Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry is struggling to prepare the tender process for a large number of…

Banda Aceh – The sharia police in Aceh Besar regency, Aceh, conducted a public caning of six residents on Friday for cock-fight gambling.

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Suspended Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Bambang Widjojanto and antigraft activists have stepped…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – More than a dozen of Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan's subordinates from the National Police Educational Division (…

Lyndal Rowlands, United Nations – In Timor-Leste, the gap between rich and poor is most keenly felt by rural women and children. But while women…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The internal rift within the Golkar Party is dragging on, with the camp of Aburizal Bakrie filing a lawsuit at…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Following foreign media reports on alleged spying by New Zealand on Indonesia, National…

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As the National Police ignored a recommendation from the Press Council and pressed ahead with its move to…

Ezra Sihite, Erwin Christianson & Fana F.S. Putra, Jakarta – The State Palace emphasized on Thursday that it was not curbing the powers of the…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – One of the world's copper and gold giants, PT Freeport Indonesia, has pledged that it would process some of its…

Dominic Diongson – President Joko Widodo's plan to issue a regulation focusing more on graft prevention rather than enforcement – meaning…

A West Papuan leader says Indonesian lobbying of regional governments should not dilute the case for West Papuan membership in the Melanesian…

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officials, including directors and investigators, have pledged to…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Responding to mounting opposition from the public and current staff members of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK…

Neles Tebay, Abepura, Papua – Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi visited three Pacific countries this week, namely Papua New Guinea (PNG), the…

Tom Allard – The absurd display of military muscle during the transfer of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan to the site of their execution was as…

Bambang Muryanto, Magelang, Central Java – Muslim and Buddhist leaders from South and Southeast Asia have issued the Yogyakarta Statement, which…

Jewel Topsfield, Tom Allard – The Denpasar police chief has denied a grinning photograph of himself and condemned prisoner Andrew Chan was a…

Courtney Sherwood – An Oregon woman arrested on a drug charge while traveling in East Timor last September and who has maintained her innocence,…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – In what appears to be a threat to future press freedom, the National Police are following up on a report against…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Experts have warned that implementation of the Blasphemy Law could lead to the radicalization of Muslims.

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Semarang – Hundreds of members of the military command in Central Java's capital, Semarang, attended the screening of "Senyap" ("The Look of…

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is urging copper miner PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara to complete negotiations…

Papua New Guinea's media watchdog has demanded an explanation for why local journalists were blocked from asking questions about West Papua during…

Suva (The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch) – About 1000 signatures supporting West Papuan self-determination have been collected by the Ecumenical…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi has completed her one-week tour of four pacific nations, including three members of…

Hamish McDonald – Just about everyone following last year's elections in Indonesia got hooked by the beguiling Jokowi story: the Javanese boy…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's security forces must prioritize the prevention of terrorism in the country, President Joko Widodo said on…

Indonesia's golden era of corruption eradication has ended. Once the dust kicked up by Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan's nomination as police chief…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Farmers reported declining rice production throughout last year, indicating a challenging test for President Joko "…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Environmental group Greenpeace has suspended cooperation with giant Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) as police are trying to prevent…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Graft suspect Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan may walk free as the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) "admitted defeat" in…

Jakarta – Hundreds of employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) staged a walkout for a quarter of an hour and in protest at the…

Jakarta – Acting National Police chief Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti said police were still approaching those who have filed reports against suspended…

Jakarta – The Independent Journalists' Alliance (AJI) has called on the police not to criminalize media reporting on corruption since it was the…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) said Monday that South Jakarta District Court judge Sarpin Rizaldi could face dismissal if a…

Noviani Setuningsih & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla says that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) itself is to…

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama of Jakarta on Tuesday revealed more irregularities…

Jayapura – Three Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers at Cenderawasih Military Command are on trial charged with providing ammunition to armed…

Batang/Rembang, Central Java – Protests by fishermen against Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti's new ban on the use of some…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Nusa Dua, Bali – Contrary to earlier vows to remain united, the rift between rival camps within the National Mandate Party…

Hotman Siregar & Robertus Wardhy, Jakarta – The rift dividing Indonesia's oldest political party, Golkar, continued to widen as two rival…

The Indonesian Foreign Minister is visiting New Zealand today and meeting her counterpart Murray McCully, amid calls in Parliament for them to…

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – Uncertainty over the gas supply for planned industrial development in the eastern part of the country, particularly…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government may make existing tax allowances applicable to labor-intensive industries in an effort to reach its 2-…

Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's chief of staff Luhut Panjaitan has been granted greater authority to coordinate key policy…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Deti Mega Purnamasari & Carlos Paath, Jakarta – The National Democratic (NasDem) Party on Monday retracted its support…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Hari Baskoro, 39, said he was on a mission when attending Car Free Day on Jl. Sudirman and Jl. MH Thamrin on Sunday morning…

Mong Palatino – East Timor's new prime minister, Dr Rui Maria de Araujo, appealed for unity as a way to build a more inclusive and tolerant…

Jakarta – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi is rushing to put out diplomatic fires across the Pacific with back-to-back visits to…