Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA) has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to investigate the controversial decision…

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) will hand over the Budi Gunawan case to the National Police.

"To be more effective, I, in my…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A member of an independent team assisting President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo resolve tensions between the National Police and…

Erwin Sihombing & Fana F.S. Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's antigraft commission on Monday handed over its investigation into would-be police…

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Major lenders reported rising bad loans throughout last year but stakeholders have played down the impact on the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Nusa Dua, Bali – National Mandate Party (PAN) cofounder and senior politician Amien Rais has illustrated his strong grip…

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN), should strengthen its political appeal under new chairman Zulkifli Hasan and take…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Yustinus Paat, Nusa Dua, Bali/Jakarta – Zulkifli Hasan, the newly elected chairman of the National Mandate Party (…

The Foreign Ministers of Indonesia and Fiji have agreed to intensify consultations together within the Melanesian Spearhead Group framework.

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Religious leaders are urging Muslims nationwide to take the lead in promoting religious tolerance in multicultural…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Nusa Dua, Bali – Allegations of vote buying have marred the National Mandate Party's (PAN) national congress, where party…

Philip Dorling – A former Australian spy remains under police investigation more than 14 months after ASIO controversially raided his home and…

Rizal Harahap and Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Pekanbaru/Padang – Haze from forest and land fires in several regencies in Riau has started covering…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has warned its personnel against using social media, as it says doing so may compromise…

Bob Howarth, Dili – Timor-Leste's media scene has blossomed and grown successfully in 15 years.

I have watched it grow and was lucky enough…

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The death penalty is an inhuman form of punishment and not effective in deterring crime, the Indonesian Bishops…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Ezra Sihite & Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Indonesia's antigraft commission has vowed to follow up on a report by…

Parwito – The Solo chapter of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) accompanied by leading members of the Boyolali branch of the Pancasila Youth (PP)…

Farouk Arnaz & Fana F.S. Putra, Jakarta – National Police Deputy Chief Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti gave suspended antigraft fighter Bambang…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – History has proven that two out of three sitting chairmen of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have been forced…

Haeril Halim and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Since its inception in 2003, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has endured a series of…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leadership has said that for the remainder of its 10-month tenure, it will…

Tabita Diela, Jakarta – Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board, or BKPM, has vowed to accelerate land clearing and power generation permits to…

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Acting Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Taufiqurrahman Ruki has vowed to pursue corruption…

Jakarta – Following on from former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali, former House of Representatives Commission VII overseeing energy…

Hotman Siregar, Fana F.S. Putra & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Supreme Court must order all judges not to accept pretrial motions…

Ina Parlina, Bogor, West Java – Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, reiterated on Thursday its support for President Joko "…

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – The Jakarta City Council on Thursday unanimously decided to launch an inquiry against…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesia and Singapore are working to improve defense relations after last year's spat over the naming of a Usman Harun…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In a compromise to resolve a dispute in the United Development Party (PPP), the Jakarta…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Child rights non-governmental organization Plan International and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The country's judiciary is suffering a shortage of judges and is struggling to fill positions mostly in district…

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo, already under increasingly heavy fire over the imminent execution of 11 drug convicts, on Wednesday was presented…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has rolled out its plan to use the restive region of Poso in Central Sulawesi as the training…

Haeril Halim, Fedina S. Sundaryani and Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta/Makassar – The National Police have continued to fire a barrage of charges against…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Human rights campaigners have called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to remain independent in his choice of a…

Amalinda Savirani – After a narrow victory that brought someone from outside the country's old guard into office, some supporters of Indonesian…

Jakarta – The Ombudsman Commission announced it had found National Police's arrest of an antigraft deputy last month violated ethics rules.

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Fedina S. Sundaryani and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The new interim leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have continued to reach…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police will question suspended Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioner Bambang…

Jakarta – A seminar held to discuss accessibility to health services for victims of Indonesia's 1965-66 anti-communist purge was disrupted by…

Woodside's decision to shelve its Sunrise LNG project has not dented East Timor's desire for the resource to be developed.

Woodside last…

Jewel Topsfield and Tom Allard – Indonesian authorities executed a Brazilian man last month without allowing a priest to perform the last rites as…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Calls are mounting for Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to apologize for his controversial demand that…

Kupang – Ninth Regional Military Command (Kodam IX) Udayana commander Maj. Gen. Torry Djohar Banguntoro said on Monday that the Indonesian…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Tired of an endless barrage of celebrity gossip on your TV? Now you can complain about it from the palm of your hand…

Jakarta – Former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali filed a pretrial petition at the South Jakarta District Court on Monday in an attempt…

Haeril Halim and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Doubts have mounted over the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) future commitment to…

Haeril Halim and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Despite recent gestures of rapprochement, the National Police has decided to proceed with its…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – For the last 70-or-so years, Indonesia and Australia have been in a dynamic relationship, frequently punctuated…