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.

The government is going to wait on the results of next year’s serology survey to decide future pandemic policies, including when and whether or not the second booster dose would be expanded to a wider population.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has named three newcomer parties eligible to contest the 2024 legislative election amid reports that some commission staff members were pressured to falsify results.

As the General Elections Commission (KPU) prepares to name the political parties eligible to compete in the 2024 legislative election, lawyers representing a group of regional KPU employees have accused the commission of meddling in the process and have threatened to take legal action.

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.

A police investigation has concluded that illness was the cause of death for a family from Kalideres, West Jakarta, putting a mystery to rest that has stumped bystanders for weeks.

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

Experts suggest East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa could become a solid contender for the 2024 vice presidential position due to her governing experience and strong ties to the Nadhlatul Ulama.

The House of Representatives last week approved an overhaul of its criminal code, prohibiting sex outside marriage and cohabitation between unmarried couples, among other controversial revisions. Officials say it aims to uphold "Indonesian values" in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation.

“The world would come to an end long before we could please all 270 million people in the country,” said Deputy Law and Human Rights Minister Edward OS Hiariej on extending public consultations for the penal code.

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.

Marking the annual International Human Rights Day, rights groups on Friday painted a disturbingly bleak picture of the country’s state of human rights with a controversial illiberal legislation being passed, lukewarm handling of past rights violations and persisting violence and impunity among security forces.

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

The House of Representatives has ratified a defense cooperation agreement (DCA) with Singapore, one of three agreements the two countries signed earlier this year, with an extradition treaty between the neighbors up for a vote next.

Operationalization remained ASEAN’s biggest challenge in actualizing its Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP), experts from across the region have said, as hope prevails that the 10-nations group could actualize the much-needed document. 

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.

The newly passed Criminal Code (KUHP) has faced a groundswell of criticism at home and abroad, with the United States and Australia warning that some clauses could frighten off investors and tourists and the United Nations condemning elements of the law as “incompatible with fundamental freedoms and human rights”.

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.

It was not immediately clear if there were any injuries in the blaze. The South Jakarta fire department has not given any details on what caused the fire.

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.

One of the bombmakers in the Bali blasts that killed more than 200 people two decades ago was released on parole on Wednesday after serving half of his sentence, an official said, despite protests from Australia.