Bernadette Christina & Randy Fabi, Jakarta – Indonesians are smoking less than before, and that poses a dilemma for a government that faces a…

Bayu Marhaenjati & Mikael Niman, Bekasi/Jakarta – The death toll from an explosion at a cosmetics factory on the outskirts of Jakarta has…

Mark Colvin: One of our nearest neighbours, East Timor, is still so poor that many people lack even the most basic access to health care.

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East Timor's former president, Jose Ramos Horta, says that he does not think an independence campaign for the Indonesian province of West Papua…

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State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Sutiyoso says that the riot in Tolikara, Papua was aimed at attacking President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – As the government expects more and more people to register for its National Health Insurance (JKN) program, a recent…

One death was too many. A 15-year-old died from gunshot wounds while at least 11 others were injured, mostly teenagers, when police opened fire…

Dili – Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo thanked the Cuban government and health collaborators for the support offered for over a decade.

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Andreyka Natalegawa, Jakarta – Members of the Ahmadiyah community in Indonesia continue to be discriminated against and religious leaders say a…

Jakarta – Among a line of empty houses on Jl. Madrasah 1 in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, on Friday morning, a two-story green building was crowded…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – In the early morning of Monday, local residents in Bantul, Yogyakarta, and Purworejo, Central Java, managed to foil…

Teropong Senayan – The razing of an Islamic prayer room in the Tolikara district of Papua was carried out by a group pursuing the agenda of the…

Jakarta – Police on Wednesday were set to charge several suspects linked to the torching of a mosque in Papua's Tolikara district last week as…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo apparently tried to avoid public attention on his visit to former…

Jakarta – As the General Elections Commission (KPU) has revised regional election regulations to accommodate parties with dual leadership, camps…

Jakarta – Indonesia's newly inaugurated intelligence chief, Sutiyoso, has dismissed criticism that his agency failed to prevent a small-scale…

As a nation, Indonesia has one major piece of unfinished business: providing a solid, unshaken and irreversible foundation for pluralism to…

Security across the country has been raised as provocative messages spread online in the aftermath of the burning down of a small mosque in…

Jakarta – Indonesia's legal frameworks fail to enforce transparency in the use of public funding for electoral campaigns by political parties,…

Felix Utama Kosasih, Jayapura – Amid the festivities surrounding the Eid al-Fitr celebration in Indonesia, the peace and happiness characteristic…

One of the main foundations of modern Indonesia was the awareness that the nation could only survive if it would accept, respect and accommodate…

Adi Marsiela, Cipaku Village, West Java – The Cipaku village square is located, fittingly enough for this agrarian heart of West Java, in the…

Johannes Nugroho – Ditching initial plans for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Indonesian government has instead opted for a mere…

Melanie Burton & Michael Taylor, Melbourne/Jakarta – Indonesian tin smelters are finding it harder to get credit from banks and trading houses…

Oktovianus Pogau, Tolikara – The president of the Indonesian Evangelical Church (Gereja Injili di Indonesia, GIDI), Reverend Dorman Wandikmbo…

Putri Adityowati, Cunding Levi, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is currently investigating the perpetrators behind…

Jayapura, Jubi – The Indonesian Fellowship of Churches and Evangelical institutions (PGLII) has condemned the destruction and arson attack on an…

Eveline Danubrata and Cindy Silviana, Jakarta – Investors hoping for President Joko Widodo to speed up work on Indonesia's infrastructure projects…

Dini Pramita, Jakarta – President of the Evangelical Church in Inonesia (GIDI), Rev. Dorman Wandikmbo, said the unrest was initially caused by the…

Jakarta – The burning down of a small mosque in Karubaga, in Papua's Tolikara district on Friday, just as local Muslims prepared for Idul Fitri…

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the actions of the police of the Republic of Indonesia, which has been actively working towards…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday grilled Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P)…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Bantul Police in Yogyakarta on Tuesday managed to prevent a local Muslim group from forcibly shutting down an…

Jakarta – Calls are mounting thick and fast for President Joko Widodo to fire a controversial police general behind an ongoing campaign to…

Jakarta – A number of activists united in the Civil Society Coalition said on Thursday that the National Police had arbitrarily made use of laws…

Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – The country's monthly exports rose slightly in June, but the surge is still insignificant as export figures for the…

Fedina S. Sundaryani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As controversy surrounding criminal allegations against two Judicial Commission members heats up,…

Cara Buckley – In the Oscar-nominated 2013 documentary "The Act of Killing" and now in a companion film, "The Look of Silence," an especially…

Washington (ETAN/Pacific Media Watch) – The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) has called for action over what it describes United…

Rochimawati, Arie Dwi Budiawati- Although the nominal wage of agricultural and urban informal workers increased in 2015, their real wages declined…

Kupang – The Alliance of Independence Journalists (AJI) and the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) chapter of the Indonesian Television Journalist…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – A new report into the 2009 Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea has called for a full independent investigation into the…

Farouk Arnaz & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – A war of words has broken out between the Indonesian police force and the country's second-biggest…

Haeril Halim and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) has urged the Supreme Court, which oversees…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Basuki Tjahaja Purnama on Wednesday did something no other Indonesian leader has done since the late Abdurrahman "…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Around 30 members of the Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) have attempted to close down the Indonesian Baptist Church in…

Michael Zelenko – When Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing came out in the summer of 2013, few had seen anything like it. In 2002, Oppenheimer…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained prominent advocate OC Kaligis on Tuesday evening, just hours after…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government's main argument against raising the excise level for tobacco is that it will make cigarettes unaffordable for…