Jon Afrizal and Rizal Harahap, Jambi/Pekanbaru – It is believed that oil palm plantations and industrial forest companies have played roles in the…

Tama Salim, Jakarta – Facing various administrative hurdles and a tighter schedule this sitting period, the House of Representatives will only aim…

Jayapura, Papua – Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa has launched the Prostitution-Free National Movement 2015 in the Papua…

Jakarta – As giant developers begin their mega projects, constructing islets for commercial purposes as part of a controversial coastal…

Jakarta – Residents from a flood-prone area in Jakarta clashed with city officials during a forced eviction on Thursday, prompting security forces…

Jakarta – Residents of the flood-prone area of Kampung Pulo in East Jakarta were involved in a clash with Public Order Agency officers on Thursday…

Raras Cahyafitri and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo made a rare rebuke on Wednesday after a rift between two members of his…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Hopes are high for newly appointed Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar…

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that the country still needed the Corruption Eradication Commission to combat corruption.

He also…

It remains unclear whether the West Papuan activist Filep Karma will soon walk free from Abepura Prison in Indonesia's eastern region.

Karma…

Archipelago – The Central Java administration plans to revise outdated regional regulations on prostitution that charge illegal sex workers a…

Carmel Sepuloni was one of around ten MPs who met with the visiting secretary-general of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Octo Mote…

Jakarta – Australia and Indonesia will co-host a meeting of regional law enforcement and national security agencies to discuss ways of blocking…

Jakarta – The Supreme Court (MA) has decided to reject the Judicial Commission's (KY) recommendation regarding the alleged breach of ethics by…

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has slammed the media's coverage of a statement by its party chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri…

Jakarta – Workers have demanded that the management of steel factory PT Karawang Prima Sejahtera Steel (PT KPSS) in West Java improve its…

Jakarta – Women's rights activists plan to personally meet with Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo to persuade him to annul laws and bylaws that…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court's conviction of child sexual abuse that sentenced five contracted cleaners…

Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – Amid the economic slowdown, Indonesia has extended its trade surplus to US$1.33 billion in July, caused by a decline…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Australia's relationship with Indonesia is like that of two porcupines in the middle of a cold night, according to a…

Defense minister Ryamizard Ryacudu says that the government does not need to apologise to the families of former Indonesian Communist Party (PKI)…

Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H. Laoly said that the government continued to review a proposal to make a public apology to the…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Newly inaugurated Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said that…

Jakarta – Flawed regulations have given rise to stigma and discrimination toward people with disabilities. In response, activists have called on…

Jakarta – Graft defendants on average get only two years and one month in prison, according to the Indonesian Corruption Watch's (ICW)…

Jakarta – Nearly 2,000 graft convicts are among more than 118,000 inmates across Indonesia gifted hefty sentence cuts in the observance of the…

By Max Lane

Executive summary

Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – The government expects to attract more foreign direct investments as growth in some of Indonesia's manufacturing…

Jakarta – There was little remorse and plenty of deflection from Indonesia's notoriously traffic-blind community of Harley-Davidson bikers and…

Montreal/Toronto – Indonesia scored poorly on a 2014 safety audit by the United Nations' aviation agency largely because its Transportation…

Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry gave sentence reductions to hundreds of graft convicts locked up in the country's prisons on…

Jakarta – Former President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Tuesday drew attention to ad hoc institutions in Indonesia, especially the existence of the…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua is calling on the Pacific Islands Forum leaders to send a human rights fact finding mission to the…

Jakarta – As the Indonesian automotive industry keeps lowering sales targets, the premium market segment seems to be avoiding much of the pain…

The widow of Australian journalist Greg Shackleton says it's a disgrace that a retired general implicated in the murder of the Balibo Five has…

Tama Salim, Jakarta – In celebration of the 70th year of the country's independence, the government is planning to produce a grand spectacle by…

Anne-Sophie Gindroz, Denpasar, Bali – "Why are you leaving now? Come back here! I have told the truth but you do not believe me. Let's take an…

While New Zealand protesters were giving an emphatic thumbs down to the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership corporate slap in the face of democracy…

Auckland – West Papuan pro-independence leader Octo Mote, currently visiting New Zealand on a lobbying mission, marched in solidarity along with…

Jakarta – A US Congress delegation met with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Saturday at the State Palace in Jakarta, calling for stronger…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Cirebon, West Java – As the nation prepares to celebrate its 70th Independence Day on Monday, concerns are brewing over the…

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has warned President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo not to mess with freedom of speech and…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police will question prominent lawyer Otto Cornelis Kaligis soon in response to a police report he…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The former chairman of the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) team, Pieter Feith, has said that Aceh administrations…

Ben Hillier – "West Papuans know this day, 15 August, as 'Betrayal Day'." Jacob Rumbiak, a veteran leader of the West Papuan nationalist movement…

Jakarta – The 70th Independence Day anniversary cultural parade in the Pamekasan regency in East Java on Saturday has made the news after its…

Ina Parlina, Margareth S. Aritonang and Tama Salim, Jakarta – In spite of his call for unity and civility in politics, critics said President Joko…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Tama Salim, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) could exercise more influence in the…

Hery H Winarno – Hundreds of people took to the streets to demonstrate in front of the Grahadi building in the East Java provincial capital of…

Thursday's Cabinet reshuffle was probably the source of the upbeat tone of the first State of the Nation address from President Joko "Jokowi"…