Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – With limited funding in hand, the government thinks it's time for philanthropists to assist in the Herculean task of…

Jakarta – The Tangerang administration will demolish thousands of houses to make way for the construction of three runways at Soekarno-Hatta…

Hans Nicholas Jong and Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has begun searching for the whereabouts of a fact-finding…

Jakarta – Government officials could face criminal charges if they are unable to find missing investigation files on the 2004 murder of human…

Suva – The request made by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to Indonesia to formally respond to allegations of…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Indonesian Textile Association (API) has urged local players in the industry to regularly upgrade their production…

Around 10,000 security personnel from the National Police, the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the Community Protection Agency (linmas) will be…

Ruby Taylor – The request made by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to Indonesia to formally respond to…

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the two largest Islamic organizations in the country, have made it clear that…

Lauren Roberts, Rural Reporter – Territory mango farmers are flying to Timor in a desperate attempt to recruit workers ahead of a potential labour…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government's attempts to deny the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the…

Haeril Halim and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Wearing a worn-out shirt, a middle-aged man seemed agitated, pacing back and forth while…

Jakarta – Spending by the Defense Ministry and the Indonesian Military (TNI) next year is set to be much lower than proposed by the government,…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Non-performing loans (NPL) in the banking industry worsened in August to 3.22 percent compared to 3.18 percent in July…

Fedina S. Sundaryani – The government has sent a strong signal that it will maintain its ban on nickel ore and bauxite exports despite pressure to…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The government's 35,000 megawatt (MW) electricity procurement program has continued to show sluggish progress, as…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – Dozens of hectares of peatland in the Rangsang Timur district of Meranti Islands regency, Riau, are on fire…

China, Macau, Timor-Leste – Timor-Leste (East Timor) is expected to grant a license for fishing in its territorial waters to Chinese company…

Twelve years ago the prominent human rights defender Munir Said Thalib was assassinated aboard his flight to the Netherlands, with investigators…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Mochamad Iriawan has promised to immediately investigate Jakarta Governor…

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has been trying to fast-track infrastructure and economic development in Papua over the…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – A lawmaker from Democratic Party, Benny K. Harman, said the government should make a…

Cianjur – Scores of workers employed at the beverage company PT Tirta Sukses Perkasa in Cianjur, West Java, are calling for an end to the…

Ina Parlina, Margareth S. Aritonang and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – All eyes are on former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as he may be…

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Qatar has expressed its interest in looking into the development of military equipment manufactured by three Indonesian…

Jakarta – Amnesty International calls for the Indonesian government to revoke provisions of chemical castration and the death penalty as…

Stefani Ribka and Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – As global trade remains under pressure, Indonesian exporters are being forced to rack their brains to…

Amsterdam (Reuters) – Australia and East Timor [will] aim for an agreement over the disputed maritime boundary in resource-rich waters between…

The Indonesian government has posted an advert for a new youth ambassador position that orders members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has requested the House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs to scrap…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The Orang Rimba in Terap, a forested plot of land that borders Sarolangun and Batanghari regencies, Jambi, claim it has since…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Activists seeking justice for the 1965 anti-communist purge victims are planning to hold a discussion about…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Jakarta-based Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) has deplored the passage law (Perppu) on child protection into…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Employers and workers have yet to reach an agreement on the 2017 provincial minimum wage as the two parties are using…

Kyle Knight – The Indonesian government has done it again. Continuing a campaign of anti-LGBT vitriol that began in January, the Youth and Sports…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – A senior minister has ensured that the government would pursue the case of the "lost" investigation report…

Godwin Ligo – Vanuatu Prime Minister has reiterated the government and the country's stand for the independence of West Papua and New Caledonia,…

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Local steel producers are calling on the government to provide a mechanism that will protect domestic players from…

Jakarta – Gerindra Party leader Prabowo Subianto said differences in politics did not always have to be resolved in a serious manner, but could be…

Indonesia's authorities must immediately repeal provisions that allow sex offenders to be punished by forced chemical castration and even the…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on the state secretary to make efforts to find…

Robert Isidorus, Jakarta – A bomb was thrown at the home of Golkar Party politician Martinus Anthon Werimon in Jayapura, Papua, on Thursday…

Alin Almanar, Jakarta – Calls are mounting for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to start implementing a proposed roadmap for reconciliation in Papua…

I met Eka (not her real name) in 2014. After traveling for hours on pothole-filled road, I finally reached her village in Cianjur, in West Java.…

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration continues to issue policies aimed at denying the existence of the lesbian, gay…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Despite the outcry from rights activists, the House of Representatives has passed a regulation in lieu of law (…

Wendy Levy, Manahat, Timor Leste – Farmers in Timor Leste call the months from November to February "the hungry season", and this year could be…

Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department has launched an investigation into defamation allegations lodged against Jakarta…

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Education has still not created a policy to ensure school principals accept female drop-outs so that they can…

Paulina Quintao – The Deputy President of the Timor-Leste Parliamentary Women's Group (GMPTL), Albina Marcal, said many women especially in rural…