Shigeru Seno, Jeju, South Korea – A planned cross-Java railway project in Indonesia should be funded via a public-private partnership rather than…

Jakarta – Members of the Golkar Party reported dozens of unidentified men disrupted a breaking-of-the-fast event at the party's headquarters in…

Haeril Halim, Wonosobo, Central Java – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo performed the evening Ramadhan prayer of tawareh at Al Asy'ariyyah Islamic…

Jakarta – The World Banks has projected that the Indonesian economy would grow at the level of 5.3 percent in 2018, higher than this year's…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo must pay "serious attention" to the allegation made by top corruption investigator Novel Baswedan that a…

The coalition government is under fire for ignoring East Timor and failing to send any ministers to Dili since it came to power in 2013.…

Fadli, Batam, Jakarta – Batam Mayor Muhammad Rudi said he has reported to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Economic Coordination Minister Darmin…

Jakarta – World Bank has expressed its support of the government's effort to improve logistics in the country as stipulated in the 15th economic…

Kiki Siregar, Batang Hari, Jambi – Indonesian tribesman Muhammad Yusuf believes his conversion from animism to Islam in a government-supported…

Haeril Halim, Cilacap, Central Java – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo filled the first day of his Central Java working tour on Thursday with…

Craig P. Oehlers – At an event at the Indonesian Consulate in New York in June, visiting Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs of Indonesia…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court has sentenced former health minister Siti Fadilah Supari to four years in prison after finding her guilty…

Jakarta – The government and 38 companies have signed memorandum of understandings (MOUs) to accelerate the construction of 32 toll roads and 24…

Haeril Halim, Purwokerto, Central Java – A land certification program that forms a key part of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ambitious agrarian…

Haeril Halim, Purwokerto, Central Java – In a bid to speed up the process of issuing land certificates to people across the country, President…

Jakarta – Indonesia has hundreds of infrastructure projects in the pipeline and China's similar ambitious initiative may offer a way out for lack…

Jakarta – Activists have blasted lawmakers for deliberating behind closed doors plans to implement longer detention of terrorism suspects, saying…

Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – Indonesia saw in 2017 on a strong footing with better a global environment supported by the country's fiscal…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The government on Thursday launched the 15th economic policy package, which is aimed at improving logistics in the…

Ray Yen – During Ramadan, orphans are in high demand. Communal fast breaking, or Iftar, with orphans becomes a common Corporate Social…

Kavi Chongkittavorn, Bangkok (Reporting ASEAN) – By the time ASEAN turns 50 years old next year, Timor Leste could already be its eleventh member…

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and National Police leaders will hold a meeting next week to discuss the latter's investigation…

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus in May was up by 23.6 percent to $470 million from $380 million in the same month last year,…

Fardah, Jakarta – Over the past several years, labor strikes have hit PT Freeport Indonesia (FI), but the subsidiary of the US mining giant…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – It's official: Djarot Saiful Hidayat is now Jakarta governor, replacing Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, who was…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua House of Representative Commission I in charge of government, politics, law and human rights urged PT Freeport Indonesia to…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) plans to demolish illegally built settlements in the Bukit Duri area in South Jakarta and…

Federal Labor is hopeful Australia can reset ties with East Timor after years of turbulence over a maritime boundary dispute.

Opposition…

Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir, Luqman-nul Hakim and Diatyka Widya Permata Yasih – More than any other previous Indonesian election, the 2017 Jakarta…

The lawyer representing a former-Australian-spy-turned-whistleblower in an East Timor bugging saga has called for a Senate inquiry.

"It's a…

Karis Salna, Singapore – What's good for Indonesia's fiscal chiefs is proving a headache for the central bank.

President Joko "Jokowi"…

Krithika Varagur in Subang, West Java – The reality of working in a factory making clothes for Ivanka Trump's label has been laid bare, with…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Culture and Education Minister Muhadjir Effendy intends to strengthen religious education for students by…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-055-2017

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Press Legal…

Jakarta – Members of the Constitutional Law and State Administrative Law Lecturers Association (APHTN-HAN) and experts from Andalas University's…

All five bishops serving in Indonesia's Papua and West Papua provinces have come under fire from indigenous Papuan Catholics for "staying silent"…

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Laode Muhammad Syarif has said that the House of Representatives' right of…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors have indicted former Constitutional Court justice Patrialis…

Andre Vltchek – "America first" and "to hell with the rest of the world"! One single stroke of hand, one signature, and over 1,000 hardworking…

Jonathan Emont/Singapore – On April 11 Novel Baswedan, Indonesia's leading corruption investigator, was in the middle of a sweeping embezzlement…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has urged Indonesia's government to put words into action about helping the Pacific with climate…

Syahdan Alamsyah, Sukabumi – Indonesian military (TNI) chief General Gatot Nurmantyo says that the simultaneous 171717 events that are to be held…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) destroyed more than 12,400 bottles of illegal alcoholic beverages they…

Jakarta – The government and Freeport Indonesia are still not in agreement over several aspects of the latter's contract of work (CoW) conversion…

Jakarta – The Islamic State militant group has a presence in nearly all provinces across Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country,…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The government is still struggling to reduce the deficit for the 2018 State Budget to below Rp 100 trillion (US$7.52…

Jakarta – The Bandung District Court began on Tuesday the first trial hearing of Buni Yani, the uploader of an edited version of former Jakarta…

Havana – The Minister of the State, Coordinator of Social Affairs and Education Minister of Timor-Leste, Antonio da Conceicao, arrives today to…

Eman Riberu, Merauke – A local government's decision in Papua to pull licenses for a number plantation companies has won overwhelming backing from…

Just a few months ago, the governor of Indonesia's largest city, Jakarta, seemed headed for easy re-election despite the fact that he is a…