Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has questioned Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan's…

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Farida Susanty, Jakarta – The government should improve the dissemination of information on the country's important infrastructure projects in…

Jakarta – An environmental group has blamed the conversion of forests into oil palm plantations for the loss of biodiversity in Papua, adding that…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has sent a letter to the House of Representatives nominating National Police…

Jakarta – Masinton Pasaribu, a member of the House of Representatives' Commission III on legal affairs, has backed the National Anti-Narcotics…

Jakarta – Indonesia will become the largest business jet market in Southeast Asia by 2019 overtaking neighboring Singapore, due to Indonesia's…

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – July has set a new record in the number of foreigners visiting Indonesia, with Chinese tourists topping the list.

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East Timor has reflected on the goodwill of its former invader as it seeks to settle sea borders with both Indonesia and Australia.

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Daniel Flitton – A ruling could be delivered within the month on Australia's claim that a special international commission has no jurisdiction to…

Jayapura – Papua Police are investigating the fatal shooting of 15-year-old student Otianus Sondegau in Sugapa, Intan Jaya Papua, on Saturday by…

Jayapura, Jubi – Chairman of the Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association Jayapura Municipality, Agus Fauzi, said the number of LGBT in Papua is…

Grace D. Amianti, Stefani Ribka and Farida Susanty, Jakarta – The second round of state budget cuts may lead to delayed infrastructure projects…

Ratri M. Siniwi, Jakarta – While wildfires rage across Kalimantan and Sumatra, Papua has fallen prey to the illegal slash-and-burn practices which…

Ayunda Nurvitasari – A recent survey shows that not all Indonesian women aspire to get married for a variety of reasons. The independent survey…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Since its passing in late June, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's signature policy, the overly hyped tax amnesty…

Jakarta – Apparently under pressure following trouble in the distribution of the Indonesian Smart Cards (KIP), a key point on President Joko "…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Association of Journalists for Diversity (Sejuk) declared on Wednesday four reporters winners of the 2016 Diversity Awards…

Australia needs to play by the rules in the East Timor boundary dispute or risk losing credibility when it weighs into the South China Sea saga,…

Arthur Neslen – A Korean palm oil company has been dropped by buyers after footage emerged that allegedly shows the illegal burning of vast tracts…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The government has been fighting a losing battle against polluters of the Citarum River in West Java, which is considered one…

Ryan Dagur and Siktus Harson, Jakarta – Rights groups have said the governments of Indonesia and Timor-Leste have failed to find, document and…

Penny Wong – The Turnbull's government rejection of an international commission's jurisdiction over the maritime boundary dispute with Timor-Leste…

Jakarta – Dozens of residents of Rawajati, Pancoran, South Jakarta, tried to defend their houses from demolition on Thursday, but hundreds of…

Jakarta – Dozens of workers recently staged a rally in front of the Constitutional Court demanding the annulment of the Tax Amnesty Law, during…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – It took newly appointed Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati around 45 minutes to convince lawmakers last week of…

Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are seeking foreign loans to finance massive state projects that cannot be solely…

Jakarta – Sumatra's watersheds – ridges of land that separate waters flowing to different rivers and keep those waters pristine – have lost the…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration may need to buckle down once more to find traffic congestion solutions as severe bottlenecks were seen on…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In the latest hearing pertaining to a judicial review petition to outlaw sex outside of marriage at the…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has expressed its opposition to a judicial review filed by a civil…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Defying his parents' admonition that he should simply accept his position as a member of a minority community, a young…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – Despite media reports that the church attack in Medan, North Sumatra, was carried out…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has finalized a revision on a regulation which, if approved by the President, will strip…

Jakarta – "I had mixed feelings of sadness and anger when I learned that I already had my own grave in Timor Leste," Victor da Costa, 41, said on…

A priest in Indonesia's Papua regoin has appealed to President Joko Widodo to halt the destruction of pristine forests by a palm oil developer.…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A month after the controversial appointment of retired general Wiranto as coordinating political, legal and…

Donald K. Anton – It is reasonable to suppose that for much of the time between 2007 and 2013, those responsible for managing Australia's…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As the government is mulling over the electoral system that will be implemented in the 2019 elections, it is encouraged to…

Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has released an election vulnerability index identifying regions prone to electoral fraud and…

Timor-Leste once agreed to let the maritime boundary question rest for 50 years. What changed?

Grant Wyeth – This week will see a dispute…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – In his latest effort to push industrialization in the country, Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution has called…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration plans to investigate developers in upscale areas, including Kemang in South Jakarta, for…

Although East Timor is doing much better than it was, it is still very fragile. And the Timor Sea dispute could undo much of the progress that has…

Steve Cannane – The former president of East Timor has told a commission sitting at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that Australia…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Lawmakers expressed dissatisfaction toward most candidates for supreme court justices and ad hoc judge for the…

Rizal Harahap and Jon Afrizal, Pekanbaru/Jambi/Jakarta – As haze caused by forest and land fires thickens in Riau, a local administration has…

Eman Riberu, Merauke, Indonesia – A priest in Merauke Archdiocese in Papua has appealed to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, urging him to halt…

This week's conciliation talks in The Hague give Australia a new chance to do the right thing by East Timor to help it secure its future

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Ben Doherty – Timor-Leste has urged Australia not to "turn its back on the law" and to negotiate over the Timor Sea maritime boundary, but…