Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) decided not to arrest Andi Zulkarnaen "Choel" Mallarangeng, the…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The much anticipated Light Rail Transit (LRT) project is in limbo once more after the city administration decided to halt…

New York – The Indonesian government should immediately intervene to protect members of the Ahmadiyah religious community from intimidation and…

Fadli, Batam – Five days after going on strike, hundreds of workers from PT Amtek Engineering in Batam, Riau Islands, finally returned to work on…

Ken Westmoreland – Jordan Peterson's piece "Should Timor-Leste Turn to Portugal?" has had the unintended effect of asking a question to which…

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade balance turned back into a surplus position last year after three straight years of deficits, with…

Dili – A Chinese Navy task force on Saturday arrived in Dili, capital of Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to pay a five-day official visit to…

Jakarta – Police on Saturday named the five men they suspect launched this week's gun and bomb attack in the heart of Jakarta and said they had…

Jakarta – Indonesia shut down at least 11 radical websites and several social media accounts on Saturday after a deadly gun and bomb attack…

Jewel Topsfield – At least one of the five assassins in the Jakarta attacks had been jailed for terrorism offences raising fears those convicted…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has reprimanded seven television stations and one radio station for…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Testifying at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday, Vice President Jusuf Kalla defended graft suspect Jero Wacik…

Haeril Halim and Tama Salim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday named Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-…

"The Tale of the Timorese Coffee Farmer" – Timor-Leste's booth at the 2015 Milan Expo – showcases one of the region's main exports. This…

Yogyakarta – An inter-religion community of young disabled members and a number of non-governmental groups in Yogyakarta have sent a petition to…

Fadli, Batam – A strike by hundreds of workers from PT Amtek Engineering, an Apple subcontractor, has continued into its fourth day with no sign…

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – The government intends to voice its concerns and negotiate a few issues with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)…

Kanupriya Kapoor and Randy Fabi, Jakarta – Seven years ago, Bahrun Naim was quietly running an internet cafe in the small Indonesian city of Solo…

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Sragen, Central Java – The Sragen Police in Central Java have arrested Sukamto, 52, and his wife, Wiji Lestari, 47, for forcing…

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – A number of sectors within tourism and the creative economy are to open up to foreign investors, signaling the government'…

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – With global oil prices continuing their plunge – falling below US$30 on Wednesday – small and locally owned oil and…

Anton Hermansyah & Arief Gunawan S, Jakarta – After maintaining its rate for 11 consecutive months, Bank Indonesia (BI) has slashed the…

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – State-owned power firm PLN has set a high sales target this year, despite the company reporting lackluster growth last…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Ministry has enlisted the help of civil society…

Samantha Hawley – Every Sunday in the centre of Jakarta, tens of thousands of Indonesians flock to what is one of the most congested roads in the…

Beh Lih Yi in Jakarta and Oliver Holmes in Bangkok – Up to seven blasts and multiple gunfights hit the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Thursday,…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Seven people have been killed in a terrorist attack in central Jakarta, including five who are believed to be…

Jakarta – Gerindra Party patron Prabowo Subianto said he would not oppose a plan by the Golkar Party leadership to join the ruling coalition.

Fadli, Batam – Some 2,000 workers from PT Amtek Engineering in Batam, Riau Islands province, went on strike as planned on Monday, blocking the…

Tika Primandari, Jakarta – Deputy Foreign Minister Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir denied that the Foreign Ministry has imposed a ban against foreign…

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – The government aims to include access for Indonesian laborers in future agreements with trading partners in an attempt to…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – Indonesia's Attorney-General has hosed down speculation a third batch of executions are imminent saying the…

Jakarta – The government now allows foreigners living in Indonesia to own houses as part of efforts to boost the economy, following the release of…

Jakarta – The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) has said it is concerned that the outlawed Fajar Nusantara Movement's (Gafatar) activities…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAU-001-2016

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – After a year of political and economic high tides for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration, people…

Jakarta – The lawyer of former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto, Firman Wijaya, has confirmed that the Golkar Party politician would…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday sentenced former religious affairs minister and United Development Party (PPP)…

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party, or PKS, has reiterated its commitment to stay with the opposing Red-White Coalition led by Prabowo…

Fadli, Batam – Authorities in Batam, Riau Islands, have called on thousands of workers from a major local company to drop plans to begin a three-…

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – The government has reiterated its commitment to easing the conduct of business in Indonesia to make the country more…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) will deploy more personnel and additional weapons to protect eastern outer islands, which…

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – Government watchdog Civil Society Group for State Officials Observation (LMPPN) filed on Monday a report with the House…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo appointed former Corruption Eradication Commission cadre Johan Budi Sapto Pribowo as his spokesman on…

Ayomi Amindoni, Business – Indonesia narrowed its current account deficit (CAD) to US$17.5 billion (Rp 243.25 trillion) in 2015, a 35 percent…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The local price of salt has been dropping because of an abundance of imported salt that had been entering the country…

Elizabeth Matsangou – As the world's most commonly traded vegetable oil, palm oil is a key economic driver for Indonesia. It also happens to be…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Ongoing conflict within the Yogyakarta royal family risks triggering a rise in intolerance in the province,…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Cilacap – Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has claimed he was wrongly jailed for 15 years on terrorism…

Reports from Indonesia's Papua province say extra police have been deployed to a part of Puncak Jaya regency where three officers were killed in…