Indonesia's manufacturers said that they had been concerned since Malaysia and Vietnam joined with eight countries in the Trans Pacific…

Jakarta – A prominent Russian representative has welcomed the opportunity to develop the peaceful use of nuclear power in Indonesia after a number…

Jakarta – App-based motorcycle taxis, known locally as ojek, including GoJek and GrabBike have a new contender on the streets of Jakarta with the…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia has asked Australia to help it fight forest fires raging through Kalimantan and Sumatra that have created…

Jakarta – Public satisfaction with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kala is continuously declining, according to a survey…

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Rizal Ramli dished out a sharp critique once more, and this time it was directed against foreign…

Jakarta – Trisakti University criminal law expert Abdul Fickar Hajar said on Thursday that the revision of Law No. 30/2002 on the Corruption…

Havana – Cuban parliament President Esteban Lazo welcomed today Timor Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo, in a meeting that ratified the…

Havana, Cuba – Having extended the Medical Program of the Family throughout East Timor by November 2016 is the aspiration of Rui Maria de Araujo,…

Jayapura, Jubi – Human right activist said the apology conveyed by Cenderawasih XVII Regional Military Commander in the 70th Anniversary of…

Venidora Oliveira – The II General Command of the National Police Timor-Leste (PNTL) Commissioner Faustina da Costa said the death of Paulino Gama…

Venidora Oliveira – The Deputy Director of Mahein Foundation (FM), a local NGO that monitors the security and defence sector in Timor-Leste, Joao…

Paulina Quintao – The Executive Director of the Legal Assistance for Women and Children (ALFeLa) Merita Correia said in 2014, 46% of cases it…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Military Chief Maj General Hinsa Siburian declined to disclose details on proposal to form of a task force on peace in…

Rui Maria de Araujo – Most people will not have even heard of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, let alone be able to point out where it is…

It is frustrating that serious human rights abuses in Indonesian-controlled West Papua continue to fly below the radar.

This year there has…

Jakarta – Tantowi Yahya, deputy chairman of Commission I of the House of Representatives, said on Monday that all factions of the legislature…

Jakarta – Antigraft watchdog Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has criticized several articles in the draft revision of Law No. 30/2002 on the…

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – If I had to sacrifice the lives of two million Indonesians to save the lives of 200 million Indonesians, I would do so:…

A murder in public view in an East Java village takes us back to the dark days of impunity, an end to which was promised by President Joko "Jokowi…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – About 100 protestors representing thousands of residents who have been evicted, or who expect to be evicted soon, grouped…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A proposal for a Munaslub (extraordinary national congress) to select a new chairman to lead the Golkar Party…

Ina Parlina, Tangerang, Banten – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday launched an investment program that will monitor 16 companies in the…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – An Australian company is being investigated by Indonesian police over a fire on a palm oil plantation in Borneo as the…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Despite criticism from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) and Corruption Eradication Commission…

Jakarta – A team of House members have alleged that the Lumajang Police did not respond correctly to threats received by Samsul, or Salim Kancil,…

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – Malaysia has ordered all schools to close for two days as choking haze blanketing a large swathe of south-east Asia is…

Abraham Utama, Jakarta – A new life begins after 50. This is what has been the case for a number of retired Indonesian military (TNI) generals,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Marking its 70th year of existence on Monday, the Indonesian Military (TNI) has been accused of becoming more…

Muhammad Kemal Macharani, Jakarta – Scores of activists from the movement Indonesia Without Militarism (ITM) held a protest action in front of the…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (Gapki) says the government should provide support and pay close attention to the national…

Linawati Sidarto, Contributor, Amsterdam – While slavery in Dutch colonies in America is a known historical fact, hardly anyone is aware that up…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Defying public pressure, the North Maluku Police have reiterated that they will continue their investigation into…

Havana – Timor-Leste's Prime Minister, Rui Maria de Araujo, will pay tribute today to Cuba"s National Hero, Jose Marti, as part of his official…

Bhatara Ibnu Reza, Sydney – The Indonesian Military (TNI) celebrates its 70th anniversary on Oct. 5. This makes TNI one of Asia's oldest national…

Pandaya – Recent hearings at the Jakarta Corruption Court gave the public a glimpse of how two former Cabinet ministers allegedly spent public…

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has called on the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council to do more in investigating and monitoring…

Jakarta – An international rights group has called on authorities in Aceh to immediately release unconditionally two women arrested on suspicion…

Riky Ferdianto, Jakarta – The Palu municipal government in Central Sulawesi will issue an official apology to families of the victims of the 1965…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) senior economist Didik J. Rachbini has warned that the…

Jakarta – Following a warning by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) that Indonesia may face a shortage of farmers as more and more young…

Banda Aceh – Islamic Shariah police in Indonesia's devout Aceh province say two suspected lesbians apprehended this past week in a tourist resort…

Tama Salim and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – On the 50th anniversary of the 1965 communist purge, US Senator Tom Udall has reintroduced a…

Jakarta – The government will launch a help desk dedicated to helping to solve problems in the textile and footwear industries in a bid to prevent…

Jakarta – The court trial of two British journalists for allegedly filming a documentary about piracy in the Malacca Strait has set a very bad…

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – "People don't resist change. They resist being changed!" said American systems scientist and senior lecturer at the…

Business – Business owners are speaking out against the issuance of Ministerial Regulation No. 6/2015 on the control and supervision of the…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – This month marks the 50th year Indonesia has been ignoring the murder of more than half a million people. The gruesome…

John Roosa, Vancouver – At the base of the Pancasila Sakti Monument, below the towering statue of Gen. Ahmad Yani, is a plaque with the…

Nithin Coca – In the heart of Medan, Indonesia third largest city and the setting for much of Joshua Oppenheimer's Oscar-nominated documentary The…