Jakarta – The government has expressed its support of Bank Indonesia's (BI) proposal to revive plans to redenominate the rupiah, but has yet to…

Nava Nuraniyah – The Indonesian government's partial blocking of the messaging application Telegram – which has several million users in the…

David Webster – On May 20, 2017, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (the country's official name, using the Portuguese words for East Timor)…

Michael Leach – With final votes tallied in the Timor-Leste parliamentary elections overnight, the results in Dili suggest a reframed power-…

Anthony Fensom – Elections in Timor-Leste have highlighted the challenges facing one of Southeast Asia's poorest nations, amid predictions that…

Dili (AFP) – Timor Leste is set for another coalition after the two governing parties in Asia's youngest democracy clinched a majority of the…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered law enforcers to shoot drug traffickers to deal with what he called a narcotics emergency…

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has issued a shoot-to-kill order against foreign drug dealers and traffickers, as he called for tougher…

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – East Timor's Fretilin party has opened the way for the formation of a broad-based unity government to rule the tiny…

Felicity James – A Timor-Leste political party with links to martial arts gangs and "disenfranchised young men" will for the first time have seats…

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – Two major parties appear set to dominate voting on Saturday in East Timor's fourth parliamentary elections since the…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed law enforcement officers to impose the sternest sanctions on drug dealers…

Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – The government has called on private investors to help support its plan to electrify thousands of villages across the…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government plans to exclude sedan from the luxury goods category, effectively lowering the tax on the car model and…

Paulina Quintao – As Timor-Leste heads to the polls to vote during the Legislative Election 2017 that will determine the composition of the VII…

The number of children involvement in the political party campaigning is still high according to the observations of the National Commission for…

Marcelino Perreira, Dili – Voters in East Timor queued up on Saturday to cast their vote in the country's fourth parliamentary elections since…

Damien Kingsbury – In a colourful and noisy event, unblemished so far by the violence that marred the first few years of independence, Timor-Leste…

Wilda Asmarini and Susan Taylor, Jakarta/Toronto – An estimated 5,000 workers at the giant Grasberg copper mine operated by Freeport-McMoRan Inc's…

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – More than 750,000 East Timorese will cast votes on Saturday to elect a government that will face tough negotiations…

Jakarta – The National Police are investigating a number of organizations believed to be acting against the state ideology of Pancasila and the…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police plans to formally recruit civilians who usually help manage traffic at intersections and U-turns in exchange for…

Jakarta – Collusion between the City Council and the Jakarta administration has reemerged after former governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama was…

Lindsay Murdoch – One of East Timor's largest political parties has denounced "acts of intimidation and terror" against some if its supporters…

Arthur Neslen – Pepsico, Unilever and Nestle have been accused of complicity in the destruction of Sumatra's last tract of rainforest shared by…

Max Walden – Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs is preparing revisions to the country's so-called Religious Rights Protection Bill that…

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian said on Thursday that the example of the Philippines illustrated that capital punishment was…

Krithika Varagur, Jakarta, Indonesia – A silent protest in front of the Indonesian Presidential Palace in Jakarta has convened every Thursday…

Jakarta – Constitutional law expert Yusril Ihza Mahendra has said he is ready to file a judicial review request with the Constitutional Court to…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The House of Representatives approved late on Thursday a long overdue election bill,…

Phelim Kine – The head of Indonesia's police on Thursday unveiled a new policing approach to combating drugs: shooting suspected dealers.

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The misnamed religious rights bill is nothing less than a repackaging of highly toxic regulations against religious minorities in Indonesia. –…

Jakarta – A survey conducted by Indonesia Corruption Watch and social research firm Polling Center has shown that the Corruption Eradication…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Food and Beverage Producers Association (Gapmmi) has called on the government not to add to the burden of the industry…

Jon Afrizal, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to reduce its dependency on imported healthcare equipment, an official has said.

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Jakarta – A crude attack against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) launched via the House of Representatives' official Instagram account…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – In a rare sight, almost all members of the House of Representatives arrived at the plenary session on Thursday,…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – A couple of hours before voting commenced Thursday on the election bill at the House of Representatives, the…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police cyber crime unit has arrested three people who allegedly made and delivered fake letters…

Nithin Coca – The drama started nearly two years ago, when Setya Novanto, the speaker of the Indonesian Parliament, was forced to resign after…

Michael Leach, Dili – Twenty-one parties will contest 65 parliamentary seats and decide who governs Timor-Leste in national elections this…

Michael Slezak – The much-discussed boom in coal-fired power in south-east Asia is being bankrolled by foreign governments and banks, with the…

Raimundos Oki and Stephen Wright, Dili, East Timor – Almost two dozen parties are contesting parliamentary elections in East Timor this weekend…

Marcelino Perreira, Dili – Thousands of East Timorese ended weeks of political rallies and entered a campaign blackout on Thursday before…

Konradus Epa in Atambua, Indonesia – Rostiana Bareto experienced tough living conditions as a refugee when she and her family settled in Atambua,…

Marching through the streets of East Timor's capital Dili with a rainbow flag in his hand, Natalino Guterres was overwhelmed with emotion,…

Alexander R Arifianto – On July 10, 2017, Indonesian President Joko Widodo (popularly known as Jokowi) signed a government regulation which amends…

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has banned Islamic organisation Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, claiming it needs…

Tahnee Reed – There is a lot of doom and gloom about the possibility of Timor-Leste becoming a failed state. Caution is understandable, as failed…

Jakarta – The discovery of a plot to assassinate former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Thajaja Purnama in a monitored conversation was one of the…