Jakarta – Representatives of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's People's Soldiers (LRJ) and Pro-Jokowi supporters filed a complaint against singer…

The recent trend for musicians and actors to use the entertainment industry to propagate militant brands of Islam has raised concerns about…

Jakarta – The recent fatal boat accident, which left 54 people dead, in Batam, Riau Islands, has highlighted the government's poor management of…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – The recent sinking of a ferry carrying undocumented Indonesian migrant workers and their families in…

Jakarta – The Independent Journalists Association (AJI) has called on the police to investigate violence against journalists during the mass rally…

Peter Hartcher, Jewel Topsfield – Trust between the leaders of Australia and Indonesia has been restored after years of wrenching crises, the…

Helen Davidson – Indonesian president Joko Widodo has cancelled his imminent visit to Australia after violent Islamist protests erupted in Jakarta…

Esther Anderson – When Indonesian President Joko Widodo visits Australia this coming week, he may be surprised to find that the Aboriginal and…

Patrick M. Walsh – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has just been given approval to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) as a…

Indonesia's president Joko Widodo has indicated his country wants to move towards abolishing the death penalty.

Speaking ahead of a three-…

Syamsul Huda M. Suhari, Gorontalo – Students must not be the target of discriminatory policies set by the State University of Gorontalo (UNG) as…

Jakarta – The State Secretariat has appealed a ruling issued by the Central Information Commission (KIP) instructing it to disclose a report drawn…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government says it will intensify its crackdown on websites accused of spreading hatred based on issues of…

Ali Yusuf, Jakarta – The thousands of demonstrators rallying at the House of Representatives (DPR) in Jakarta have begun to disburse.

They…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – While Friday's rally was largely free of clashes, at least until it was officially over at 6 p.m., it was marred by…

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A massive rally calling for the criminal prosecution of Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja "Ahok" Purnama for…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The streets of Jakarta erupted into violence on Friday night leaving one dead and multiple people injured as police…

Indonesian president Joko Widodo lashed out at politicians for stoking a huge protest that briefly turned violent on Friday night as a hardcore…

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The organizer of the Friday large-scale rally has suspected that some people stirred up a riot in the initially peaceful…

The Solomon Islands government says it's not in a position to respond to a warning from Indonesia's government not to speak out about West Papua…

Syamsul Huda M.Suhari and Haeril Halim, Gorontalo/Jakarta – State University of Gorontalo (UNG) Rector Syamsu Qamar Badu decided on Thursday to…

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The government is intensifying efforts to support the country's long-stagnant pharmaceutical industry after opening up the…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The audience, mostly evictees, turned silent when they saw the scene showing their houses being demolished in a documentary…

Jakarta – A demonstration by thousands of people in Jakarta calling on Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama to be arrested and charged for…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The newly revised Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law has once again shown its draconian nature in…

Jakarta – Indonesia's democracy rating has dropped slightly on the back of increasing discrimination and alleged corrupt practices among lawmakers…

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – Foreign defense suppliers expressed readiness on Thursday to transfer technologies to Indonesia in cooperation with…

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The government has blocked almost a dozen websites it accuses of stirring up ethnic, religious or racial (SARA) hatred,…

Jakarta – House of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli Zon, who planned to attend the protest rally on Friday (04/11), has hit back at House…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Hundreds of protesters in Medan, North Sumatra, forcibly drove away a television crew from Jakarta-based…

Jakarta – Local media have reported that violence involving unidentified groups of protesters broke out in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, in an…

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Around 2,000 people under the banner of the Semarang Muslim Forum called on the Central Java Police to…

Jakarta – Islamic Defenders Front's (FPI) leader and patron Rizieq Shihab rode atop one of the command vehicles during the mass demonstrations…

Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A brief meeting between government officials and representatives of protesters who took the streets in…

Elaine Pearson – As Indonesia's president, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, touches down in Australia for the first time since assuming the presidency, will…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The massive rally organized by Muslim organizations against Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja "Ahok" Purnama has seen a…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights, known as Komnas HAM, has called for the resignation of commissioner Dianto Bachriadi following…

A warning by Indonesia's Defence Minister for Pacific countries not to speak out about West Papua has been described as an odd and backward form…

Tangerang – The Tangerang Police in Banten have called on all dangdut singers to wear "proper" costumes and avoid "pornographic" behavior when…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesians' love of plastic has propelled the country to become the world's second-biggest contributor to plastic…

Haeril Halim and Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Police rescued Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama from a mob on Wednesday during a campaign…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The simmering sectarian tensions in the nation's capital ahead of the gubernatorial election could be used by…

Jakarta – Police have questioned Rizieq Shihab, a member of the Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, as part of an investigation into blasphemy…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may have had enough with what he suspects to be deliberate attempts by the…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – In an unprecedented move, former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has launched a tirade against…

Arya Dipa and Rizal Harahap, Jakarta/Bandung/Pekanbaru – As hundreds of Islamic hard-liners leave their hometowns to join a planned rally in…

Jakarta – The Russian government has reaffirmed its commitment to increasing defense and security partnerships with Indonesia, Ambassador Mikhail…

Manado – US Marine Corps and Indonesian Air Force personnel attended on Tuesday the opening ceremony of the 10-day Cope West joint training…

A conference getting underway in Sydney today looks to address two major areas of concern to people in the Pacific region in the same sitting.…

News Desl, Jakarta – Business players have strongly criticized a government-sanctioned business competition watchdog's plan to increase fines for…