Johnny Blades – Papua New Guinea's foreign minister says he expects the issue of West Papua will be discussed at the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting in Palau.

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Indonesia is seeing a sharp increase in respiratory illnesses as a prolonged dry season fuels widespread land and forest fires, with health facilities in parts

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia' Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is pushing regional governments to promote the Geothermal Working Areas (WKP) development in their respectiv

Peh Ko Hsu and Siwage Dharma Negara – Indonesia has managed to surpass targets for renewable energy.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian police on Wednesday maintained that former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah committed corruption while handling c

Hundreds of residents of Maybrat Regency, South West Papua, took to the streets on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, in a peaceful demonstration held as a form of protest as well as a present

Laurensius Teddy Saputro, Jakarta – Before being stopped at Dukuh Atas in Central Jakarta, students from the University of Indonesia Student Executive Board (BEM UI) encountered several

Resti Salmayenti, Dominick Spracklen and Joseph Holden (The Conversation) – Peatland fires in Indonesia pose a major threat to habitats, wildlife and people.

Manokwari, Jubi – Residents in Tomu district, Teluk Bintuni regency, Southwest Papua, have traditionally relied on rainwater to meet their daily needs.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – It had been 648 days since Nur Hidayati, an Indonesian environmental activist fondly known as Yaya or Mbak Yaya, died of cancer.

Indah Ayu Pujiastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia's textile industry is operating well below capacity, with utilization in the upstream sector at only around 45% and the midstream sector at abo

Jayapura – The Papua Foundation for Justice and Human Integrity (YKKMP) has written to Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM RI) over the alleged shooting of three ci

Kota Kinabalu – Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed to exchange information in monitoring hotspots to prevent transboundary haze amid the current El Nino hitting the region, says

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Economists say the government's macroeconomic assumptions for next year cast doubt on a 2027 budget plan that comes with relatively cautious goals for state reve

Petir Garda Bhwana, Jakarta – The commemoration of Indonesia's 81st Independence Day took a different form in Pati, Central Java, as farmers who have spent more than two decades defendi

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia corrected Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar's claim that Indonesia has reached the highest peak of socio-religiou

Andrew Mathieson – Police have been accused of instigating violent clashes with anguished West Papuan demonstrators over marking a dark day of their homeland's incorporation into Indone

M Ilham Ramadhan Avisena – Amnesty International Indonesia (AII) believes the Constitutional Court's (MK) ruling regarding the article on insulting the president and vice president stil

Petir Garda Bhwana, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia Student Executive Board (BEM UI) is scheduled to hold a protest at the Hotel Indonesia Roundabout (HI Roundabout) in Central Ja

Palangka Raya – Borneo, home to pristine rainforest and protected species, is burning. Meteorologist Safillah Anggie Wahyuni hopes a solution lies in the clouds.

Banda Aceh – The Head of the Banda Aceh Inspectorate, identified as FD (58) and a student with the initials AM (22) have been named suspects in a case of same sex relations or gay sex.

Merauke, Jubi – Several former terrorism convicts in Merauke Regency are working to rebuild their lives in the community after completing their legal proceedings, including plans to est

Hans Nicholas Jong – Indonesia is experiencing one of its most severe fire seasons of recent years, with the scale of burning raising comparisons with the catastrophic fires of 2019.

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the Kredit Perempuan Prasejahtera (KPPS), a credit program for women from economically vulner

Asido Nababan, Jakarta – Indonesia's automotive industry entered 2026 with a rebound after a hard year in 2025. At first glance, the numbers look convincing.

Wicaksono Gitawan, Cinthia Leone – Whenever war threatens one of the world's main oil shipping routes, governments are reminded of an old truth: energy security is never just another po

Fahri Ali, Jakarta – Around 600 to 700 University of Indonesia (UI) students took to the streets on Tuesday, traveling from the university's Depok campus, just south of Jakarta, to join

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Human Rights Minister Natalius Pigai emphasized that the people of Papua are permitted to demand welfare, justice, and their rights, but they may not deman

Vania Rossa – Several civil society groups along with farmers from the Kendeng Mountains commemorated the 81st anniversary of Indonesian Independence by holding a People's Ceremony on S

Hayat Indriyatno – An Indigenous community on Indonesia's Seram Island is preserving a centuries-old coming-of-age ritual while helping protect the endangered salmon-crested cockatoo, a

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Student protesters from the Student Executive Board of the University of Indonesia (BEM UI) alliance were blocked on their way to the HI Roundabout in Ce

Dio Ashar Wicaksana – Conflict between the Attorney General's Office (Kejaksaan) and the National Police (Polri) has once again attracted public attention.

Student protesters say that as many as 24 bus drivers were threatened and intimidated so they would not transport University of Indonesia Student Executive Council (BEM UI) protesters t

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Officers from the Jakarta Metropolitan Police apprehended dozens of people shortly before a student protest at the Hotel Indonesia (HI) Roundabout in Ce

Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto claimed that investment in Indonesia continues to grow amidst global uncertainty.

Laurensius Teddy Saputro, Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) students took to the streets on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, a day after Indonesia marked its 81st Independence Day, marchi

Reza Hery Pamungkas, Jakarta – Police detained at least 21 people allegedly attempting to provoke clashes during a student protest in central Jakarta on Tuesday, as officers blocked Uni

Riza, Students at Baiti Jannati Islamic boarding school are being treated for suspected food poisoning at Al-Mulk Regional Hospital in Sukabumi, West Java, Sunday, Aug – 16, 2026.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority held a ceremony to commemorate Indonesia's 81st Independence Day on Monday, August 17, 2026.

Agencies, Mbay/Ende, East Nusa Tenggara – Residents of villages in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) hit by a deadly earthquake that killed at least 54 people were awaiting aid on Monday as resc

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – The Association of All Indonesian Workers' Unions (Aspirasi) believes that the Independence Day celebration must be realized through decent jobs, fair wages, em

Wamena, Jubi – Agus Kossay, chairman of the Central Committee of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), has urged police in Jayapura City and Jayapura Regency, Papua, to learn from p

Albertus Pepi Kurniawan, Theressia Silalahi, Muhammad Aulia Rahman, East Nusa Tenggara – Residents displaced by the powerful earthquake that struck Indonesia's Flores region remained in

Mazka Hauzan Naufal, Pati – The 81st Indonesian Independence Day commemorations took place in a solemn atmosphere at Omah Kendeng in Sukolilo district, Pati regency, Central Java, on Mo

Ary Hermawan and Norshahril Saat – President Prabowo Subianto was absent from a key event organised by the Ulema Council of Indonesia (MUI) in late July.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's 81st Independence Day celebrations saw soldiers jumping 10,000 feet with a parachute.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's outstanding government debt rose 12.65% year-on-year to Rp 10,293.69 trillion ($576 billion) as of June 30, the Finance Ministry reported on W

Marchio Gorbiano, Ruteng, East Nusa Tenggara – Thousands of evacuees waited for help Sunday on Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) after a powerful earthquake killed 48 people, in

Max Lane – On March 31, Prof. Dr.

Hendro D Situmorang, Jakarta – Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarta says around 10% of the seven million children screened through the Health Ministry's free