Under a democratic political system, people's aspirations are supposed to be channeled through government – in Indonesia's case, through the House…

Corry Elyda – Saying that walking in Jakarta is a pernicious activity is not an exaggeration considering the poor condition of sidewalks or the…

Yohanes Seo, Kupang – Indonesia and Timor Leste signed a memorandum of understanding covering cooperation on preventing HIV infection in both…

Sydney (The Australian/Pacific Media Watch) – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Rui de Araujo has lashed out at Western critics, saying their nations had…

Erika Anindita Dewi – The Golkar Party's central executive board (DPP) has outlined several rules ahead of the party's extraordinary national…

Several Pacific leaders are headed for London to participate in the International Parliamentarians for West Papua meeting at Westminster.

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Jane Joshua and Len Garae, Port Vila – The Melanesian Spearhead Group Special Leaders Summit scheduled to be held in the Vanuatu capital of Port…

Jayapura, Jubi/BenarNews – Papuans reacted coolly to the central government's plans to resolve alleged human rights violations in Papua, saying…

The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) reported the State Secretary to the Central Information Commission (KIP)…

About 17,000 security officers will be deployed to secure the commemoration of International Labor Day, or May Day, this coming Sunday, the same…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives ended its current assembly period with a plenary session on Friday (29/04), as it goes into recess until…

Ayomi Amindoni – The government has unveiled a 12th economic stimulus policy package containing 10 points aiming to facilitate starting small and…

Prima Wirayani and Stefani Ribka – Indonesia's economy may recover more slowly than expected as the expansion of the manufacturing industry, which…

Lita Aruperes – Fifty fish-processing companies in Bitung, North Sulawesi, have sent thousands of workers home following the implementation of…

Sarina Locke – Australia's longest-running agricultural aid project is coming to an end, having lifted East Timor's farmers from the ashes of the…

The government's plan to build more prisons will not solve overcapacity problems because the main cause of overcrowding is Indonesia's harsh…

The government is spending too much on logistics in prisons due to its repressive judicial system, experts say.

Instead of providing…

Venidora Oliveira – With oil production in Kitan and Bayu-Undan is in steep decline, there are calls for the Timorese government to boost state…

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Health in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO) has established a national taskforce to help…

Anton Hermansyah – Rating agency Moody's has given a warning about Indonesian corporate debt, which relies heavily on foreign sources, while…

Ayomi Amindoni – Bank Indonesia (BI) has called for structural reforms in the industrial sector to increase the competitiveness of local companies…

More than 50% of Timorese children aged five and under suffer from malnutrition, according to 2013 data released by the Ministry of Health.

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Elly Burhaini Faizal – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's efforts to start a reconciliation process around the tragedy of 1965 demands both domestic…

Stephen Wright & Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's decision to investigate anti-communist massacres in 1965 is being met…

Jewel Topsfield, Karuni Rompies and Tom Allard – A groundbreaking new penal code that would allow for prisoners on death row in Indonesia to have…

Mitra Tarigan, Antara, Jakarta – Chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Imdadun Rahmat has urged the government to…

Ati Nurbaiti – A national symposium on the bloodshed of 1965 has brought together the persecuted, the persecutors and their respective families.…

Brian Bennion – Timorese resistance fighter Mario Nicolau dos Reis spent 17 years as a political prisoner in an Indonesian jail before the…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani – The House of Representatives has almost achieved its mission to push the government to apply lower requirements for…

Jayapura, Jubi – Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan on Monday (25/4/2016) led a coordination meeting…

Caleb Gorton – East Timor's first president Xanana Gusmao has labelled Australia's maritime border dispute with Timor-Leste as "immoral" and…

Fedina S. Sundaryani – Oil and gas companies are increasingly reluctant to keep exploring for new deposits as oil prices remain at an all-time low…

Haeril Halim – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says its investigation into the multitrillion-rupiah Jakarta Bay reclamation…

Lita Aruperes and Ni Komang Erviani – Reclamation off Manado beach, North Sulawesi, has forced fishermen in Daseng Panglima, Sario district, to…

Ni Komang Erviani – The Sabha Pandita (high priests) of the Indonesian Hindu Religious Council (PHDI) have called on the government to review its…

Activists rallied on Wednesday in protest against the 2016 World Tobacco (WT) Process and Machinery Asia event at JIExpo, Jakarta, in the wake of…

Nani Afrida – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered Coordinating Political, legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan to find any…

Elly Burhaini Faizal – A would-be candidate to be Golkar Party chairman, Priyo Budi Santoso, has expressed his willingness to abolish brokerage…

Golkar Party chairman candidate Priyo Budi Santoso plans to revive the party's tripartite structure, consisting of the military, bureaucrats and…

Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator Haris Azhar has invited the government to examine its…

Erika Anindita Dewi – The House of Representatives' Legislation Body (Baleg) has been quietly working to finalize the controversial tobacco bill…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie – Activists from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have urged the government to immediately respond to reports of the…

Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan denied any wrongdoing in relation to his involvement in a shell…

Jakarta – A group of activists lodged a complaint against Harry Azhar Azis, the chairman of the Supreme Audit Agency, or BPK, to the body's ethics…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani – House of Representatives leaders dipped deeper into the internal conflict within the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) on…

Galuh Wandita – Last week an extraordinary thing took place in Jakarta. For the first time, survivors of the 1965 atrocities were in the same room…

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta branch of the Indonesian Fishermen's Association (HNSI) strongly opposed on Tuesday the…

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo summoned Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan on Monday over reports citing…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani – The revision of the Regional Elections Law has reached deadlock with the government and the House of Representatives at…

Apriadi Gunawan – Police are urging the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) to resolve a case involving Belawan Police narcotics division chief Adj.…