The North Sumatra gubernatorial race is heating up as Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution and incumbent Governor Edy Rahmayadi trade jabs over road infrastructure ahead of the regional elections.

An expedition team has found a thriving population of the endangered owa jawa (Javan gibbon) in the forests of Mount Sanggabuana in West Java, recording a total of 311 individuals.

Former East Java governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa has a commanding lead in the race for governor of the province with the support of 61.2 percent of voters, a survey found on Monday, leaving social affairs minister Tri Rismaharini in a far second with 26 percent.

Central Java has recorded the most layoffs of any province this year, with 14,767 as of Sept. 26, according to the Manpower Ministry.

The provincial prosecutor’s office has detained five suspects in a graft case that allegedly caused Rp 7.1 billion (US$469,936) in state losses from procurements in 2017 related to the Kualanamu airport development project.

A sperm whale which had reportedly been stranded since Monday at Teritip Beach, about 35 kilometers north of Balikpapan city in East Kalimantan, eventually died on Friday following days of evacuation efforts by local residents and officials.

Unlicensed mines are common across the country, where abandoned sites attract locals who hunt for leftover gold ore without proper safety equipment.

Local residents and officials are trying to help the animal back to the sea.

The Medan Corruption Court in North Sumatra on Wednesday sentenced inactive Labuhanbatu regent Erik Adtrada Ritonga to six years in prison for accepting Rp 1.7 billion (US$112,506) in bribes in relation to procurement tenders in the regency.

The new airport in Nusantara Capital City (IKN) will be more useful if it also serves passengers who want to go on haj, umrah (minor haj) and trips to and from the future capital city in East Kalimantan, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said.

The new airport at Nusantara, East Kalimantan, is ready to receive presidential flights after a number of proving flights in the past two weeks using various types of aircraft. 

Local police in Batam have named suspects in two separate child abuse cases, one involving a Singaporean national.

Having died at the estimated age of 23, Si Manis was one of the oldest tigers at the zoo.

Phillip Mehrtens, 38, was released on Saturday by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) insurgent group after 19 months in captivity.

Calls for a peaceful resolution to the continuing conflict in Papua have grown following the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens on Saturday, after months of negotiations involving religious and community leaders to secure his freedom from the TPNPB faction that had held him for 19 months.

They also expressed thanks to Ekianus Kogoya, a military commander in the Papua rebel group, and his fighters for "keeping Phil as safe and healthy as their means allowed".

The task force picked up Mehrtens in a village of Nduga district this morning, according to security officers.

Located on top of a hill next to the popular Lake Toba in Samosir regency, the 61-meter high statue was officiated on Thursday by the head of the Bishops’ Conference of Indonesia (KWI) Antonius Subianto Bunjamin, Medan Archbishop Kornelius Sipayung, as well as local authorities. 

A 4-year old boy identified as Fauzan and a sixth grade elementary school student named Nasywa Syaqira have died after a 5-magnitude earthquake jolted West Java on Wednesday morning.

A Batam city councilman has warned that prolonged protests could harm investment in the area.

The National Police recently smashed an international drug ring allegedly controlled by a convict in the class II Tarakan Penitentiary in North Kalimantan, a revelation that has raised alarm over the poor management of the country’s overcrowded prisons.

A magnitude-5 earthquake that occurred in West Java on Wednesday morning has injured at least 20 people and damaged a number of houses and public facilities in Bandung and Garut.

The opening of parts of Nusantara to the public following years of closed-door construction has whipped up enthusiasm and drawn visitors, including foreign tourists, to the country’s future capital in East Kalimantan.

The 2024 National Games (PON) have been criticized for a series of irregularities from unfinished venues to inadequate meals for athletes and officials despite the huge budget disbursed for the quadrennial sporting event.

Transportation experts have urged the government to take more comprehensive measures to address traffic congestion in the popular tourist destination of Puncak in Bogor regency, West Java, following hours of gridlock on Sunday during which a tourist died.

Following years of closed-door construction, the country’s future capital of Nusantara in East Kalimantan is now accessible to the general public, with hundreds of visitors, including foreign tourists, having already visited the new city on Monday.

An armed rebel group in the easternmost region of Papua released a proposal on Tuesday to free New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, who they kidnapped more than a year ago.

Local authorities arrested a Thai couple early this month for attempting to smuggle ecstasy and methamphetamine mixed in 1.6 kilograms of powdered drink sachets through Bali's Ngurah Rai airport.

Bowing to pressure from archaeologists and other like-minded stakeholders, the government has postponed its plans to install a 'chattra' at Borobudur and instead conduct more in-depth research to determine whether the 9th-century temple was originally designed with the umbrellalike structure.

The Bogor Police's traffic department head Adj. Comr. Rizky Guntama said that the 56-year-old woman passed away in a tour bus near the Gunung Mas tea plantation because of a breathing difficulty.