Fransisco Rosarians, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno has issued another controversial…

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Moeldoko has said soldiers are ready to help maintain security in connection with the lengthy…

Jakarta – The police general who has pursued a raft of dubious criminal cases against antigraft commissioners who charged his superior with…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday warned President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo that his indecisiveness in…

Jakarta – National Police Detective Corps Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso said he would clean the unit from "traitors" that have caused the prosecution of…

Hotman Siregar, Edi Hardum & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A majority of Indonesians believe that there are hidden motives behind the National…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Several lawmakers are continuing to push President Joko Widodo to inaugurate graft suspect…

Tom Allard – East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has offered his resignation to the country's president, paving the way for a new government…

Gantry Meliana, Dili, East Timor – East Timor independence hero Xanana Gusmao resigned as prime minister Friday, stepping down ahead of an…

Marcelino Pereira, Jakarta – Timor Leste's prime minister and independence hero Xanana Gusmao has resigned, the government said on Friday, but a…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Politicians from the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) have launched fresh attacks against…

Jakarta – Women's Empowerment and Children Protection Minister Yohana Susana Yembise vowed on Friday to curb domestic violence and trafficking of…

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister says the time has come for his government to speak out about oppression of West Papuans in neighbouring…

A prominent Australian human rights lawyer has welcomed a statement of support for West Papuans by Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O'Neill,…

Jakarta – Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) is failing to stop deforestation and illegal activities in its concession areas by other parties, even in…

Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry will set up a special desk or working group to handle the Papua issue and to improve the country's engagement with…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Lawmakers have reprimanded the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) for making moves that they…

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's claim of a national drug "emergency" that necessitates the death penalty for drug crimes is based on…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force plans to increase operations at bases near its borders in an effort to deter threats of incursion…

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

Jakarta – The Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) in Semarang city urged the Indonesian government under the leadership of Joko Widodo to close a…

Jakarta – The newly appointed Detective Corps chief at the National Police, Insp. Gen. Budi Waseso, received the commissioner general rank,…

The chairman of the West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, says inclusion in the Melanesian Spearhead Group would open up solutions for his…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it is vital that West Papuans have full membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

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At a time when the police are pressing ahead with charges against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders, apparently in retaliation for…

Fadli, Batam – The Newspaper Publishers Union (SPS) has admitted that 20 percent of its 500 members, as well as a huge number of media companies…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Apparently aware that he could be detained, graft suspect and former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali declined…

Carlos Paath, Ezra Sihite, Yustinus Paat & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo will decide next week whether to stick…

Jakarta – Following President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's failure to inaugurate Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan as the new police chief, the National Police…

Jakarta – The national antigraft commission has called on President Joko Widodo to take urgent measures to halt an increasingly apparent attempt…

SP/Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – Jakarta has been named the city with the worst traffic congestion in the world, according to a new study,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Simultaneous local elections will take place next year as the majority of political factions in the House of…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which led the Great Indonesia…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force might cancel its plan to create a new jet fighter squadron in eastern Indonesia, a high-ranking…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Labora Sitorus was a lowly chief brigadier police officer stationed in a remote area in Sorong, West Papua. But he…

Venidora Oliveira – Member of the National Parliament MP Anastacia da Costa Amaral claims some 85 percent of rural Timorese are not familiar with…

United Liberation Movement for West Papua/ULMWP, newly formed West Papuan coordinating body which comprised of three main resistance groups,…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesia's influence in the international community may be overshadowed by the scorn it is getting for the recent…

Paulina Quintao – Deputy Justice Ministry Ivo Jorge Valente said the draft Juvenile Justice Law has been completed and has been scheduled for…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) supports the move of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's government to expedite the execution of a…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met with top officials from the Indonesian Military (TNI) over lunch on Tuesday amid…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia's plan to develop a smelter to process mineral ore in Gresik, East Java, has led to…

Paulina Quintao – In response to accusations the Ministry of Health has no control over public doctors working as private practitioners, Minister…

Jakarta – A health advocacy group has poured scorn on Rahmat Gobel after the hapless trade minister said he had decided to ban the import of used…

PT Freeport Indonesia, a subsidiary of US-based mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Inc., deserves a strong rebuke from the government and the House of…

Ezra Sihite & Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's sole nominee for police chief should withdraw from the process in a bid to…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Graft suspect and National Police chief candidate Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan has said through his lawyer that he will not…

Ina Parlina, Haeril Halim and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The conflict between the National Police and the Corruption Eradication Commission…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The West Papua Police chief and the head of the High Prosecutor's Office have been urged to be firm and bold in…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained Democratic Party cofounder Sutan Bhatoegana on Monday, eight months…