Suspended Pati regent (center) Sudewo is escorted by the police to a prisoner van on Aug. 10 after undergoing a corruption hearing at the Semarang Corruption Court in Semarang, Central Java. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects Sudewo of extorting candidates for village administration posts and accepting bribes pertaining to a 2022 railway project.`

Suspended Pati regent Sudewo gets 8.5 years in prison

Judges did not order the revocation of Sudewo's political rights for five years after he completed the prison term as demanded by the prosecution.

4 minutes ago

Archipelago premium

Suspected man-eating tiger captured in Riau

The tiger was captured after two people were killed in July in an area bordering the tiger’s natural habitat in Semenanjung Kampar.

28 minutes ago

Archipelago premium

Riau Islands, US Embassy meet to fight human trafficking, transnational crimes

Most Indonesians trapped in online scam syndicates abroad are victims of human trafficking who were lured by promises of high wages before being exploited.

49 minutes ago

The Latest

A protester holds a banner that reads “Put out the fire, not people's voice!“ during a demonstration marking the second anniversary of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's administration at the Tugu Tani monument in Central Jakarta on Oct. 20, 2026.

Politics premium

Govt denies censoring wildfire posts on social media

Indonesian netizens have been reporting of having their content about widespread forest and peatland fires on several social media platforms getting shadow banned or taken down in the past week.

10 hours ago

Archipelago premium

Police bust Vietnam-bound lobster larvae ring in Batam

The bust came a week after Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono formally enacted a permanent ban on exporting the marine resource, backed by Presidential Regulation No. 69/2026, which established a national task force to dismantle smuggling networks.

16 hours ago

Greenpeace Indonesia activists unfurled two giant banners from the top of the Tugu Selamat Datang monumnet at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta, on Oct. 20, 2026.

Jakarta premium

Greenpeace activists released after banner protest at Jakarta landmark

The environmental activists underwent medical examinations and waited for 10 hours before being released by the police on Tuesday night, with the Jakarta Police confirming the protesters were not named suspects and would not face further questioning.

22 hours ago

This handout photograph taken on Sept. 8, 2026 and released by the Odisha Forest Department shows orangutans sitting next to bananas upon their rescue by officials at the Ranakatha Protected Reserved Forest in Balasore district, in India's Odisha state. Indian officials rescued five baby orangutans in an eastern forest on Sept. 8, 2026, a state minister said, with authorities suspecting they were trafficked into the country from Southeast Asia.

Archipelago premium

Trafficked orangutan repatriated from India

Named Heera, the male orangutan is currently undergoing rehabilitation at the Sumatran Rescue Alliance (SRA) in Bukit Mas district, Langkat regency.

22 hours ago

People ride wooden boats on the Kahayan River on Sunday as haze from forest and peatland fires shrouds Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan.

Society premium

‘I’m sorry’: Indonesians apologize, urge foreign pressure over haze

Some Indonesians have been turning to social media to voice their frustrations and apologize about the uncontrolled wildfire that causes toxic haze reaching Malaysia, Singapore and other countries, while urging them to protest the Indonesian government over their handling on the issue.

23 hours ago