Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A man who attacked St. Yosep Catholic Church in Medan, North Sumatra, took inspiration from an act of terror against a…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – At least 15 members of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) dispersed a religious discussion in Bandung, West Java, on…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – In defiance of last week's violent raid by troops of the Siliwangi Military Command, the Street Library continued its service…

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Pensioner Elyzabeth, 63, annually pays taxes for her car and a 0.25-hectare plot of land, but she has not declared both…

Jakarta – Since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared a "drug state of emergency" and all-out war on illicit substances last year, little has…

Jakarta – Indonesia ranks 60th out of 61 countries in terms of reading interest, a study by Central Connecticut State University in the US has…

Jan van der MadeIssued – East Timor is asking the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague to help resolve a dispute with Australia over a…

Jakarta – The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will only benefit US-based information and communication technology (ICT) firms, rather…

Steve Cannane – The ongoing dispute between Australia and East Timor over maritime boundaries could be resolved in a landmark case that begins in…

Jakarta – A police office in the Sugapa subdistrict in Intan Jaya, Papua, was burned down late Saturday (27/08) in a riot following the killing of…

Jayapura, Jubi – A teenager died after being shot allegedly by a Mobile Brigade officer in Sugapa. Angry residents set fire to the Sugaba Police…

Medan – The young failed suicide bomber in Sunday's (28/08) Medan terror attack is believed to have met an identified man on the street prior to…

Australia has injected last-minute intrigue into the opening of compulsory conciliation proceedings over the unsettled maritime border with Timor-…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – They left their families for jobs and higher wages in Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries, but many of the…

Hans Nicholas Jong & Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – A group of LGBTIQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning) advocates was…

Jakarta – The jury for the Suardi Tasrif Award for freedom of expression on Friday night bestowed the prize on two groups that have fought stigma…

Jakarta – Human rights activists have rejected a House of Representatives plan to reinstate deliberation on a government-proposed national…

Amanda Hodge, Jakarta – Australia and East Timor will face off in The Hague on Monday in their territorial dispute over maritime boundaries in the…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has issued a presidential decree that is expected to boost the fisheries industry, a minister said on…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Almost three years after it was first implemented in January 2014, hailed by many at the time as a landmark in…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – It is happening again: Indonesia's inability to control forest fires has left the residents of its northern neighbor…

Federation of Catholic Bishops' Catholic bishops from the Pacific region have voiced their support for the West Papuan people's desire to…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – A plan to expand the power of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD), a branch of the country's legislature…

Haeril Halim and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Although low-ranking Supreme Court (MA) official Andri Tristianto had little authority in the…

Jakarta – A police investigative team is interested in speaking with Liberty Sitinjak, the former head of Batu prison on Nusakambangan Island in…

Jakarta – The government is set to continue with its controversial State Defense program, a paramilitary training program for civilians, despite…

Teressa Warianto – Indonesia's most celebrated author, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, might have died 10 years ago, but his work continues to inspire…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Agnes Anya, Jakarta – While President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is dreaming of national connectivity and an advanced…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Hospitals are suspected of abusing the national health insurance (JKN) program to gain profits, including by…

Jakarta – Instead of impulsively throwing ideas with no backup research into the public arena, the culture and education minister needs to focus…

Air pollution in Singapore has risen to the "unhealthy" level as acrid smoke drifted over the island from fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island, the…

Hundreds of Maori students marched to New Zealand's parliament today calling for freedom for West Papua.

The march was met at the steps of…

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government's tax amnesty bullets seem to be hitting the wrong targets as most people participating in the program so…

Pacific women are calling for an independent mission to investigate violence against women in Indonesia's Papua region.

The call comes from…

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – Haze is causing concern for people in West Kalimantan where fires have razed land and forests for the past two weeks…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Once hailed as an urban traffic panacea, the train system in Greater Jakarta has become less popular among commuters amid…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With conservative academics dominating the hearings of a judicial review request to outlaw extra-marital sex at the…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The House of Representatives postponed the passage of regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) No. 1/2006 on Child…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The government's insistence on capital punishment is once more in the spotlight as state…

Haeril Halim, Arya Dipa and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta/Bandung – Concerns over the growing role of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in civilian…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry will implement specific measures to prevent illegal stockpiling aimed at manipulating the price of…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Fourteen years after the last amendment, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has…

Jakarta – Expert witnesses from a group of scholars and activists that requested the revision of three articles (284, 285, and 292) in the…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Any sexual relations outside marriage could soon be outlawed in this country, with some Constitutional Court (MK)…

Ahmad Junaidi, Ambon, Maluku – Suhadi Cholil of Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University of Yogyakarta said students currently only study their own…

Jakarta – A growing number of Indonesian Muslim women are opting for divorce rather than staying in an abusive marriage, even though the country's…

Prima Wirayani and Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – The euphoria following the release of the second quarter's economic growth data did not last long…

Farida Susanty and Prima Wirayani, Medan/Jakarta – The government has dismissed concerns over next year's smaller state budget, arguing that the…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Health Minister Nila Moeloek revealed on Wednesday that at least 1,500 children in Banten, Jakarta and West Java…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) this Monday asked the Prime Minister of Timor-Lest to stop defamation charges against two Timor…