Jakarta – Police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of having shot anticorruption activist Mathur Hussain in Bangkalan, East Java, last month.…

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Despite the city's unrelenting fight against corruption, the Jakarta Inspectorate says dozens of complaints…

Ina Parlina and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is pushing the government to make copper giant PT Freeport Indonesia…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded deflation in January as the decline in fuel prices dragged down food and transportation costs…

Marcelino Pereira, Dili – East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is meeting the president this week to discuss a possible government…

Jakarta – A court has thrown out a challenge to tycoon Aburizal Bakrie's leadership of the Golkar Party, dealing a blow to the reformist faction…

Tabita Diela, Jakarta – Four activists from ProDem, an activist group, filed a citizen lawsuit against President Joko Widodo and Freeport…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Now that the National Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Agency (REDD+) has been abolished…

Haeril Halim and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – As the standoff between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the graft-ridden National…

Linda Yulisman and Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry's ambitious target of tripling exports within five years will require an…

Estevao Nuno – One of the priorities for the Ministry of Education (ME) in 2015 is to use funds allocated in the State Budget for education to…

Paulina Quintao – Cases of renal failure are on the rise in Timor-Leste with one of the potential causes being the poor quality of water consumed…

Paulina Quintao – Rede Feto (RF) women's network umbrella organization and the National Directorate for Terrestrial Transportation (DNTT) launched…

Venidora Oliveira – Member of the National Parliament MP Arao Noe urges the Ministry of Justice to work towards translating the Timorese Civil…

Paulina Quintao – The Alola Foundation (FA) is urging the Timorese government to create regulation that will protect the originality of the Tais (…

Paulina Quintao – Women's Parliamentary Group president Josefa Alvares Pereira Soares says rural women are unfamiliar with laws prohibiting…

Bayu Marhaenjati/FEB, Jakarta – The pre-trial hearing of national police chief candidate Commissioner General Budi Gunawan (BG) related to his…

Ayunda W Savitri, Jakarta – The legal attorney representing national police (Polri) headquarters and Commissioner General Budi Gunawan, Frederick…

Jakarta – If the current bitter struggle over the nomination of a new police chief indicates a growing rift between President Joko Widodo and his…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government should take decisive action to address religious intolerance and a rollback in women's rights, Human Rights…

Jakarta – Rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should uphold human rights in Papua and bring perpetrators…

Jakarta – The party behind President Joko Widodo has continued to defend a graft suspect whose appointment as police chief was suspended by the…

Budi Gunawan, the man who President Joko Widodo bizarrely thought would make a suitable police chief, has proved to the country why it's a very…

Jakarta – Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti is the most popular member of President Joko Widodo's cabinet, according to…

Jakarta – The human rights watchdog group, the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI), called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo…

Khoirul Amin and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – In a move seen as a strong message that the government is serious about fighting against tax evaders…

Jakarta – Human Rights Watch has lamented President Joko Widodo's insistence on reviving executions of condemned inmates, calling it a "cruel"…

Jakarta – The lawyer for police chief candidate Budi Gunawan said on Saturday his client had strong evidence of procedural impropriety against the…

Yustinus Paat & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police on Friday began a criminal investigation into a second antigraft commissioner in…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – National Police detective division chief Insp. Gen. Budi Waseso defended on Friday his decision to arrest…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo not to lose focus on human…

Fana F.S. Putra, Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – National Police chief candidate and graft suspect Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan refused to…

It's about time that we see President Joko Widodo push back against the pernicious influence of political forces surrounding him. Several…

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit ranking Jakarta bottom of a list of 50 global cities has been greeted with…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government will postpone the deliberation of bills that are deemed controversial, including a bill on the…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Nani Afrida, Jayapura/Jakarta – The Cenderawasih Military Police Command in Papua is currently questioning five Indonesian…

Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said has criticized PT Freeport Indonesia for what he deemed was poor occupational safety…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has told PT Freeport Indonesia to establish its planned smelter in Papua or risk being…

President Widodo has spoken of the need for greater respect for human rights in Indonesia. He needs to back up those words with concrete actions…

Ezra Sihite, Kennial Caroline Laia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo on Thursday met with his former rival and…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Political elites in the ruling coalition have launched a salvo of warnings against each other in…

Daniel Flitton – East Timor's independence hero and former guerrilla fighter Xanana Gusmao has told colleagues he will resign as Prime Minister in…

Ben Hillier – Simon Degei sat amid the ground cover, a gaping hole in his right shoulder obscured by a bloodied tank-top, and his face covered in…

Sara Everingham – East Timor's government is undergoing a restructure with the country's prime minister Xanana Gusmao likely to announce his…

Alicia Barker & Eva Corlett, Jakarta – In the leafy surrounds of Menteng, Central Jakarta, nestles St. Theresia high school, an educational…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Sorong Prosecutor's Office said it was continuing to pursue Labora Sitorus, a Raja Ampat Police precinct…

Jakarta – Chairman of the presidential fact-finding team, Syafi'I Maarif, said his team had asked President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to cancel the…

Haeril Halim and Fedina S. Sundaryan, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said it would bring by force a number of police…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Three more members of an armed group led by Puron Wenda were arrested at a trade center in Jayapura, Papua, on…

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) warned on Tuesday that the National Police's moves in handling…