Just as Indonesia enters the peak of the dry season, a number of highlands in Java have been covered in what appears at first glance to be snow, attracting curious visitors seeking to experience the unusual phenomenon.

Two NGOs told AFP that mining operations in North Maluku province are endangering the O'Hongana Manyawa people by stripping forests and pumping pollution into surrounding waters.

Among issues to be investigated by the House of Representatives' inquiry team on haj are alleged misallocation of this year's haj quota and reported poor facilities received by pilgrims in Arafah and Mina, Saudi Arabia, during the peak of the pilgrimage.

As public anger over the failure to prevent the ransomware attack on a temporary national data center facility in late June starts to wane, experts and civil groups have urged the government to be transparent about its progress in recovering the impacted databases.

Amid an ongoing investigation into 11 professors alleged of academic fraud, a Tempo report has found that the illicit practice goes all the way to the government, potentially damaging trust in Indonesia's higher education.

Catholic churches across the country are organizing enthusiastic congregations aspiring to attend a Mass set to be held at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) stadium in Central Jakarta on the third day of the Pope’s visit, on Sept. 5. Around 70,000 people are expected to attend the service.

Airlangga University professor Budi Santoso has been reinstated as the university's medical school dean following a backlash against the East Java university for dismissing Budi earlier this month allegedly due to his criticism of the government.

The Grand Imam of Al Azhar University in Cairo, Muhammad Ahmad Al Thayyib, met with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday as part of his Southeast Asia tour to promote moderate Islam and interfaith dialogue.

Medical associations have highlighted the various negative impacts of excessive salt, sugar and fat in processed foods as lawmakers discuss limiting the additives amid the rising public health burden from noncommunicable diseases.

Released early in 2020 and now 23, Saka is seeking to have his guilty verdict overturned by the Cirebon State Court, insisting he was innocent and that he had been tortured by police to confess to the crime.

Judge Eman Sulaeman argued that the police made several mistakes during Pegi's investigative processes, including failing to question Pegi before naming him as a suspect. The name of “Pegi Setiawan, alias Perong” was on the police’s wanted list for eight years.

Constitutional law experts have slammed the recent dismissal of Budi Santoso from his post as medical school dean at Airlangga University in East Java, calling it to be a violation of the 1945 Constitution and evidence that academic freedom in the country is in tatters.

While the Health Ministry denies its involvement, the dismissal of Airlangga University's medical school dean in East Java allegedly over his criticism of the government's plan to invite foreign doctors to open practices in Indonesia has been met with opposition from the academic community, who call the sacking a violation against academic freedom.

The 13 Taiwanese suspected of taking part in cyber crime, money laundering and drug trafficking were deported on Thursday afternoon, the statement said.

Authorities in West Java's Garut regency have again forcibly closed a building used by the Ahmadiyah minority community as a place of worship, citing public threats to do so, amid recent reports highlighting the worsening condition of religious freedom in Indonesia.

The TreeMap, a conservation start-up, used high-resolution imagery from several satellites and two decades of data from the long-running Landsat programme to map mines and related infrastructure and track deforestation.

During 2014 election, Semuel was on the permanent executive committee of Seknas Jokowi, a group of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo supporters.

A recent report from the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) maintains that the police made multiple wrongful arrests last year, casting a shadow over the recent detention of a suspect in a high-profile murder case from 2016.

Brain Cipher, the hacking operation behind a recent ransomware attack against the government's temporary national data center in Surabaya, East Java, published the decryption key on its dark web site along with the steps to use it, fulfilling its promise to release the data for free.

Data from Statistic Indonesia (BPS) shows that only a measly 36.36 percent of Indonesian children attended pre-primary schools last year. This puts the country far behind the regional average, as UNICEF data suggests that East and Southeast Asia have an average of 80 percent in 2022 when it comes to early school participation.

Police in Bogor and Yogyakarta have together arrested 10 influencers as suspects for allegedly promoting online gambling via their social media accounts, with all potentially facing charges carrying a maximum 10-year sentence under the ITE Law.

The tradition, known as abekalan, has been practiced for generations in the predominantly Muslim region of Madura, with the supposed intention of protecting children from extra-marital sex, as well as to strengthen relationships between families.

The Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) said 17-year-old Chinese player Zhang Zhijie died as a result of cardiac arrest after he collapsed during a match on Sunday.

Parents have bemoaned problems surrounding the government’s zoning enrollment system for public schools, also known as PPDB Zonasi, which critics say will persist as long as the government fails to address the policy’s underlying issues.

The nation's online gambling controversy has deepened following reports that Indonesians from all walks of life have become addicted to the practice, including some civil servants and lawmakers.

The Jakarta chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI Jakarta) has condemned a social media influencer who doxed the personal information of a Bisnis Indoensia journalist who wrote a report on the increased trade value between Indonesia and Israel, while calling for the public to file all press-related complaints to the Press Council.

The latest cyberattack, the worst that the country has experienced in recent years, disrupted immigration services and affected operations at major airports for days.

Indonesians are still being affected by last week’s ransomware attack on a temporary national data center (PDN) that disrupted public services, with some calling for the government to take responsibility for failing to properly secure their personal data.

Police are investigating reports that fingerprint data from its Inafis were being sold online following last Thursday's massive ransomware attack, although according to the national cyber agency, the data involved are outdated.

The National Police are investigating last Thursday's ransomware attack on a temporary PDN facility that left some public services crippled and disruptions continuing into this week, with possible criminal charges against the perpetrators once they have been identified.