A note of caution has been sounded about Indonesian government plans to carve up another province out of Papua region. This comes as lawmakers…

Reverend Dormon Wandikbo is a leading member of the GIDI, or Gereja Injili di Indonesia, a Protestant church which, unlike other leading…

The Governor of Indonesia's Papua province Lukas Enembe says moves to form a Melanesian Brotherhood among five Indonesian provinces is mainly…

Jakarta – The Aceh administration will start implementing a new, tougher Qanun Jinayat (Islamic criminal bylaw) on Friday, with wider scope and…

Fedina S. Sundaryani – A year-long internal survey conducted by the National Police has concluded that the West Java Police was the best…

Jakarta – The Jakarta city Manpower and Transmigration Agency has proposed using an old formula to decide the 2016 minimum wage by taking into…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The Coordinating Investment Board (BKPM) said despite the gloomy domestic outlook, Indonesia's realized investments…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) reported the growth of Indonesia's labor-intensive sector investments declined…

Jakarta – The National Police added on Tuesday five more foreign firms to their list of companies suspected of causing forest fires in Sumatra and…

Yogyakarta – Indonesian Islamic Front (FUI) members asked dozens of Afghan asylum seekers placed at Ambarbinangun Youth Hall in Bantul, Yogyakarta…

Neles Tebay, Abepura – This year has seen a new development in the Papuan struggle.

The resistance against Indonesia's rule over the…

Jakarta – The sales of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) in Indonesia have grown at a snail's pace during the past several months as people have…

Jakarta – The majority of buses operated by PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) along the 12 busway corridors across the city have failed to…

Jakarta – Indonesia's president will soon sign a decree authorising the use of chemical castration to punish paedophiles, the attorney general…

Jakarta – An additional sanction for child sex offenders, in the form of castration, has received support from the Women's Empowerment and Child…

Jakarta – The idea of injecting men who sexually abuse children with female hormones to reduce their sex drive has received support from many…

Edna Tarigan, Jakarta – Bonar Tigor Naipospos, deputy chairman of the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace, warned on Wednesday that the…

A Papua church leader says media reports about the recent burning of a small mosque in Tolikara have largely mis-represented relations between…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government is set to cancel its plan to relax certification requirements for downstream timber products.

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Jakarta – The rift that has sheared Indonesia's oldest political party appears no closer to healing, despite a ruling by the highest court in the…

Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch has given President Joko Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla a score of five out of 10 for their…

Paris – Reporters Without Borders is very disappointed by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's performance over freedom of information and media…

Gorontalo – The Gorontalo District Court has sentenced Gorontalo governor Rusli Habibie to eight months in jail after being found guilty in a…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – A campus magazine has been taken off the shelves and its journalists have been interrogated by police for publishing a…

Dozens of students marched on the Indonesian Embassy in the New Zealand capital, Wellington, today to protest over continuing violence from the…

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Jakarta – Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said that the ministry would still achieve its year-end targets despite…

Jakarta – Today's first anniversary of the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration brought a common theme as supporters and detractors alike both…

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – In the first year of his administration, furniture businessman cum politician Joko "Jokowi" Widodo still lacks the…

Samantha Hawley in Jakarta, staff – One year after he was inaugurated as Indonesia's president, Joko Widodo has disappointed the hopeful and…

Jakarta – Despite repeatedly dodging questioning and having to explain the mountain of irregularities surrounding their trip to the United States…

Jakarta – When President Joko Widodo came into office one year ago today, his Awesome Indonesia Coalition made up just 208 out of 560 seats at the…

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers and students demonstrated in front of the State Palace on Tuesday to mark President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice…

Reporters Without Borders is very disappointed by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's performance as regards freedom of information and media freedom…

Jakarta – Education and Culture Minister Anies Baswedan is on the right track toward improving the quality of national education, say education…

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – Indonesians are unhappy with the performance of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, mostly…

Jakarta – At least 30 asylum seekers hailing mainly from Afghanistan had to be relocated from their temporary shelter in Yogyakarta after an anti-…

The joint ministerial decree on the building of houses of worship needs to be revised to avoid religious intolerance, said Home Minister Tjahjo…

Jakarta – The National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti said on Monday that he removed Adj. Sr. Cmr. Budi Samekto as Aceh Singkil police chief…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Hundreds of Indonesian Military personnel have been dispatched to extinguish spot fires across southern Papua that…

Jakarta – Over 50 percent of textile, electronic, toy and food imports are illegal, industry players say.

Indonesian Textile Association (…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police has said it will appoint 10,000 spots across Jakarta to monitor child abuse, after several cases of violence against…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Hundreds of copies of a student magazine published by student publishing institution (LPM) Lentera at the Satya Wacana…

Jakarta – The Association of Semarang Communities for Human Rights (PMS-HAM) said on Tuesday it had reported the retraction of Lentera, a student…

National – Indonesia's second largest Islamic organization, Muhammadiyah, has rejected the government's plan to declare Oct. 22 as National Santri…

Jakarta – The Independent Alliance of Journalists, or AJI, has criticized police and military for the alleged intimidation of journalists covering…

Jakarta – Indonesian Ulema Coucil (MUI) chairman Din Syamsuddin said that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's plan to name Oct. 22 a national santri…

Jayapura, Jubi – Native Papuans in seven indigenous territories will welcome the arrival of a fact-finding team from the Pacific Island Forum (PIF…

Robert Isidorus, Jayapura, Papua – West Papua has declared itself as the world's "first conservation province" in a signed declaration on Monday,…

Jakarta – A public opinion poll conducted by the Indonesian Public Opinion Research and Discussion Group (Kedai Kopi) found that the majority of…