A new study from the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals that the value of mangroves have risen dramatically in recent years in line with their increasing reliance among people and infrastructure to protect against coastal erosion and other hazards related to climate change.

The Health Ministry's National Biomedical and Genomic Health Center (BB Binomika) works together with PT Asa Ren Global Nusantara in collecting biological samples, phenotype data and disease-specific records from a large population sample.

There have been at least 116 recorded cases of police brutality in the country this year, including 29 extrajudicial killings, a study by Amnesty International Indonesia has found, citing a lack of evaluation, normalized violence and a permissive government attitude toward police misconduct as the primary contributing factors to the "worrying" pattern.

Residents and visitors are advised not to enter within in a 3 kilometer radius of Mt. Dukono's crater.

Hariqo Wibawa Satria of the Presidential Communications Office said a new mosque in Nusantara, once completed, would take the place of Istiqlal in hosting religious events at the state level.

The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has demanded that the House of Representatives urgently evaluate the use of firearms by the National Police.

Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) incumbent chairman Jusuf Kalla has been reelected by acclamation to the top spot of one of the country’s oldest humanitarian organizations.

The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) records a nationwide increase in sales of injected ketamine, a prescribed substance which can only be administered by medical professionals: From 3,000 vials in 2022 to 152,000 so far in 2024.

The police have widened their online gambling investigation by questioning a high-ranking official from the Communications and Digital Ministry, in an apparent attempt to uncover the conspiracy of government workers abetting the illicit activity and receiving kickbacks in return.

KPU Jakarta has announced the PDI-P candidate’s victory in the three-horse race, but the city’s denizens must still wait for a formal announcement of their new governor and deputy governor as rival KIM pair Ridwan-Suswono prepares to mount a challenge.

Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) incumbent chairman Jusuf Kalla has urged caution in the race for the organization’s top spot as Golkar Party politician Agung Laksono threw his hat in the ring ahead of the PMI’s national meeting.

Former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s recent dinner with President Prabowo Subianto may have been intended to secure political protection after the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) closed the door for reconciliation, analysts said.

Authorities plan to launch a cloud seeding operation to reduce rainfall intensity in disaster-hit areas across Sukabumi regency, West Java, to help authorities locate missing people and mitigate the impacts of flooding and landslides in the regency.

Between 2020 and September this year, Jakarta repatriated more than 4,700 Indonesians entangled in online scam operations from countries including Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, according to Foreign Ministry's data.

The 44-year-old woman was working with a colleague in the province when the crocodile chased the pair, biting the victim on her left hand and dragging her into a ditch.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) will issue an official letter to formalize its decision to expel former member Joko “Jokowi” Widodo along with his family members if he does not withdraw from the party on his own. 

Who does President Prabowo Subianto call when one of his cabinet members gets embroiled in public controversy? Step forward Cabinet Secretary Maj. Teddy Indra Wijaya ste, who issues the President's warnings and messages to officials to refrain from bringing the government into disrepute.  

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is pushing for a joint search and rescue team to use all necessary means to find the seven missing people by next week.

Thousands of members of the Ahmadiyah community, including women and children, from across the country have been forced to return to their respective homes after the local administration blocked access to Manislor village in Kuningan, West Java, where they were due to hold a mass religious gathering.

The Banjarbaru Elections Commission (KPU) did not provide a blank box to replace a candidate disqualified from the mayoral race, and declared all votes cast for the ousted pair invalid, raising protests among voters.

Candidates from minority groups are projected to win local elections in several regions, prompting hope that it indicates a less discriminatory outlook from voters toward leaders of different genders, ethnicities and faiths.

Extreme weather events due to unusually heavy rainfall linke to La Niña since Tuesday has hit dozens of districts across Sukabumi and Cianjur in West Java and is expected to continue for the next few days, while the national weather service has warned the country to aniticipate 20 percent more precipitation this rainy season.

Making driver's licenses, vehicle registration certificates and license plates valid for life would reduce costs and simplify bureaucracy.

The PDI-P is planning to expel 27 members for backing rival candidates in last week's regional head elections as part of an effort to tighten its ranks ahead of next year's congress.

UNESCO has officially placed the kebaya on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, following a joint submission between Indonesia and four other Southeast Asian countries.

Former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels raised a red crescent  and star flag in Lhokseumawe, Aceh, to celebrate the group's 48th anniversary.

UN Women says that treating femicide as a normal murder could completely annul the gender component of the crime and lead to milder punishments.