military to recover the body of an American pilot, shot dead by Papu

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia's stock market is unlikely to reclaim the 7,000 level this year after one of the world's worst equity selloffs wiped out a

Antara, Jakarta – Online discussion platform Reddit has become accessible again in Indonesia without the need for a virtual private network (VPN), ending a restriction that had been in

Indonesia, West Papua – Human rights defenders, victims' families, lawyers and civil society organisations continue to raise concerns over persistent impunity for alleged human rights v

Larius Kogoya, Jayapura, Jubi – Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) ham called on President Prabowo Subianto to conduct a comprehensive review of security opera

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia's manufacturing sector suffered its sharpest contraction in a year as new orders dried up and factory-gate prices rose at the fastest pace in nearly 13

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament is drafting amendments to the country's road transport law that would formally recognize motorcycle ride-hailing services as public tran

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The civil society coalition assessed that President Prabowo Subianto's promise to reform the Indonesian National Police (Polri) following the 2025 violence has

Banda Aceh – A couple caught committing immoral acts in a car while live-streaming on TikTok were publicly caned at the Sari Park in Banda Aceh, on Thursday July 2.

Jakarta, Indonesia – An emerging El Nino risks fueling devastating wildfires on peatland areas in Borneo earmarked by Indonesia's government about six years ago for a flagship fo

Larius Kogoya, Jayapura, Jubi – A car carrying the leader of the Catholic Church's Moni-Puncak Deanery, Father Yance Yogi, Pr, was shot at in Titigi Village, Sugapa District, Intan Jaya

A young couple in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province have been publicly caned after a Sharia court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream.

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa dismissed allegations that Danantara's planned Patriot Bond and Merah Putih Bond could become vehicles for money laun

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is developing a roadmap to protect local wisdom in biodiversity conservation, a move aimed at strengthening the recognition and p

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) has noted that the Indonesian National Police (Polri) institution still frequently uses e

Dipo Negoro – On June 15, a discussion attended by Budiman Sudjatmiko at the Innovation and Creativity Centre at the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta was mobbed by students wh

Arjuna Pademme, Jayapura, Jubi – More than 100 Indigenous Papuan women traders spent the night outside the Southwest Papua Governor's Office in Sorong, demanding that Governor Elisa Kam

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – A foreign pilot was killed after an Indonesian pioneer aircraft was set on fire by unidentified assailants after landing at a remote airstrip in Indonesia's easte

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Middle- and high-skill jobs in Indonesia have steadily disappeared in recent years as the country struggles to create better-paying employment amid weak hir

Jayapura – Presidential Special Adviser for Labor and Workers' Welfare Said Iqbal has raised the unresolved dismissal of thousands of employees of PT Freeport Indonesia with Indonesia's

Singapore – The Republic inked an agreement with Indonesia's nuclear energy regulator on June 30 to collaborate on areas including radiation protection, emergency preparedness, radiatio

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya, East Java – The Surabaya Police in East Java have named four people as suspects after protests against the government's flagship programs and economic po

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Indonesian National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said the police institution will continue supporting the government's food security program by e

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – At least 31 Indonesian deputy ministers continue to serve as commissioners at state-owned enterprises (SOEs) despite a Constitutional Court ruling barring

Bambang Ismoyo, Erfan, Jakarta – Indonesia has reclassified motorcycle ride-hailing drivers as micro-entrepreneurs and capped platform commissions at 8%, as the government seeks to boos

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia reported Wednesday that palm oil shipments to foreign markets had jumped slightly to $9.59 billion in the first five months of 2026, but the upti

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has bid farewell to its six-year surplus streak with a $1.61 billion deficit in May amid sky-high crude prices, according to data shown by the of

Darin Apriliani, Jakarta – The hearing with the agenda for reading the verdict on the case of procuring Chromebook laptops and Chrome Device Management (CDM) against Indonesia's former

Jayapura – Two teenagers in Intan Jaya Regency, Central Papua Province, identified as Daud Hagismijau and Kiko Hagismijau, were reportedly shot on Monday (29/6/2026).

Martin Bagya Kertiyasa, Jakarta – Indonesia's annual inflation accelerated to 3.34% in June, while monthly inflation rose to 0.44%, driven largely by higher non-subsidized fuel prices a

Theressia Silalahi, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto praised Indonesia's national police for expanding their role beyond law enforcement into food security and social welfare, under

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Nanyin melodies from China's Fujian province mingled with the strains of the Indonesian folk song Rasa Sayange on a Jakarta university campus on a recen

Royce Kurmelovs – A sugar research organisation funded by the Australian government is under scrutiny for its links to an Indonesian company allegedly involved in forcibly displacing In

Jayapura – The West Papua National Liberation Army, known as TPNPB, has claimed responsibility for the death of an Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) soldier, Private First Class (P