Robert Vanwi Subiyat, Jayapura – The Indonesian Military (TNI) said on Friday that a shooting that left dead two civilians and injured four in…

Mimika, Papua – Two people were killed and two others seriously injured when two soldiers opened fire in Timika Baru district, Mimika regency, in…

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri has warned journalists against twisting her…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Following protests from foreign media outlets, the Home Ministry on Thursday decided to revoke circulars that obliged all…

Jakarta – Indonesia and Timor Leste have committed to cooperate on forestry, agriculture, maritime and fisheries issues.

Timor Leste…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has fiercely condemned the Jakarta Corruption Court's decision on Thursday to…

Fedina S. Sundaryani and Tama Salim, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups warned that some of the candidates for the next cohort of…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The National Meeting of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in Surabaya, East Java on Thursday elected senior cleric Ma'ruf…

Jakarta – Dozens of former residents of Kampung Pulo in East Jakarta demonstrated in front of the house of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja…

Ina Parlina and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – After meetings with businesspeople and key economic policy makers, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Although insisting that laws against presidential insults should be restored to the Criminal Code (KUHP), the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has apologized for and withdrawn a regulation aimed at increasing…

Jakarta – Twenty-one families from Semarang in Central Java have filed a lawsuit against President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo over the demolition of…

Jakarta – A state elementary school in Banyuasin, South Sumatra, has banned its students from wearing veils while at school. The new rule, which…

Jakarta – Indonesia's chief welfare minister has come under fire for spending Rp 140 billion ($9.86 million) setting up a website that apparently…

Jakarta – East Timor will tap into its $16.6 billion oil fund to build the necessary infrastructure to attract non-energy investment, the prime…

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met visiting Timor Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria De Araujo at the State Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday, discussing…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is aiming to resolve any remaining territorial disputes with Timor Leste by the end of this year, President…

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung to immediately draft a circular, containing guidance for regional…

Wellington – The New Zealand government is investing 14.5 million NZ dollars (9.43 million US dollars) to help develop Timor-Leste's coffee and…

Jakarta – Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) lawyers have expressed their concern over the role of military and police personnel in a…

Chief of the National Police's detective corps Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso has stressed that the police will follow up on the report from lawyer Otto…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) reported on Monday that from May to August it received several…

Michael Taylor and Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – Freeport-McMoran said exports of copper from its giant Indonesian mine have slowed to a trickle over…

Agus Maryono and Suherdjoko, Kebumen/Semarang – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has called on the Army and local farmers in Kebumen to…

Emily Mitchell – It was six years last Friday (21/8/15) since the Montara oil spill began spewing into the Timor Sea. Lasting 74 days, it was the…

Santon Tekege – Nabire based human rights activist Gunawan Inggeruhi has stated that an oil palm company managed by PT New Nabire and PT SAD, has…

Djemi Amnifu and Suherdjoko, Kupang/Semarang – After being named official candidates for the country's first ever simultaneous elections for…

Sita W. Dewi and Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – While reiterating support for the city administration's development plans, National Commission on…

Jakarta – The director general for Political Affairs and General Administration at the Home Affairs Ministry, Soedarmo, said on Tuesday that the…

The Finance Ministry has issued a new regulation that offers a tax holiday of up to 20 years for companies operating in one of nine specified…

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – The city administration plans to evict 12,000 families occupying riverbanks this year, in order to speed up its…

Jakarta – Anti-graft watchdog Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) and the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YLBHI) are calling on President…

M. Nur Djuli, Banda Aceh, Aceh – "Bintang Bulan warnai HUT MoU" (The star and crescent moon color the MoU anniversary celebrations) screamed the…

Fedina S. Sundaryani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A committee tasked with selecting the next batch of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)…

Tom Allard – Indonesian authorities have shut down an investigation into allegations that judges asked for bribes in exchange for more lenient…

Jakarta – Activists called for an overarching judicial approach to Indonesia's past human rights violations at conference on Friday, saying…

Endy Bayuni – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo came up with a short and catchy slogan, Ayo Kerja (Let's Work), to mark Indonesia's 70th Independence…

Tama Salim, Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has criticized the government's plan to issue an…

Jakarta – Speaker of the House of Representatives Setya Novanto said that lawmakers would heed President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's call to halt the…

Tassia Sipahutar – Regions with low budget absorption stand to see their regional funds "frozen" by the central government.

Finance Minister…

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Kupang has initiated the development of "Kampung Toleransi Beragama" (religious tolerance village) in the Transad area,…

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has noted bad track records for 10 out of 19 candidates shortlisted to lead the Corruption Eradication…

Jakarta – The South Sulawesi Prosecutors' Office has again returned to the police the case dossier of Abraham Samad, the former chairman of the…

If only Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama had been eager to listen to a proposal on the kampung susun (elevated village) development…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As a sign that Indonesia is embracing expatriates to help lure foreign investment, the government has lifted several…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) started work on Friday to deal with the rampant illegal issuance of forest use permits by…

Mong Palatino – Timor-Leste's Ministry of Finance issued a press statement claiming that the small Southeast Asian nation is already among the…

Bhatara Ibnu Reza, Sydney – Ten years ago at the end of summer in Helsinki, the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) signed a memorandum of…

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – The Indonesian and Australian air forces will hold a joint exercise entitled, "Eagle Ausindo 2015" from August 21 to…