Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The 2024 presidential election dispute regarding the validity of Gibran Rakabuming Raka's vice-presidential…
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September 30, 2026
On 30 September 2026, Indonesian police intervened in a student protest at the Jayapura University of Science and Technology (USTJ) campus in…
Ketapang, West Kalimantan – Housework in the morning followed by several hours of firefighting: women in West Kalimantan risk life and limb to…
Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – The death of a civil servant participating in a basic military training under the Defense Ministry's Reserve Component (…
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government has allocated Rp 5 trillion ($278.26 million) for a pilot program offering free education from…
Natasha Khairunisa, Jakarta – The rupiah is expected to weaken further against the US dollar on Wednesday as elevated oil prices amid geopolitical…
Five Indonesian prison officials have been suspended after investigators found an apartment-style compound complete with airconditioners, big-…
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Mathew Wale has urged Indonesia to allow a long-awaited United Nations human rights visit to West Papua, telling…
Teguh Adi Prasetyo, Jakarta – Every afternoon around 4 p.m., a familiar and friendly jingle echoes through the narrow alleys of Neighborhood Unit…
Mita Amalia Hapsari, Cibinong, West Java – Indonesian lawmakers are scheduled to inspect Cibinong Prison on Wednesday following the discovery of…
Rebecca Ratcliffe – The mother's hands were peeling from walking on the torched ground. Her eight-month-old baby, which clung to her side, was…
September 29, 2026
Chandra Adi Nurwidya, Yogyakarta – Indonesia's economy has yet to show significant improvement as President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President…
Lorencia Sariani Tondang, Jakarta – Indonesia is accelerating oil exploration and production as global crude prices climb above $100 a barrel and…
Christine Rovoi – Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Cooper Wale has taken the long-running West Papua human rights issue directly to the…
Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – Indonesia's Attorney General's Office has named former National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Deputy for Procurement and…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia recently insisted that third countries could not force a UN verification visit to Papua as the country…
Jayapura, Jubi – The Legal and Human Rights Department of the Evangelical Church in Indonesia (GIDI) has launched the GIDI Legal Aid Institute (…
Andrew Mathieson – Pacific leaders used their address at the 81st session of United Nations general assembly to urge Indonesia to permit the UN…
Vebyana Putri Amanda, Jakarta – State railway operator Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) turns 81 on Monday with improvements in its rail services.…
Antara, Jakarta – Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Brian Yuliarto stated that President Prabowo Subianto has directed the…
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia rejects unilateral allegations of systematic human rights violations in Papua. The country asserts that it takes any…
Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia found that officials at the Cibinong Class IIA Penitentiary in West Java have…
Maretha Uli, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has turned to experts for solutions to prevent recurring forest and peatland fires and expressed…
Azifah Astrina (The Conversation) – Thousands gathered at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh, on Aug. 15, to commemorate 21 years of…
Agencies, Jakarta – The National Police charged a train driver Tuesday with allegedly failing to hit the brakes in time to prevent a crash that…
Jakarta – The House of Representatives passed President Prabowo Subianto's budget bill for 2027 into law on Tuesday, with spending projected at Rp…
Vanuatu has raised concerns over alleged human rights violations in West Papua, called for the decolonisation of Kanaky New Caledonia and urged…
September 28, 2026
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament has passed a law intended to resolve long-running land conflicts and curb land concentration…
Chairunisa – The government plans to build 33 Waste to Electrical Energy (PSEL) processing facilities with an investment value of 89 trillion…
Yerica Lai, New York – Indonesia has signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime and joined 90 other signatories to the first…
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has canceled a major military parade planned for the 81st anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) on Oct. 5,…
Yerica Lai and Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – The case for Palestine will be the "clearest test" of the United Nations' shared principles and…
Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Indonesia will continue its annual US$1.2 million contribution to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, with…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Hundreds of candidate managers of the red and white village cooperative flocked to PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara (…
Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Foundation for Justice and Human Integrity (YKKMP) says the Indonesian government should respond to allegations of…
On 13 July 2026, members of the Indigenous Ateta clan from Sumuri District, Teluk Bintuni Regency, West Papua Province, staged a peaceful protest…
Budiman, Jakarta – The Rangkasbitung District Court in Banten has sentenced a salon owner to 1 year and 8 months in prison for desecrating the…
Nagekeo – Sahria Lelu and her family were still living in a tent outside a mosque six weeks after a powerful earthquake that killed dozens in East…
Pacific Islands leaders have used their addresses to the United Nations General Assembly to urge Indonesia to allow the UN human rights chief…
M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Manpower recorded 10,880 workers affected by layoffs from January to August 2026, with February…
Jakarta – Indonesian National Armed Forces Commander General Agus Subiyanto said separatist groups in Papua must be defeated, while security…
On 9 July 2026, reports emerged that members of the Moi indigenous community, together with the Malamoi Indigenous Peoples' Organisation (LMA…
The political parties' proposal of a higher parliamentary threshold reflects the underhanded behavior of elites seeking to entrench their power.…
Chandra Adi Nurwidya, Investor.id, Yogyakarta – A group of Indonesian economists has called for a fundamental reassessment of President Prabowo…
Sorong, Jubi – A resident of Wakom Village, East Aifat District, Maybrat Regency, Southwest Papua, identified as Wilem, also known as Yae Wakom,…
Jakarta – The death toll from an Indonesian ship that capsized earlier this month rose to 66 as of Monday, as divers braved leaking fuel and…
September 27, 2026
Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Immigration and Correctional Affairs (Imipas) has suspended the Head of the Cibinong Class IIA…
Antara, Denpasar – Bali Governor I Wayan Koster has given businesses, offices, and operators of public facilities until the end of April 2027 to…
Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is urging the Ministry of Defence (Kemenhan) and the Ministry of for Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform…
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has raised concerns over reported human rights violations in West Papua during the 81st United Nations…




