Ezra Sihite, Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo returned to Jakarta early on Tuesday from his first…

Fadli, Batam – Press Council chairman Bagir Manan warned that the Indonesian press was currently facing problems rooted in partisanship, media…

Fadli, Batam – The perception of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as a media darling took a battering on Monday, as senior press figures slammed the…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Internal rifts within the elites of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) that mark the ongoing transfer of power from the group's…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) rejected on Monday all arguments against the prosecution of National Police…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Manpower Minister Hanif Dakhiri, who accompanied President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's on his recent state visit to…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government will soon take drastic measures to tackle chronic and acute malnutrition in the country, deemed to…

After leading East Timor since independence, Xanana Gusmao has resigned as PM, paving the way for a government overhaul. DW examines his life from…

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Around a thousand Muslim intellectuals, clerics and representatives from various Islamic organizations are currently…

Jakarta – The city council of Jember in East Java has distanced itself from statements made by one of its lawmakers after he said last week all…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Rangga Prakoso & Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Scenes of apocalyptic inundation that paralyzed much of Jakarta on Monday…

Dewanti A. Wardhani and Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Greater Jakarta residents are expected to be cautious for the next few days, as heavy rainfall was…

Jakarta – Widespread flooding in the capital city has displaced 5,986 residents in 307 neighborhoods located in 97 subdistricts in the capital…

Linda Yulisman and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – In its plenary session on Monday, the House of Representatives agreed 37 bills set for deliberation…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Human rights activists have called on President Joko Widodo to formally ban all so-called virginity tests by…

Hamish McDonald – Just over five years ago, Indonesians were transfixed by a political-legal brawl that came to be known as the "Crocodile versus…

Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato has reaffirmed his government's support for Indonesian territorial sovereignty in West Papua and…

Paulina Quintao – Member of the National Parliament MP Aurelio Freitas claims services at the National Hospital Guido Valadares (HNGV) are…

Dili – East Timor's president is expected to decide on a new prime minister by the end of this week after accepting the resignation of…

Venidora Oliveira – Members of Parliament have called for protection detail to be available to female justice officials when serving court summons…

East Timor's president Taur Matan Ruak has accepted Xanana Gusmao's resignation as prime minister, leaving the former resistance fighter to wind…

Paulina Quintao – Child Rights Group Representative from Ermera District, Ivonia Martins, believes the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) is…

Jakarta – Media magnate Hary Tanoesoedibjo on Saturday launched to great fanfare a new political party called the United Indonesia Party (Perindo…

SP/Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has denied reports that a joint venture between Malaysia's national car manufacturer and a…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Indonesian environmentalists have protested the government's plan to use a portion of funds from fuel subsidy…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A petition has been launched calling on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to ratify the UN's Framework Convention on…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Sorong – Around 1,500 people congregated on Monday on the streets of Rufei district, Sorong, West Papua, demanding that the…

There are signs that Papua New Guinea's government may be backtracking from comments made by the prime minister last week that it is time to speak…

Paulina Quintao – Lack of health posts and housing for doctors is preventing health care from reaching remote rural areas according to Deputy…

Angela Macdonald-Smith – Woodside Petroleum has called for a resolution between Australian and East Timor of the renewed uncertainty over the…

Jakarta – Experts are warning of the possibility of growing interference by cigarette-industry players at the House of Representatives as a draft…

Another day, another controversial move from President Joko Widodo. We are left scratching our heads seeing him witness the signing of a…

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has left Indonesians flabbergasted with his decision to appoint a little-known company led by a political…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumer Foundation (YLKI) has called for the removal of the draft tobacco affairs bill from the 2015-2019 National…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police have cleared the chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) from an allegation of illegal…

Jakarta – The head of the Indonesia Police Watch (IPW), Neta S.Pane, urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to immediately inaugurate Comr. Gen.…

Jakarta – Rights group Indonesian Women's Network (JPI) has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to realize promises to provide non-…

Michael Bachelard – The people of Lolat in the high mountains of West Papua had their first experience of a white man in 1968, and it was a…

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The capital's police force has promised to crack down on traffic officers taking bribes from road users.

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Damien Kingsbury – The resignation from office by East Timor's prime minister, Xanana Gusmao, was not unexpected. He had flagged his intentions…

Jakarta – Labora Sitorus, the low-ranking police officer in West Papua who was sentenced to 15 years in prison but who is currently at liberty, is…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The National Police Commission (Kompolnas), which is tasked by law to advise the President on the appointment of the…

Hans Nicholas Jong and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The National Police refrained from taking action that could escalate tensions in their standoff with…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The public and media have once again given mixed reviews to the Cabinet of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, with some…

Hans Nicholas Jong and Nani Afrida, Jakarta – As members of civil society organizations express their concern over the expanding role of the…

Papua New Guinea's prime minister Peter O'Neill has promised to do more to speak out on behalf of Melanesians in Indonesian West Papua. In the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, National – Indonesia will soon have a legal foundation for its defense agreements with both East Timor and Pakistan, as…

Jakarta – Across a vast archipelagic country with diverse sets of values and a strongly decentralised political framework – local politicians in…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Rahajeng K.H. & Harso Kurniawan, Jakarta – Four months have passed since a law requiring all food and pharmaceutical…

Moksa Hutasoit, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers form the Indonesian Metal Workers Trade Union Federation (FSPMI) demonstrated at the Corruption…