Wamena, Jubi – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) says it was denied an opportunity to meet with members of the Highland Papua Legislative…

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – The Parliamentary Complex is gearing up to host the annual joint session of the House of Representatives (DPR),…

This year will mark 64 years since the New York Agreement when the West Papuan people were betrayed by the international community.

The…

Giovanni Torre – Saturday will mark 64 years since the New York Agreement, which saw the West Papuan people "betrayed by the international…

Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ruled that criminal complaints over alleged insults against the president or vice…

A group of soldiers stationed in Indonesia's predominantly Christian Papua region intimidated and forced Catholics to record a video thanking the…

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – A collective of professors and scholars under the Interdisciplinary Intellectual Forum (FIAD) has raised alarms over…

Rahmat Hidayat – Eleven government offices in Puncak Regency, Central Papua, were burned or damaged after a crowd protested the distribution of…

Rahmat Hidayat – Hundreds of people gathered at a house in Rawalumbu, Bekasi City, West Java, after social media posts linked the property to an…

Philip Jacobson – On April 20, Jafet Potenzo Lopes was surveying the south coast of Manatuto municipality, in Timor-Leste, when he recorded…

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – With more than 107,000 hectares already ravaged by land and forest fires this year, the government is scrambling to…

Noah Secomb – An all-female delegation from East Timor has visited Canberra and made history by sitting on the floor of Parliament…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has confirmed that its warship will engage in a series of "passing exercises" on the way back from Russia'…

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) chapters in Numbay and Sentani have submitted official notices of a planned peaceful…

A'an Suryana – The leadership contest in Nahdlatul Ulama is consequential. The next executive chairman could stay the course and remain close to…

Doug Bright – A recently completed drone-based aerial geophysical survey has lit up a grab-bag of new drill targets for Estrella Resources it…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's nickel boom is colliding with its efforts to protect biodiversity and reduce emissions from forests and…

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform has responded to a statement by Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander General Agus…

Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – A navy vessel and other ships rushed in Wednesday to rescue over 100 people from a ferry on fire off Bali, officials…

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is accelerating the expansion of public electric vehicle charging…

Khoo Jian Teng Petaling Jaya – Malaysia is seeing a return of haze as dry weather and an intensifying El Nino combine with fires in…

Jakarta – Jakarta police are investigating a viral video allegedly showing religious blasphemy during The Sounds Project music festival in Ancol,…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The US has named defense modernization as something it wishes to focus on when engaging with Indonesia, as…

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is preparing a regulation that would classify ride-hailing drivers as micro-entrepreneurs, potentially giving…

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin is moving to reinforce bilateral ties with the United States government to…

Shreya Dasgupta – A massive wildfire within a national park in Indonesia has forced a total closure of one of the country's best-known tourist…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – Indonesia made history on Friday by starting the construction of the first of two Scorpene Evolved submarines…

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has required meals served under the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program…

Surabaya, East Java/Kuala Lumpur – Dozens of schools were shuttered for a second day Tuesday to protect against the spreading haze from wildfires…

On 3 August 2026, Indonesian police forces repeatedly blocked and dispersed a peaceful demonstration organised by the West Papua National…

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – Growth in bank lending to Indonesia's property sector slowed to its weakest level in more than four years in June,…

Wamena, Jubi – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) and Indigenous communities from the Lapago customary region marked the International Day…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papuan journalist Angela Flassy has received the 2026 SK Trimurti Award from the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI)…

On 4 August 2026, a mass food poisoning incident linked to meals distributed under President Prabowo's flagtship Free Nutritious Meals (Makan…

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – The death of a National Health Insurance (JKN) patient after waiting hours for a hospital bed, coupled with insensitive…

Jeff Neilson – Drive almost anywhere in rural Indonesia now and it's hard to miss them: prominent red-and-white buildings, based on a uniform 30…

Jayapura, Jubi – The documentary 'Pig Feast' (Pesta Babi) – Colonialism in Our Time has received both the 2026 Udin Award and 2026 Tasrif Award…

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – The presence of the Republic of Indonesia in the Land of Papua is considered to have caused the indigenous Papuan people…

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has picked seasoned economist Destry Damayanti as the sole candidate to lead Bank…

Norman Joshua – In a press conference on July 27, 2026, Minister of the State Secretariat Prasetyo Hadi announced the unexpected resignation of…

Indonesia's Supreme Court on August 5 upheld the acquittal of Misran Toni, an Indigenous Dayak farmer known as Imis, who was participating in a…

Antara, Jakarta – Forest and land fires plagued over a dozen regencies and cities across 10 Indonesian provinces in early August 2026, as reported…

Sumitro Djojohadikusumo once rebelled against Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, believing the central government was treating provinces…

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has called on law enforcement to release two Cimahi residents detained for…

Sorong, Jubi – The Independent Indigenous Peoples Alliance of Papua (MAI-P) in Sorong City, Southwest Papua Province, has rejected the government'…

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto holds the view that individuals who have never experienced hardship or…

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – An Indonesia Political Opinion (IPO) survey indicates that the level of public dissatisfaction with President…

Ariel Bogle and Aqwam F Hanifan – From her home in West Java, Adira (*) often starts the day with a Facebook post about coffee and the busy day…

Reza Hery Pamungkas, Jakarta – Indonesian police have detained nine social media account owners accused of spreading hoaxes and provocative online…

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat, Jakarta – On 23 July, at the National Awakening Party's anniversary gala in Jakarta, President Prabowo Subianto told…