West Manggarai Police have confirmed that several people were arrested and injured on Monday, when workers of local tourism businesses started a month-long protest against the government-imposed price hike for admission to Komodo National Park.

The Super Garuda Shield task-force commander said the fleet had managed to evacuate three fishermen and another man who was found further away floating on a piece of driftwood.

The edict commission of MUI East Java has raised issue with the buy and sell agreement connected to the "pay later" digital payment facility, declaring it as haram because it charges interest.

Jakarta's 18-fold rise for entry to the park's most popular islands seeks to limit the number of visitors to protect endangered Komodo dragons -- the world's largest lizards -- from overexposure to humans and environmental damage.

As this year’s dry season starts to approach its peak, the government is preparing prevention measures to keep land and forest fires under control in a bid to prevent massive fires that could cause trans-boundary haze.

State-owned plantation-firm PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) and Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University (UGM) have started a trial intercrop soybean and sugarcane in East Java.

“Turns out, we are still incapable of protecting children”, a national child protection commissioner has said in response to the incident in Tasikmalaya.

Second Cpl. Muslimin, who had been on the run from the police for hiring hitmen to kill his 34-year-old wife Rina Wulandari, was found dead at his parents' home in Kendal, Central Java, on Thursday morning.

The trial of eight defendants accused of being involved in the fatal caging of people in the house of graft suspect and inactive Langkat regent Terbit Rencana Perangin-Angin has begun at the Stabat district court in Langkat, North Sumatra. 

The North Sumatra Police intercepted an attempt to smuggle 91 Indonesian migrant workers to Selangor, Malaysia, as the government temporarily stopped sending its citizens to work in the neighboring country.

The story of Azzam, the student without any classmates, is neither an isolated case nor a new phenomenon, said experts who pointed to corruption, a lack of transparency and errors in Indonesia’s education policies.

The Jambi Police are deploying 330 officers to secure the planned second autopsy of one of their own, Brig. Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat, who was reportedly killed in a shootout at the Jakarta residence of a high-ranking police official.

Authorities are hunting for Second Cpl. Muslimin of the 4th Regional Military Command (Kodam IV) Diponegoro in Central Java, who hired hitmen to kill his 34-year-old wife Rina Wulandari.

The government appears determined to raise prices for entry to the islands of Komodo and Padar in Komodo National Park, despite objections from the local community and small business players, who say the hike would shackle the area’s tourism industry and would do little to preserve the park.

The Constitutional Court has further smoothed the way for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ambitious project of relocating the nation’s capital after it rejected petitions to repeal the Capital City Law amid growing public concerns.

The immigration authorities in Nunukan regency in North Kalimantan have detained one Chinese and two Malaysian nationals for violating their permits following arrests by the Indonesian Navy in North Sebatik district.

The KM Cahaya Arafah capsized in waters off Ternate island on Monday evening, prompting a search and rescue operation for 13 missing people.

A number of activists staged a rally for forest and indigenous-communities' rights protection against deforestation and land exploitation near the Women 20 Summit, which was held in the Lake Toba region of Parapat, Simalungun regency, in North Sumatra, from Monday to Wednesday. 

Central Java is prioritizing next year's senior high and vocational school admissions for children who have been orphaned due to COVID-19 as well as children from poor families.

The KM Cahaya Arafah, which carried 77 passengers and crew on board, capsized in waters off the island on Monday evening, as it was sailing to nearby Halmahera island. 

One resident in North Tapanuli regency has been killed in a forest fire that the local forestry chief says is headed on an easterly course to Toba regency.

Gunmen and attackers armed with sharp weapons had ambushed a truck of traders transporting goods through a remote highland area on Saturday, according to police, who blamed rebels for the killings.

Ten people have been killed and two others injured, all reportedly civilians, in the deadliest attack in Papua province since March.

In a parade speech, Merauke Regent Romanus Mbraka said he had paid “a high price” to House members to alter parts of the Papua Special Autonomy Law.

A total of 775 members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and police will be deployed to secure the Women 20 Summit from July 18 to 20, held in the Lake Toba region of Parapat, Simalungun regency in North Sumatra.

State-owned oil-and-gas-giant Pertamina has expanded vehicle registration for its MyPertamina fuel app to cover 37 cities and regencies across the country as the company seeks to ensure subsidized-fuel distribution is not abused.

Visitors to the Japanese Consulate General in Medan were able to express their condolences on the passing of former prime minister Shinzo Abe on Monday and Tuesday.

A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has ripped through two provinces since April, killing thousands of cows and infecting hundreds of thousands more, raising consumer fears before the July 10 festival.

The son of a pesantren head who has repeatedly evaded arrest over three years for alleged child sexual abuse finally surrendered to police on Thursday.

In a first meeting of major global players since war broke out between Russia and Ukraine, host Indonesia succeeded in offering a forum for discussion that aimed to reduce tensions.