Jakarta – Two NGOs representing Sundanese people, the Sundanese People's Alliance and the West Java Siliwangi Youth Wing, have filed a complaint…

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The government will put more oil and gas blocks up for bidding next year despite little interest from business players…

Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – The government needs to evaluate the outcome of a series of economic stimulus packages it has implemented since…

Bekasi City – Responding to the call for a national strike on November 24-27, on Tuesday November 24 thousands of workers in the city of Bekasi,…

Malaysia – Indonesian migrant workers (BMI) working in Malaysia have joined in opposing Government Regulation (PP) Number 78/2015 on Wages with…

To imagine Indonesia without the Association of Islamic Students (HMI) is next to impossible, given the numerous national figures the country's…

Bekasi – Thousands of workers came out on strike in a number of areas of Greater Jakarta on Tuesday, demanding the revocation of…

Hans Nicholas Jong, National – In commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov. 25, the National…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The government has repeated its commitment to send people arrested for using drugs to rehabilitation centers, but…

The Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) plans to set up representative offices abroad to protect…

Tony Jones speaks with Peter Galbraith, who was part of the UN transitional administration in East Timor in 2000 and 2001 and a cabinet member in…

Steve Cannane, Sashka Koloff and Brigid Andersen – East Timor's most senior leaders have accused Australia of committing a crime and acting…

Indonesia is under pressure to properly enforce sweeping land-management reforms to improve its record on devastating wildfires with less than a…

Medan – Thousands of hectares of mangroves along the eastern coast of North Sumatra have been seriously damaged due to large areas being converted…

Tangerang – A bitter smile crept across the face of mussel farmer Muhammad Ali, 41, as he described his struggle to make ends meet amid an ongoing…

Jakarta – Rejecting Government Regulation (PP) Number 78/2015 on Wages, the Fraternity of Indonesian Muslim Workers (PPMI) together with the…

Bekasi - Thousands of workers who were gathered at the East Jakarta Industrial Park (EJIP) in Cikarang in the Bekasi regency of West Java were…

Jakarta – Thousands of members of the Indonesian Workers Union, or KSPI, will stage nation-wide strikes from Nov. 24 to 27 protesting against…

Pekanbaru – Hundreds of police and Army personnel conducted sweeps on Monday against South and West Sulawesi delegates of the 29th…

Jakarta – The local administration of Luwu regency in South Sulawesi has banned the sale of condoms over concerns about teenagers having casual…

In desperate moments we discover our true friends in those who stand up for us, and House Speaker Setya Novanto may feel assured he does have a…

Haeril Halim, National – The panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday sentenced Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)…

John Mohammad, Jakarta – The 1999 law on freedom of opinion must be revised. The new Jakarta governor's regulation based on this law still limits…

PT Modern Internasional Tbk has reported decreased profits in some of its 7-Eleven outlets across Jakarta, after the alcohol ban…

Jakarta – Critic directed toward the government is not considered hate speech, National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti said on Tuesday, shedding…

Jakarta – Hundreds of laborers demonstrated in Jakarta on Tuesday after trade union leaders called of a national labor strike scheduled to take…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Hundreds of thousands of industrial workers across Greater Jakarta are set to hold mass strikes on Tuesday as part of a…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Papuan Legislator from Tolikara Electoral area, Orwan Tolli Wone, criticized the trial against two GIDI young…

Timor Leste's government will have to think long and hard about diversifying its economy, Prime Minister John Key says.

New Zealand Ministry…

Jakarta – Rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has praised an Indonesian government move to release Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma, who…

Haeril Halim, Bogor, West Java – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has said it will not move against special crimes division director…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Airforce has purchased a $55 million helicopter set to arrive in the country next year to support President Joko "Jokowi…

Jakarta – The land-distribution system in Jakarta, as well as in other Indonesian cities, which is based on price rather than social benefits is…

Timor Leste is running out of money due to the decline of its oil industry and government overspending.

The country, formerly known as East…

Pekanbaru – Scores of students from the Makassar chapter of the Association of Islamic Students (HMI) burned used tires and blocked…

Jakarta – Activists in the Jakarta satellite city of Bogor have filed suit against Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto for banning public celebrations of the…

Jakarta – Islamic hard-liners in Indonesia's least tolerant city have declared a national anti-Shiite movement, in a clear-cut case of hate speech…

Jakarta – Human rights groups have called on local administrations to apply a rights-friendly city concept as an attempt to prevent more human…

The nation has been spectator to an extremely shrewd political game in the past week; the political showdown was preceded by a revelation of…

Jakarta – Aboe Bakar Alhabsyi, a lawmaker for the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), wants the Indonesian "traitors" who attended proceedings of the…

Bambang Muryanto, Jakarta – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) communities in Yogyakarta celebrated on Friday the Transgender Day of…

Shane Rosenthal, Dili – The impending launch of the ASEAN Economic Community is being marked this week at a summit in Kuala Lumpur. It should also…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has said that it would allow Yudi Kristiana, a prosecutor seconded to the…

Jakarta – Cracks are beginning to show in the highest levels of President Joko Widodo's cabinet amid the unraveling of what could be the single…

Jakarta – A police observer has expressed concern over recent viral videos showing confrontations between police officers and civilians,…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police chief has ordered police personnel nationwide to send drug users immediately to rehabilitation…

Tama Salim and Rendi A. Witular – Members of the opposition Red-and-White Coalition (KMP) convened on Friday evening at the private residence of…

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara is set to resume exports following a nearly two-month hiatus after the mining company secured…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government must take into account certain risks before joining the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), as the final…

Tama Salim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto's future is looking increasingly uncertain, as he faces…