Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – A number of local business players are anticipating tighter competition following the government's recent decision to…

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The government may yet again shelve its plan to impose a complete ban on raw material exports after acknowledging slow…

The shift in Labor's position in regard to Australia's long running maritime border dispute with East Timor will likely appeal to diplomatic…

Tanya Plibersek's announcement committing a future Labor government to good faith negotiations over a maritime boundary with Timor-Leste, with…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government's introduction of free visas for the citizens of 169 countries has been criticized by lawmakers…

Ayomi Amindoni, Business – Indonesia recorded a surplus of US$50.6 million in the January trade balance, a 92 percent drop from the trade surplus…

Anton Hermansyah, Business – Indonesia could fall into bankruptcy if the biggest market in Southeast Asia join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP…

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says good progress is being made by Papua New Guinea on registering all West…

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police has suggested that measures be taken to control the increase in private vehicles in a bid to tackle…

Jakarta – Investigators of the general crimes directorate at the National Police Criminal Investigation Corps (Bareskrim) are looking to establish…

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesians suspected of plotting to carry out an act of terrorism could be detained for up to six…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – As lawmakers at the House of Representatives pursue a controversial plan to revise anticorruption legislation,…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The government's plan to issue ID cards for children has met with criticism from activists who call for better public…

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla asked the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Monday to not to finance lesbian, gay, bisexual and…

Jakarta – An Indonesian legislator criticized on Saturday the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for assistance it has rendered to the LGBT…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – As the House of Representatives begins deliberating on revisions to the electronic information law, activists have…

Daniel Flitton – East Timor has hinted its international spying case against Australia could be abandoned should the two countries negotiate a new…

Tama Salim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The arrest of a Supreme Court official in charge of handling civil suits and appeals for receiving bribes…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb and Hotli Simanjuntak, Padang/Banda Aceh – Floods that have submerged a number of regions in Indonesia over the past week…

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Infrastructure companies recorded growth in assets value and profits last year thanks partly to the government's mammoth…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is considering dropping prosecutions of two former Corruption Eradication…

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will boost lending to Indonesia to about US$10 billion within the next five years to…

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Ruslan Sangadji and Arya Dipa, Klaten/Palu/bandung – Indonesia's bureaucracy is notoriously corrupt and inefficient, and the…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Ganug Nugroho Adi and Suherdjoko, Padang/Surakarta/Semarang – Farmers in Sumatra and Java are on the verge of another…

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has asked instant message apps to remove same-sex emojis? "that could…

Jayapura – Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Paulus Waterpauw has denied accusations that officers from the Mimika Baru Police assaulted and tortured…

Indra Budiari and Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – When Dian Septi Trisnati decided to take part in a labor protest demanding a review of the calculation…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – After being largely left out of handling disputes resulting from last year's simultaneous regional elections, the…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Eliminating the production and distribution of bootleg liquor, locally known as oplosan, in Yogyakarta will not be…

Indonesia's Government has demanded all instant message apps remove same-sex emojis or face a ban in the Muslim-majority country.

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Jakarta – Opposition to the planned amendment to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law is strengthening in the House of Representatives…

Jakarta – The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to defend the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) said on Thursday that it had dropped a plan to question oil kingpin Reza…

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt that the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Police Headquarters (…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia has cracked down on terrorists incarcerated on the notorious penal island of Nusakambangan amid concerns the…

Bogor – The mayor of Bogor, West Java, Bima Arya Sugiarto, has been severely criticized by a number of civil society organizations after he made a…

Tassia Sipahutar, Business – Indonesia is predicted to see stable growth in the near future after taking several measures, but the economy remains…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – More than a year after the passing of the Village Law, village administrations around the country remain in the…

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's plan to overhaul the government's spending system will depend on his ministers and…

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – Representatives of 20 mass organizations signed on Friday an agreement with the Defense Ministry to support a state…

Indonesia's instant messaging providers must remove gay emoji and stickers from their apps, the government has ordered, prompting a human rights…

Dave Majumdar – Indonesia hopes to sign a deal with Russia to purchase ten advanced Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E fighters next month.

The powerful…

The alcohol industry has called on the House of Representatives to draft a bill that would become the legal basis to regulate the distribution of…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Last year saw more journalists become victims of violence and various other forms of abuse and disruption when doing their…

Jakarta – Students in Kediri in East Java have been banned from celebrating Valentine's Day in any form as the romantic celebration of love is…

Jakarta – International human rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch urged President Joko Widodo's administration to lift a ban on the Ahmadiyah…

Kate Stanton, Dili, East Timor – Cesar Gaio loves cooking in the open air. He hovers over a gas stove next to the winding road that edges the sea…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – As Abu Tholut sips on his guava juice, his wispy silver beard brushing against the glass, he mulls the state of global jihad…

The foreign affairs department insists a decision to deny a passport to a former-spy-turned-whistleblower is not aimed at stopping him from giving…

The Democratic Party (PD) has joined Gerindra in opposition to amending the Corruption Eradication (KPK) Law, which has been proposed by the…