Amalinda Savirani – As some scholars argue, there is insufficient proof of the 'neoliberal' nature of the policies that outgoing Jakarta governor…

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Passengers of Transjakarta buses found themselves stranded in several areas across the capital on Monday as employees of…

Jakarta – A lawmaker has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo not to interfere with the House of Representatives' plan to launch an inquiry…

Jakarta – Police have yet to issue a so-called red notice for Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab, who is a suspect in a pornography…

Khoo Ying Hooi, University of Malaya – "Quirky is one way of describing this art space," writes the Lonely Planet about Arte Moris. But Arte Moris…

Rhiannon Elston – At Rainha da Paz school in Dili, students play in the shadow of a burnt-out building.

Their school, like many others…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) suspects that price fixing committed by several business players has…

Jakarta – Activists and experts have urged the government to immediately draw up a separate bill on military assistance instead of pressing ahead…

Clad in camouflage and armed only with their convictions, the paramilitary wing of Indonesia's biggest Muslim organisation is on a campaign to…

Jakarta – Indonesians spend the most money on treating diseases caused by obesity in Southeast Asia last year, a report by a public-private…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-052-2017

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the…

Jakarta – Some 500,000 people are expected to join a rally to defend fugitive firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab on Friday although the police and…

Jakarta – Retailers have high hopes that sales prior to Idul Fitri festivities can recover from low first quarter growth, which was only recorded…

Jakarta – Indonesian biodiesel producers are eyeing China as a new promising market amid negative sentiment in the European Union and the United…

Pacific Media Centre – Greenpeace Indonesia has staged a protest in front of the US embassy in Jakarta over the decision of President Donald Trump…

Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) patron Rizieq Shihab's lawyer, Kapitra Ampera, has said his team is set to apply for a pre-trial hearing to…

Kate Lamb – It was a dull day in music class that ignited a rebellion in three Indonesian teenage girls.

Poring over their school teacher's…

Margareth S Aritonang and Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Defying mounting criticism, the House of Representatives has kicked off its inquiry into the…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – A survey released on Thursday suggests that the Jakarta gubernatorial election has not significantly altered the…

Stephen Wright, Jakarta, Indonesia – A major church in Indonesia's predominantly Christian Papua province said a riot in the provincial capital…

Helen Davidson, Dili – Before becoming the fourth president of one of the world's youngest countries, Francisco "Lu'Olo" Guterres spent almost a…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Council will return the draft 2018 budget to the city administration if it does not accommodate the programs of governor-…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has decided to revise its plan to examine financial data on the back of major outcry from micro, small and…

Johnny Blades – Even before the Indonesian ambassador took up the position, an interview with him was inevitable.

Tantowi Yahya declared…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) across the country are being told to stay away from politics.

"It's…

Jakarta – The constantly persecuted Ahmadiyah religious sect's followers in Depok, West Java, are planning to file a lawsuit against the city…

Vilimaina Naqelevuki, Suva – Media access to West Papua, where more than half a million of its indigenous people have reportedly been killed over…

Jakarta – Amnesty International and Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, have called for the end of human rights violations…

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Two cases of hate speech on social media that came to light in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) have been…

Jakarta – Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo has recommended the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) request the help of interpol to bring…

Jakarta (Bernama) – The El Nino weather phenomenon that occurred between 2015 and 2016 caused widespread coral bleaching in Indonesian waters,…

I visited Timor Leste this May, just as the first new nation of the new millennium turned fifteen. Dili was bedecked with the red, yellow and…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Prosecutors have officially withdrawn the appeal against North Jakarta District Court's two years prison…

Jakarta – Several experts have urged the government to revise the draft of the palm oil bill as they consider it too lenient to companies…

Indonesia's new ambassador to New Zealand says the indigenous population of Papua region is not pushing for independence.

Tantowi Yahya says…

James Scambary – On 26 October 2015, East Timor's Audit Chamber vetoed the largest contract in the country's history – worth US$719 million…

Jakarta – The National Police cyber crime unit has arrested a 45-year-old man using the YouTube account, 'Professor' Tamim Pardede, in Tangerang,…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Wednesday inaugurated moderate Muslim scholar Yudi Latief as the chief of the newly…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have identified two more people allegedly involved in the harassment of a 15-year-old boy…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is set to investigate the widespread vigilantism allegedly committed by hard-line…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Two political factions at the House of Representatives are set to send representatives to sit on a special…

Paulina Quintao – The Director of Clinical Services of the National Hospital Guido Valadares (HNGV), Flavio Brandao said medical specialist…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Followers of the Ahmadiyah religious sect are hoping to meet with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to tell the…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – In a move to curb the intolerance triggered by growing sectarian sentiment, hundreds of pesantren (Islamic…

Jakarta – Increased tension between hardline Muslims and minority groups such as Christians is one of the reasons why Indonesia's score on the…

Jakarta – Next year, some people will be able to enjoy using helicopters as a mode of public transportation to travel around Greater Jakarta and…

Indonesia's new ambassador to New Zealand says issues of importance to Pacific Island countries are his country's concerns too.

According to…

Jakarta – Bekasi Police brought in a 15-year-old identified only as BBS from his home in Kaliabang, North Bekasi, on Monday, after receiving a…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) conveyed its support for the National Police to take tough legal measures against…

Jakarta – A group of lawyers attached to the Pancasila Defenders Forum of Advocates (FAPP) have declared their support for the National Police in…