Indonesia’s human rights defenders face unrelenting attacks: Amnesty
The rights watchdog recorded 54 separate incidents affecting 104 individuals between January and June. These attacks came in the form of police reports, arrests, criminalisation,…
Rescuers to recover wreckage of sunken ferry near Bali
The plan to recover the KNP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry that sank in the Bali Strait was announced after joint search and rescue team confirmed the location of the wreck of the sunken…
The long, suspenseful journey to Indonesia’s nickel ‘paradise’
The Jakarta Post's recent trip to Raja Ampat late last month revealed the complex currents rippling and colliding beneath the mining versus tourism issue, conflated by…
Rewriting the past: Indonesia’s new history books spook scholars
The 10-volume account was ordered by the administration of President Prabowo Subianto, an ex-general accused of abducting activists in the unrest that preceded dictator…
Indonesian VP Gibran prepares for Papua role as pressure grows for peace talks
The law tasks the Vice President with overseeing the coordination, evaluation and harmonisation of autonomy and development programs in the country’s easternmost province.
Indonesia President Prabowo assigns VP Gibran to spearhead Papua development, rights efforts
An official clarified that it is not the Vice President himself who will be based in Papua, but rather the secretariat and operational personnel of the Special Autonomy…
Indonesia’s national airline to buy 79 Boeing aircraft in bid to ease US tariff pressure
Garuda Indonesia’s revised figure slightly exceeds the earlier plan to buy 50 to 75 aircraft.
Tension and grievances in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat
Raja Ampat, home to 75 per cent of the world’s coral species and a popular diving spot known to be “the last paradise” became the subject of a global conversation in late…
Indonesia steps up as global development donor landscape shifts
Following the US' announcement that it will dismantle USAID, a Foreign Ministry official said Indonesia, while still a developing country, sees this as an opportunity to expand…
Six dead, dozens missing in ferry accident in Bali Strait
Just 24 minutes into its journey, the vessel sent a distress call to Ketapang port officials, reporting there was a leak in its engine room.