Story Archive
2024-08-27
State institutions have been weakened, seemingly so outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo can continue to influence politics, they add.
2024-08-22
This means the Constitutional Court ruling hailed as victory for democracy stands ahead of regional votes.
2024-08-22
Indonesian embassy officials’ actions “an attack on Papua New Guinea’s independent media sector,” says media council.
2024-08-20
And decision on minimum age to contest for governor and deputy, disqualified president's youngest son from expected Central Java candidacy.
2024-08-19
Move puts supporters of President-elect Prabowo Subianto in key ministries ahead of his Oct. 20 inauguration.
2024-08-19
Capital’s ex-chief Anies Baswedan led opinion polls but parties that had backed him switched support to Ridwan Kamil.
2024-08-17
Jokowi cautions against rushing development of the city, but says Prabowo wants to speed it up.
2024-08-16
Joko “Jokowi” Widodo says the country’s economy consistently grew by 5% during his decade in office.
2024-08-16
Demonstrations marked the 62nd anniversary of the U.N. agreement enabling Jakarta’s annexation of Papua.
2024-08-15
Body that promotes Muslim-majority nation’s state ideology, including “Unity in Diversity,” violated religious freedom, critics said.
2024-08-14
Observers praise outgoing president’s ambitious infrastructure drive, but say he cracked down on dissent, restricting free speech and assembly.
2024-08-12
An “expensive” plug for a troubled project is how one analyst described meeting, planned Independence Day events there.
2024-08-08
Insurgent fighters and security forces blame each other for the killing and have provided conflicting accounts.
2024-08-05
The killing comes 18 months after another Kiwi pilot, Phillip Mehrtens, was captured by Papuan rebels.
2024-08-02
Next to rice, tobacco is the second biggest expenditure on the average Indonesian household’s budget.
