Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti has said that the institution is considering applying for more funding to support its…

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) during his state visit to Timor Leste on Tuesday is expected to discuss the settlement of Indonesian…

Dili (ANTI/Pacific Media Watch) – Human rights advocates have appealed to President Joko Widodo to "end impunity and consolidate democracy" on the…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The floods affecting a number of regions in Riau, Aceh and Bali have not only engulfed residential areas but also…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia is at risk of missing the opportunity to become the first country in the world to achieve full…

An Indonesian spy server has been tracked to a street in Sydney, prompting the concern that Australia could get the blame for spying being carried…

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) leadership formed at a November 2014 national meeting (mukernas) in Jakarta appears to have learned…

Evi Mariani and Aldrin Rocky Sampeliling, Jakarta/Depok – Several public officials issued statements on the weekend opposing the presence of…

Jakarta – A minister has found himself on the receiving end of angry scorn and fierce criticism following comments he made attacking the lesbian,…

Liza Yosephine, National – Members of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) groups in Indonesia are facing discrimination and stereotyping…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – China, and not Singapore, is believed to be the biggest foreign investor in Indonesia, as Chinese investors often…

Church leaders in West Papua appear concerned about religious extremism in the region.

Father Neles Tebay of the West Papuan Catholic…

Jakarta – As many as 118 Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar) members from West Kalimantan currently housed in Jakarta would undergo five days of "…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Kalimantan, Indonesia – A so-called "deviant sect" living in a remote farming community are besieged by a mob who…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Alliance of Indigenous People (AMAN) has criticized the House of Representatives for not listing the…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Police observers have called on the Jakarta Police to more closely monitor officers in the wake of a report pointing to a…

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – After being denied by the Environment and Forestry Ministry, Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani – The Coalition for Broadcasting Reform has lambasted the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) for what it sees as the…

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo will visit Timor Leste on Wednesday as a part of a drive to strengthen bilateral relations and development…

Tom Allard – Malcolm Turnbull's keynote speech in Washington DC last week, the first serious articulation of his foreign affairs stance since…

Ruslan Sangadji, Poso – Hundreds of elite Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers are set to swarm Central Sulawesi's Poso forests in an effort to…

Elvan Dany Sutrisno, Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) speaker Zulkifli Hasan says he agrees with Research, Technology and Higher…

Zuhdiar Laeis, Semarang – Research, Technology and Education Minister Muhammad Nasir has asserted that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (…

Jayapura – U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Roberth O Blake held a meeting with Papuan church leaders here on Saturday.

No reporters were…

Michael Neilson, Jakarta – Activists are suing the Indonesian government in a bid to stop development they say will devastate the last remaining…

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – The leadership dispute within the Golkar Party is unlikely to end anytime soon as the rival camps within the party…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Culture and Education Ministry has prohibited the distribution and publishing of school text books that…

Jakarta – The government is responsible for the eviction of over 500 former Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar) members from their homes and…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Police have arrested 18 terror suspects, six of them were accused of being involved in the Jan. 14 Jakarta…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Indonesia remains a country that has a "high risk" of corruption and its defense and military…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The government has announced a new defense strategy focusing on three priorities, namely becoming a global maritime fulcrum…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has raised concerns about the National Police's limited…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – With a trial judging the Jakarta administration's decision to allow construction of artificial Islet G still ongoing, the…

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Commission III overseeing legal affairs plans to set up a working committee with the objective…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Investment activities outside Java rose by a quarter to Rp 248.7 trillion (US$18 billion) last year, narrowing the…

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The government's move to allow foreign investors to have 100 percent ownership in Indonesian e-commerce companies has…

Jakarta – An overwhelming majority of Indonesians disapprove of the Sunni militant group Islamic State, according to results from a survey…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – About 1,500 members of the illegal Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar) will be housed in Semarang for re-education before…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Anti-tobacco activists joining with the Coalition against the Falsehood of the Cigarette Industry are calling…

Phelim Kine – There are new hazards for foreign journalists attempting to report from Indonesia's restive easternmost provinces of Papua and West…

The chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group has offered to facilitate a meeting between the Indonesian government and the United Liberation…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Thousands more jobs may be lost in the Indonesian tobacco industry, with companies preferring cheaper machine…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Academic freedom and freedom of expression are under threat in Yogyakarta as several universities have reportedly…

Jon Afrizal, Syamsul Huda M. Suhari and Lita Aruperes, Jambi/Gorontalo/Manado – Heavy downpours have continued to spread across the archipelago,…

Sentani, Papua – The US government continues to cooperate with the Indonesian government to combat the threat of terrorism.

"I would like to…

Sarah Marinos – It's a weekday afternoon at Coburg Library and Kirsty Sword Gusmao and her youngest son, Daniel, 11, are browsing. Since she and…

Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission III member from the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) faction, Muhammad Nasir Djamil says that…

Djemi Amnifu and Ni Komang Erviani, Kupang/Denpasar – Indonesian authorities have called on the Timor Leste government to immediately relocate the…

Indonesia's government is unhappy with the price on offer for shares in Freeport Indonesia, which operates a massive mine complex in Papua.

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Ayomi Amindoni – House of Representatives Commission VII overseeing the energy sector has described a share value that PT Freeport Indonesia…