Paulina Quintao – National Members of Parliament (MPs) have questioned teaching quality and education standards across the country as grade five…

Jeremy Luedi – The successful conclusion of East Timor's 2017 presidential election has been lauded as another positive milestone for the country'…

Ian Wilson – Judging from national and international headlines, Jakarta's gubernatorial election on 19 April represents not just a major turning…

Stefani Ribka, Sidoarjo, East Java – Indonesia's 2.9 percent growth in exports of footwear was outpaced by a 16.9 percent increase of imports in…

Allan Nairn – Associates of Donald Trump in Indonesia have joined army officers and a vigilante street movement linked to ISIS in a campaign that…

Paulina Quintao – The Timor-Leste Coalition for Education (TLCE) has expressed concern over the Ministry of Education's policy to turn several…

Eveline Danubrata and Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – A bitterly fought election to govern Indonesia's capital that has fanned religious tensions has…

Jakarta – The government plans to replace student orientation at universities with a military-run program, Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Around 25 activists from the rights movement, Jogja Solidarity Against Cement Factory, staged a rally on Tuesday to…

Agus Maryono, Kebumen, Central Java – A representative of Indonesia's largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), has deplored President…

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Karanganyar, Central Java – The Karanganyar Police in Central Java staged on Tuesday the unannounced examination of vehicles…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Vote for the Muslim candidate in the Jakarta gubernatorial election on Wednesday, according to the meme shared…

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesian tycoon Sandiaga Uno will find out on Wednesday if his bid to take down a key ally of President Joko Widodo proved…

Jakarta – The commotion over the Jakarta gubernatorial election in the last six months has been both a relief and a concern. It was a relief…

Jakarta – The Jakarta gubernatorial election should be steeped in a discourse on varied ideas rather than a "conflict of morals," a sociologist…

Haeril Halim and Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – With sectarian tension running high in the run-up to the Jakarta gubernatorial runoff election,…

Jakarta – Pollsters differ on how the gubernatorial vote in Jakarta will split on Wednesday (19/04), some are in favor of the incumbents, Governor…

Jakarta – As many as 2,400 Indonesian Military personnel from the Jakarta Military District Command (Kodam Jaya) and the West Java and Banten…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has refuted an accusation that he had distributed staple food packages across Jakarta in…

Jakarta – The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) has denies claims that it allowed a pressure group against Jakarta Governor…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – A Facebook user who stated that it was halal (religiously acceptable) to gang rape women supporting incumbent Jakarta…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have released a circular on Monday prohibiting mass mobilization on April 19, the day of the runoff in Jakarta's…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The West Jakarta Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) has secured staple food packages in three areas…

Jakarta – Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembise has said that, based on data from Interpol and the National Police, 25,…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives will not proceed with its plan to demand that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo annul a travel ban on House…

John McBeth, Jakarta – Over the past two decades, Bangkok has made great strides in public transport, building the so-called Skytrain and a subway…

Anton Hermansyah, Tanjung Pandan, Bangka Belitung – Tax revenue increased by 18.13 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the first quarter to Rp 222.27…

Tanjung Pandan, Bangka Belitung – The Directorate General of Taxation has said that it achieved 75 percent of its target in the tax amnesty that…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency's (BPK) latest investigative audit has estimated potential state losses and shortfalls…

Washington has billed Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Indonesia next week as a booster for the Strategic Partnership between the world's…

Jakarta – Amid the simmering sectarian tension in the Jakarta election that has radicalized conservative Muslims, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo…

Stefani Ribka, Surabaya – The manufacturing sector remains the biggest contributor to economic growth in Indonesia, Central Statistics Agency (BPS…

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Indonesia booked a trade surplus of US$3.93 billion during this year's first three months, the highest first-quarter…

Jakarta – Domestic car sales rose 6 percent in the first quarter of this year, but the figure for two-wheelers continued to decline, painting a…

Jakarta – The Presidential office has welcome the plan to develop a Disneyland entertainment venue in Boyolali regency, Central Jakarta, with the…

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – The Wahid Hasyim University (Unwahas) Semarang, which is affiliated with Nahdatul Ulama (NU), launched on…

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – The Central Java chapter of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPID) reports that half of the 16…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated a grand mosque on Daan Mogot Road in West Jakarta on Saturday (15/04), expressing his hope…

Jakarta – Jakarta voters will head to the polls on Wednesday (19/04) after a campaign that incited political and religious tensions in the world's…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Everything President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo did to serve visiting King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in early March was…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – It was in 2004, as a PhD student in political science at Northern Illinois University, that Anies Baswedan would ponder the…

Jakarta – United Development Party (PPP) politicians of the Djan Faridz- and Romahurmuziy-led factions declared on Friday support for Jakarta…

Jakarta/Situbondo. At least 30 pregnant women have been diagnosed with HIV infections in Situbondo, East Java, since late last year, the local…

Jakarta – More politicians have expressed support for a plan to add more seats at the House of Representatives, saying the current 560 seats are…

Jakarta/Kendari – A consumeristic, hedonistic lifestyle has depoliticized university students in Indonesia, preventing them from thinking…

Adam Harvey, Indonesia – Indonesian officials, clerics and even government ministers regularly launch verbal assaults on the nation's transgender…

Jakarta – Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Asman Abnur has said that many local governments at the provincial, regency and city…

Paulina Quintao – The National Hospital has issued a directive to doctors not to attend to patients with common illnesses such as headaches,…

Jakarta – The Jakarta gubernatorial election's final debate organized by the Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) last Wednesday may…

Paulina Quintao – The government has established a special independent authority to conduct routine inspection and monitoring of products and food…