Yohanes Paskalis, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo, accepted the Commanding General of the…

Jewel Topsfield and Henrietta Cook – Australia is pushing for Australian universities to be permitted to open campuses in Indonesia as part of a…

Venidora Oliveira – The Japanese government has committed to continue supporting training programs for the Falintil-Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-…

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has warned gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia that if it ceased production its share…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Bogor – The Hanura Party has inaugurated 17 members of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) as its new executives.…

Jakarta – Indonesian consumer confidence declined slightly in the fourth quarter of 2016 to 120 points, according to the latest survey report from…

Australia can't lecture anyone on a solution for the South China Sea until it sorts out its own long-running sea border dispute with East Timor…

Indonesia has ordered a publisher to withdraw a sex-education book for children, which addresses the subject of masturbation, for being too vulgar…

Jakarta – Anies Baswedan, a former education minister in Muslim-majority Indonesia facing a run-off vote against a Christian to be Jakarta…

Jakarta – The National Police inaugurated on Wednesday their multimedia division, which will be one of their communication channels with the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo stood firm on his decision to continue to allow Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok"…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – A criminal law expert testified on Tuesday that people who watched the video of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – In the blasphemy trial against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, an expert has said he sees…

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry has distributed circulars to inform officials that business permits (SIUP) no longer need to be…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Despite their recent defeat at the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN Jakarta), human rights campaigners will…

Chong Wu Ling – In the 2010 Medan mayoral election Chinese contestant Sofyan Tan was the victim of a concerted campaign against him based on…

Paulina Quintao – Women's activists are concerned that Timor-Leste's patriarchal system is a barrier to the promotion of gender equality as…

Jakarta Globe - February 21, 2017

Jakarta – Indonesia's anti-monopoly agency said on Monday (20/02) that two companies that make and…

Paulina Quintao – A new report shows that most midwives in Timor-Leste still have little knowledge about the country's domestic violence law.

Paulina Quintao – Timor-Leste continues to face big challenges in reducing HIV infection rates as many communities in rural areas still lack…

VNA – Vietnam will create best possible conditions for enterprises from Timor Leste to operate in the country, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan…

Elly Kent – The Indonesian title of the film "Solo, Solitude", released in January in selected Indonesian cinemas, is instead "Istirahatlah Kata-…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – In another hearing in the blasphemy trial of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, a Muslim scholar…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have issued an investigation termination warrant (SP3) on a case of alleged blasphemy involving Ade Armando, a…

Christine Franciska – A children's book is at the centre of a controversy in Indonesia because it teaches children about masturbation.

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Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said the government's foreign debt has increased over recent years, primarily due to…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil plans to ban conventional plastic bags to tackle the plastic waste problem in the city.

"Use…

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Lawmakers have demanded the Indonesian government engage in intensive diplomatic talks with its Australian counterpart to…

Jakarta – Lawmakers from the House of Representatives' Commission III on legal affairs met with representatives of around 5,000 protesters who…

Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto said on Tuesday that he hoped today's rally held in front of the legislative complex…

Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said any decision to suspend Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama from his position as Jakarta governor is…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has played down a boycott threat from several city councilors over his return to the…

Jakarta – A major university students' group said it will not participate in the so-called 212 protest rally on Tuesday (21/02) as it seeks to…

Jakarta – Indonesian Islamist groups on Monday (Feb 20) called on the government to suspend the Christian governor of the capital and for the…

More than 1000 West Papuan refugees from Indonesia living in Papua New Guinea's Western Province will be granted citizenship.

The Post…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Jakarta corruption court on Monday sentenced Irman Gusman, the former speaker of the Regional Representatives Council…

Jakarta – Several areas in Greater Jakarta, including Cipinang Melayu in East Jakarta and Bekasi in West Java were inundated on Sunday afternoon,…

Jakarta – Richard C. Adkerson, the president and CEO of Freeport-McMoRan, has said his company will give the Indonesian government four months to…

Jakarta – The police have extended the detention of treason suspect Firza Husein at the headquarters of the Mobile Brigade Command detention…

Jakarta (Pantau Foundation/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch) – A new award has been created for courage in journalism honouring West Papuan…

Jakarta – Activists will soon file an appeal with the Supreme Court against a ruling that overturned the state information body's order to…

Jakarta – Sixty-one village heads across Indonesia were arrested in 62 different corruption cases in 2016, according to a report by the Indonesia…

Jakarta – The Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) rejected on Sunday the government's plan to regulate sermons during Friday prayers, arguing that there…

Timika. More than 20 foreign workers of Freeport Indonesia's contractors have left the mining site in Timika, Mimika, Papua, following…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Flooding has struck several areas in Central Java over recent days, displacing thousands of local residents and cutting off…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Banjarmasin – Indonesia will declare its commitment to combat plastic debris in marines on Feb. 23. Studies indicate that the…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration aims to provide affordable apartments for low-income residents in the capital that are integrated…

Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia announced on Saturday the immediate resignation of Chappy Hakim as its president director, only three months after…

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Voter turnout in the first round of the Jakarta gubernatorial election on Feb. 15 reached 77.1 percent of 7.2 million…

Victims of serious human rights violations committed during the Indonesian occupation (1975-1999) continued to demand justice and reparations.…