Endy Bayuni, Jakarta – Indonesia can rightly be proud of its economic record, and thanks to the combination of its monetary and fiscal policies, the government of President Joko "Jokowi

Jakarta – The late president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid once quipped that the only police figures he could trust for a non-compromised attitude were the fifth National Police chief Hoe

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo denied that freedom of speech in the country is somewhat restricted under his rule and used his own experience to describe how

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Tuesday admitted that he struggled to get Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Dicky Kurniawan, Jakarta – The Metro Jaya Police on Tuesday said that Jakarta's traffic congestion has reached a level that is no longer sustainable and is uncomfortable to live by.

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia, the country's central bank, has decided to raise the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent on Tuesday in a preemptive move to mitigate ris

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Tuesday reiterated Indonesia's plan to ban exports of raw mineral ores, including bauxites and tins, as the government se

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo believes that the democratic climate in Indonesia at the moment is very liberal.

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia is set to investigate 13 cases of unresolved human rights violations from the Suharto era and possibly even earlier, marking an attempt by President Joko

A university in Makassar, South Sulawesi has apologized to a freshman after faculty members discriminated against the student after they identified as non-binary.

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – The former Jemaah Islamiyah member who claims to have reformed Umar Patek says he can guarantee the Bali bomb maker won't return to extremi

Ika Karlina Idris and Dyah Pitaloka (The Conversation), Jakarta – The Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Information's (Kominfo) plan to merge around 24,000 government apps into

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto officially confirmed his bid to run for president in 2024 at the Gerindra Party's national leadership meeting (Rapimnas) last weekend.

Jakarta – A new presidential team tasked to look into nonjudicial resolutions to serious cases of past human rights violations may just be what the country needs to break the impasse, w

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – Indonesia prosecutors have seized two luxury hotels in the resort island of Bali as part of the ongoing corruption and money laundering investigation against p

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Presidential Staff office Deputy V, Jaleswari Pramowardhani, in a written statement on Monday confirmed that the government would continue to judicially p

Hamdan Cholifudin Ismail, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) on Monday strongly condemned a statement made by Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affai

Huyogo Simbolon, Bandung – The Bandung branch of the Independent Journalists Association (AJI) believes that there are still a number of catch all articles in the latest version of the

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The chancellor of the University of Lampung (Unila) has been arrested for allegedly taking illegal payments from students at enrollment for his personal gains,

Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded its first case of monkeypox in a 27-year-old man who returned from traveling overseas, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.

Suherdjoko, Purbalingga– Police have arrested 34 illegal gambling suspects in two raids on Thursday and Friday in Central Java, including six suspects of an alleged online gambling ring

Jakarta – Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini earlier this week submitted Indonesia's report on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Kiki Siregar, Banjarmasin – With a huge nose and reddish-brown skin, the proboscis monkey is not everyone's favourite animal.

Jakarta – The construction of Indonesia's new capital city (IKN) Nusantara in East Kalimantan was again highlighted by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo during his State of the Nation addr

Jakarta – The high-profile murder case that sees high-ranking police officer Ferdy Sambo as the key suspect took a new twist on Friday as his wife is also charged with premeditated murd

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Hundreds of homes in six districts of the North Sumatra capital of Medan were inundated with waters up to 1 meter deep following heavy rains early on Thursday.

Denny Gunawan, Jakarta – Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted Indonesia's economy.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has urged electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla to manufacture its cars, as well as batteries, in the country, in comments made to Bloomberg News

Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman, Jakarta – In the face of rising inflation and global uncertainty, the highest authorities in the executive and legislative branches of government have reaffirmed

Jakarta – Indonesia booked a higher current account surplus in the second quarter this year thanks to strong commodities exports performance, providing the country with much-needed supp

Rizky Alif Alvian – As the threat of climate change intensifies in Indonesia, radical activists are weaponising the climate crisis to gain support for their cause.

Indonesia is in the midst of yet another major data breach scandal, this time involving state utility firm PLN as well as numerous other companies based in the country.

Jakarta – Land transport operator TransJakarta on Thursday signed a deal with VKTR Teknologi Mobilitas and UK vehicle electrification company Equipmake Ltd.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The government expressed concern on Thursday that inflation in five provinces on Sumatra Island is rising far higher than the national average in the fac

Sofie Syarief – Celebrity podcasts have increasingly become the go-to place for Indonesian politicians and high-ranking officials.

Anugerah Rizki Akbari and Genoveva Alicia KS Maya – Almost three years after widespread student and civil society protests put the brakes on deliberations, Indonesia's controversial new

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Director of the Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios) Bhima Yudhistira on Wednesday said he doubts that the government can overcome the threat

Antara, Jakarta - An alleged sexual crime has once again happened in the environment of Islamic boarding schools or pesantren.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan claimed that his political promises made during the campaign of the 2017 regional head election have been fulfilled one by o

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The former mayor of the West Java town of Cimahi has been arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, shortly after he completed a jail term for

Jakarta – The government has taken a moderate approach to its spending next year amid global uncertainty caused by the inflation crisis and Russia-Ukraine War.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Coal-supply crisis looms over the state-owned electricity company (PLN) again as businesses prefer to export their coal than to meet their domestic market

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has introduced additional exemptions from the urban and rural land and building tax (PBB-P2) for land and buildings with a taxable value of pro

Kuala Lumpur (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From packed mosques during Friday prayers to the classrooms of thousands of Islamic boarding schools, Indonesia's Muslim leaders have been ur

Chris Barrett, Singapore – A bomb maker who assembled the explosives used to carry out the Bali terrorist attacks is set to be freed from prison within days after being granted an early

Jakarta – Ex-terror convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, known as the spiritual leader of shadowy militant group Jemaah Islamiyah that aims to establish an Islamic state in Indonesia, did the un

Indra Arief P, Mecca Yumna, Jakarta – The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) highlighted President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi's) unwavering commitment to resolving cases of alleged gross human

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Christopher Knaus and Ben Doherty – Two Indonesian children who were imprisoned as adult people smugglers using deeply flawed evidence have asked attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, to use