Already beset by a ballooning budget and missed deadlines, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project (KCJB) suffers another roadblock as a work train involved with the project careened off the railway, killed two foreign technical workers and injured several others on Sunday evening.

The United States Embassy in Jakarta has opened a competition for organizations to submit applications for funding through the 2023 US Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) to carry out individual projects in preserving Indonesia's cultural heritage.

The company managing the Widi Reserve, officials claimed, had not obtained the proper licenses to proceed with the Sotheby's auction, including a utilization permit that would address environmental concerns.

A plan to repurpose a school in Depok, West Java, faced fierce opposition from the parents, with West Java's governor stepping in following weeks of protests against forced early eviction.

The House of Representatives last week passed the controversial bill that also prohibits cohabitation between unmarried couples.

Komnas HAM is urging the AGO to file a cassation appeal with the country's top court against the full acquittal handed down by a regional human rights court, to the sole defendant ever brought to trial in connection with the 2014 Bloody Paniai mass shooting of protesters by security forces in Papua.

With 6,000 invited guests, including VIPs and foreign dignitaries, the nuptials of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s second son, Kaesang Pangarep, to Erina Gudono held over the weekend in Surakarta, Central Java, and neighboring Yogyakarta have all the hallmarks of wedding of the year.

The miners were at a coal mine in Sawah Lunto when the blast buried an estimated 14 people.

Nearly a decade ago, the real estate mogul and future US president signed a deal to license his name to a six-star holiday destination intended to displace the Nirwana Golf Resort, one of the world's best.

The Central Java Police will deploy 2,188 personnel to maintain security at the wedding reception of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s second son Kaesang Pangarep and his bride Erina Gudono in Surakarta on Sunday.

With post-earthquake reconstruction in full swing, experts called on authorities to make Cianjur an example of how to nurture disaster-resistant communities.

The police are questioning 18 witnesses in relation to the suicide bombing at the Astana Anyar police precinct in Bandung, West Java on Wednesday that killed a police officer and injured 11 people.

A human rights court has cleared an Indonesian ex-soldier of any wrongdoing in relation to the fatal shooting of four teenagers in Papua's Paniai regency in 2014, crushing hopes of any military accountability.

Dozens of healthcare workers at the COVID-19 hospital in Galang Island, Riau Islands, staged a protest over unpaid meal allowance at the hospital compound on Wednesday.

The quake struck at 07:50 am local time (0050 GMT) around 15 kilometres from the town of Cianjur, the USGS said.

The National Police have arrested two Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel allegedly in possession of 40,000 ecstasy pills and 75 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine smuggled from abroad in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra.

Brig. Gen. Ahmad Ramadhan, head of the public information bureau for the National Police, said authorities were coordinating with the counter-terrorism unit to investigate the incident, which killed the suspected attacker and one police officer.

The source of the explosion was not immediately clear.

The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres and is not expected to trigger a tsunami, it added.

More than 2,400 villagers have now fled their homes and taken shelter in 11 evacuation centres after the highest mountain in Java erupted early morning Sunday.

The provincial search and rescue agency deployed teams to the worst-affected areas near Mount Semeru to assess damage, with low rainfall giving some reprieve, Tholib Vatelehan, a Basarnas spokesperson, told Reuters.

Locals fled on motorbikes sometimes three at a time as a mushroom cloud of ash approached and monsoon rains lashed the area in East Java.

Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency, BNPB, warned residents not to conduct any activities within 5 km (3 miles) of the eruption centre and to stay 500 metres (1,500 feet) from riversides due to risks of lava flow.

The quake has no tsunami potential, the agency said. It was felt in capital Jakarta, around 200 km from the epicentre.

Batam city in Riau Islands has seen a decrease in numbers of HIV/AIDS cases in the past few years, but same-sex partners still make up the majority of cases.

North Sumatra Police will soon hand the dossier of a man accused of controlling an illegal online gambling ring based in the province to the provincial state prosecutors’ office for trial in Medan.

The victims succumbed to their injuries inside two cages on the property of a local politician in North Sumatra province, in the latest case of modern slavery.

Central Java Police have named a 22-year-old Magelang resident a suspect for murder after his parents and older sister were discovered dead by apparent poisoning.

The Stabat District Court in Langkat, North Sumatra, has found eight defendants guilty of being involved in the fatal caging of people in the house of graft suspect and inactive Langkat regent Terbit Rencana Perangin-Angin.

The shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit the West Java town of Cianjur on Monday, where most of the victims were killed as buildings collapsed or  landslides were triggered.