Jayapura – The Papuan Police questioned Evangelical Church in Indonesia (GIDI) president Dorman Wandikbo for six hours on Sunday over a fatal…

Jakarta – Indonesia and Timor-Leste have agreed to increase cooperation, especially in the fields of border trade and investment.

"I expect…

Dear Pacific Island Forum leaders,

We are writing to you at a critical juncture for the people of West Papua and regional recognition of…

Lindsay Murdoch, Kuala Lumpur – Foreign minister Julie Bishop has signalled that Australia's relationship with Indonesia is back on track after a…

Indonesia made a step forward in its democracy when in 2006 the Constitutional Court annulled clauses in the Criminal Code on defamation of the…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police chief Ins. Gen. Tito Karnavian urged car drivers on Wednesday to keep a cool head in the city with the worst traffic…

Jakarta – Home minister and PDI-P politician Tjahjo Kumolo proposed on Tuesday increasing regional heads' salaries to Rp 50 million (US$3,713), or…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The long-awaited revision of the government's tax holiday policy is expected to attract more investors to enter…

Jakarta – The government is seeking to restore defamation of the president as a criminal offense, a provision that had been removed from the…

Amid recent criticism, the police, especially the Jakarta Police, deserve credit for their quick move to unveil corrupt practices behind the…

Djemi Amnifu and Indra Harsaputra, Kupang/Surabaya – Local election organizers in several regions have failed to attract more than one pair of…

Jakarta – The Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has received reports of irregularities during registration for regional head elections slated…

Erwin Sihombing, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court has revoked a decision by prosecutors to pursue corruption charges against former…

Ari Susanto & Vento Saudale, Solo/Bogor/Jakarta – The Central Java government has earmarked funds in anticipation of a clean-water crisis…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jombang, East Java – Hundreds of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) youth gathered on Sunday on the sidelines of the country's largest Islamic…

Raras Cahyafitri, Banggai, Central Sulawesi – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that numerous big projects in the country are being left…

Jakarta, Jubi – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno said the government is adopting a…

Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – The annual inflation rate is expected to remain under control through to the end of the year despite concerns the long…

October 1 marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the 1965 genocide in Indonesia that left over one million people dead. Human rights…

Open letter to Pacific Island Forum leaders – West Papua must be raised at the 46th Pacific Islands Forum Meeting.

Dear Pacific…

Bojonegoro, East Java – Thousands of angry workers at a construction site at the Banyu Urip oil field in Bojonegoro, East Java, reportedly…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jombang, East Java – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo opened on Saturday the 33rd national congress, or muktamar, of the Nahdlatul…

Haeril Halim/Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The country's second-largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, held a plenary session on Saturday in…

Jakarta – The minister for women's empowerment and child protection has called on parents to snoop on their teenaged children's mobile phones to…

Nick Xenophon – East Timor is one of the world's youngest and poorest countries located just off our north-west coast. Approximately 45 per cent…

Andreyka Natalegawa, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo must put careful consideration and thought into planning prospective changes in the…

Jakarta – Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of first president Sukarno, has said she would like to give an award to North Korean leader Kim…

Jakarta – Indonesia is ready to finalized cooperation plans with Turkey related to the development of a primary weaponry system (Alutsista).

Jakarta – A host of benchmark publicly listed companies suffered double-digit plunges in first-half net profits, something unseen since 2008, as…

Anggi M. Lubis, Jakarta – Indonesia's two state banks Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) and Bank Mandiri reported lower growth in their net profits in…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Days after CCTV footage appeared to have helped facilitate the safe return of a child abducted from a Jakarta…

Edward Aspinall, Marcus Mietzner & Dirk Tomsa, Guest Contributors – Under 'moderating president' Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia's…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – As Jakarta's shortfall of affordable housing deepens, many developers are failing to meet their obligation to build low-…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The controversial police general overseeing dubious criminal investigations against antigraft officials promised on Friday…

Kit Yin Boey – Camp Leakey, Kalimantan – The bushes shook violently and the female orangutan froze. Her baby clutched her tightly before the two…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Singapore High Court has awarded material compensation for the Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) and two of its…

Suherdjoko and Jon Afrizal, Semarang/Jambi – The government's efforts to improve food security are facing a tough road ahead after several regions…

Jakarta – Indonesia's top clerical council is demanding the government draw up legislation to make tourism in the country compliant with Islamic…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Donning a long-sleeve green blouse with a black headscarf, Evi Susanti, the second wife of North Sumatra Governor Gatot…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Muslim clerics across the nation have urged law enforcement agencies and courts to be steadfast in dealing with…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The latest fatwa from the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) declaring the national health insurance (JKN) program to be…

Jakarta – Indonesia's consumer confidence worsened in the first half of this year as the economy deteriorated with no signs of a quick recovery,…

Jakarta – In the current era of easily accessible information, the Indonesian government needs to keep an eye on the media, the recently appointed…

Jakarta – Forensic experts are urging law enforcers to heed results of scientific examinations by credible professionals in order to avoid…

Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court has rejected a lawsuit against the release of Pollycarpus Budihari Prijanto, who was previously…

Jakarta – As the growing world population will need more energy, food and water, future conflict is likely to shift to countries rich in such…

Oktovianus Pogau, Jayapura – The president of the Evangelical Church of Indonesia (GIDI), Pastor Dorman Wandikmbo insists that the mushola (small…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Bali-based Sukarno Center will this year award its annual prize for global statesmanship to Kim Jong Un of…

Jayapura, Jubi – Human right activist Markus Haluk said the threat of Papuan population has became obvious. The population of indigenous Papuan…

Jakarta – The Indonesian delegates would raise the issue of membership of Timor Leste in ASEAN during the 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in…