Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Senior Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan was released from Bengkulu Police…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government is gearing up for the simultaneous regional elections, slated for Dec. 9 in 269 regions throughout…

East Timor says it's acting on an audit of its agriculture ministry that found irregularities in millions of dollars worth of contracts intended…

Janis Hooper – Over four days in November, the voices of survivors of the 1965 Indonesian massacres were heard by a hushed crowd of several…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has accused certain parties of politicizing fishermen to oppose a reclamation project in…

Jakarta – When President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited Papua in December 2014, he led a ground-breaking ceremony to kick of the development of a…

Jakarta – Dozens of environmental activists grouped under the Alliance of Earth Our Home held a street rally on Saturday

in the North…

Jakarta – Indonesia is home to the most wildlife crime involving illegally traded endangered species in Southeast Asia, in both the domestic and…

Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said has been advised to revoke a letter to Freeport McMoRan Inc. board chairman James R…

Jakarta – More than 32,000 Indonesian women experienced unwanted pregnancies between 2010 and 2014, one of the highest figures among ASEAN…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Muhammad Reza Chalid may be the epitome of a shadowy business leader, a man involved in the country's billion dollar…

Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – Freeport McMoRan must propose a price for a 10.64 percent stake it is required to divest from its Indonesian…

Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has proposed income tax cuts to support the labor-intensive footwear and textile industry.

Thanks to the House of Representatives ethics council members who voted for an open hearing of a misconduct case implicating House Speaker Setya…

Jakarta – Indonesia is expected to master military technology and produce military equipment to meet its own needs, Defense Minister Ryamizard…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Three witnesses from Tolikara presented by the Public Prosecutor in the trial over the Tolikara incident held at…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Indonesian rights activists said the brutal response of police toward protesting Papuan students has incited hatred and…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Investment to the country's easternmost province is increasing at a rapid pace, as Papua's provincial government expects…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Amid growing concerns over safety standards in the country's aviation industry, the government will tighten…

Pekanbaru – About 1,000 workers of PT Beasco Housing Maintenance, a subcontractor of PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia (CPI), rallied on…

Fergus Jensen & Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – The operator of one of the world's biggest copper and gold mines was at the center of a major…

Jakarta – Balinese customary law does not recognize same-sex marriage as it is against Hindu beliefs, an expert said recently.

Wayan P.…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI-Indonesia)…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi/Asia New Zealand Foundation – Assisted by an Asia New Zealand Foundation media travel grant, Mauri Television's…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has criticized ministries for a lack of cooperation in implementing development in the…

Jakarta – Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Susana Yembise has urged lawmakers to include articles mandating access to…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Human rights and judicial watchdogs have claimed that a child abuse case that led to the imprisonment of teachers and…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has claimed that owners of rice mills and large-scale…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The government has given until the beginning of 2016 for drug users to turn themselves in so that they can be…

Below is the text of a letter faxed to Hon Murray McCully today. West Papua Action is urging him to speak about the gross human rights abuses that…

Shane Rosenthal – The impending launch of the Asean Economic Community was marked last month at a summit in Kuala Lumpur. It is a time to showcase…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Former political prisoner Filep Jacob Samuel Karma said he was concerned about the current situation facing…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – A lawyer for four activists of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Manokwari region, said the jail sentence of…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) has criticized police in the capital over the detention of several hundred Papuan students…

Donny Andhika Mononimbar, Jakarta – Two foreign journalists have reportedly become victims of police violence and intimidation in…

Reports from Indonesia's Papua region indicate up to four people have been shot by police and military as the security forces cracked…

Joe Cochrane, Jakarta – The pilots of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed off Indonesia last year appear to have reset the circuit breaker of a…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Nabire Police arrested about 20 people who were preparing for a prayer gathering to commemorate the West Papua…

Kai Thaler – Fifty years ago today, the US Embassy in Indonesia sent a cable to the State Department asking for funding to help civilian groups…

Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia president director Maroef Sjamsoeddin decided to record a conversation with House of Representatives Speaker Setya…

The captain of an asylum-seeker boat allegedly intercepted by the Australian navy has told a court how he negotiated a hefty payment to take the…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government is gearing up to revitalize its family planning (KB) program after being dormant for more than a…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – For years, forest fires and the ensuing haze have been reoccurring problems in Indonesia.

For the most part, the…

Jakarta – The Association of Journalists for Diversity (Sejuk) has criticized a recent National Police circular on hate speech, warning that it…

Victor Mambor, Semarang, Jubi – Dozens of Papuan students activists were arrested during a street rally in Jakarta to commemorate the political…

Paulina Quintao – The National Director for Water and Sanitation Services (NDWS) Gustavo da Cruz said currently there some 2000 households…

Paulina Quintao – The Executive Secretary of the National Commission For Combating HIV/AIDS in Timor-Leste (KNKS-TL) Daniel Marcal said his…

Venidora Oliveira – The Director Director for Corporative Services of the Ministry of Education (ME) Antoninho Pires said his ministry continues…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Inside Indonesia, a magazine focusing on Indonesia created by academicians and scientists living in Australia has…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Miliary has confirmed that an armed Papuan civilian group known as Cosmas Makabori was responsible for the shooting death…