Kupang – The governments of Indonesia and Timor Leste will conduct a joint survey of some border areas in East Nusa Tenggara Province, which are…

Surabaya, East Java – Indonesian navy warship KRI Dr. Soekarso (KRI SHS)-990 has arrived in Dili, Timor Leste, for a health service mission.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Indonesia's civil society should give young people more opportunities to express their opinions about the 1965…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has blocked more radical websites in an attempt to prevent the dissemination of…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Supersemar Foundation, set up by former president Soeharto to provide scholarships for low-income students,…

Dewanti A. Wardhani and Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Becak (pedicab) drivers across Jakarta have called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Jakarta…

Bandung – Bandung mayor Ridwan Kamil has ordered the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), a hardline Muslim group, to take down "provocative" banners…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Bandung Legislative Council (DPRD) in West Java has expressed its concern over the planned Jakarta-Bandung high-speed…

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – Copper mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia will see its exports halted starting Friday after failing to realize its…

Tama Salim, Ina Parlina and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – In an attempt to end the drawn-out leadership dispute between the two rival camps of…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The frequent conflicts between military and police personnel that occurred last year and in previous years have become a…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is ordering the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police to collaborate in…

A documentary from Sydney musician-turned-filmmaker Anthony 'Ash' Brennan has seen a local charity gig for West Papuan blow up into a global event…

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Hundreds of fishermen from Muara Angke in North Jakarta staged a rally in front of the Jakarta City Council (DPRD)…

Victor Mambor, Jakarta, Jubi – Legislator Tantowi Yahya reminded the Indonesian Government to not underestimate the Papua issue and it has always…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Human-rights activists have condemned the persistence of prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Tobacco Control has reported that there has been a dramatic increase over the past few years in the number of…

Yohannie Linggasari, Jakarta – Workers from a number of different communities demonstrated in front of the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta today…

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – After previously taking efficiency measures to alleviate the impact of plunging oil prices, several oil and gas…

Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon said that former president Soeharto had contributed a lot to the country and…

Jakarta – A survey conducted by a Jakarta-based media watchdog group has found that the majority of programs aired by local television stations…

Tassia Sipahutar and Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – Indonesia will see its economy expand at a higher rate this year as the government and business…

Jakarta – An Indonesian journalists group has asked the government to review the permits of ten free-to-air television networks that will expire…

Paul Rogers – Two decades on, an inspiring example of successful direct action against powerful states and the arms industry is recalled.

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Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – Amid concerns of a negative impact on the local economy, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has eased its…

William Mackey – It had been years since Indonesia had experienced an attention-grabbing terrorist attack. That changed on January 14. Early in…

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's first year in office produced a mixed record on human rights that lacked major initiatives…

Paulina Quintso – The Chief of the Department of Non-infectious Diseases, at the Ministry of Health, Dr Herculano Seixas do Santos said now the…

Paulina Quintso – The Chief of the Department of Non-infectious Diseases, of the Ministry of Health, Dr Herculano Seixas do Santos has urged the…

Ina Parlina, Dili, Timor Leste – Jokowi was in Dili on Tuesday, his first trip abroad this year, and met with Timor Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria…

Robert Isidorus, Jakarta – At least 10 rebels from the separatist group Free Papua Organization, or OPM, operating in the remote highlands of the…

Jakarta – Indonesia's 2015 rankings in the annual survey conducted by Berlin-based Transparency International improved slightly despite a year…

Cilacap – The leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab has admitted to having had connections to terrorism convict Abu Bakar Ba'…

Putra Prima Perdana, Bandung – The coordinator of the Bandung Kulon chapter of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Tubagus Abbas Murodi, has…

Adam Harvey, Indonesia – Publicly affectionate gay students should be banned from the University of Indonesia's campuses, an Indonesian Government…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government should adhere to the 1945 Constitution in handling the Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar), an…

Bandung, West Java – Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil said on Tuesday he did not have any problem with citizens who supported or were involved in the…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Haeril Halim and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – Research, Technology and Higher Education Minister Muhammad Nasir has…

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has established a national intelligence oversight team that will monitor the work of state…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Activists have chastised the government for its apparent reluctance to remove an article on libel from the 2008…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's first year in office produced a mixed record on human rights that lacked major initiatives to tackle…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Papuans want dialogue between with Jakarta and this has been constantly echoed in recent years, but there has been…

Kyle Knight – Last week in Jakarta, I met leaders of the Support Group and Resource Center on Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Abu Bakar Bashir's lawyer has forcefully denied the radical Indonesian cleric had anything to do with…

Jakarta – Timor-Leste President Taur Matan Ruak will bestow the country's highest medal of honor, Grande Colar de Ordem de Timor-Leste, on…

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – A minority Muslim group has been ordered to convert to Sunni Islam or be expelled from Bangka island…

Nusa Dua – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is set to visit Timor Leste on Tuesday to discuss efforts to speed up land and maritime border…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – A survey by the Jakarta-based think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has revealed that incumbent…

Indra Budiari and Dewanti Wardhani, Jakarta – The sun was scorching over the coast of North Jakarta as Siti Haminah sat in front of her shack, her…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The National Police have opened an investigation into Erwin Natosmal Oemar of the Indonesian Legal Roundtable (ILR) after…