Dominic Diongson, Jakarta – Indonesia's most prominent antigraft advocacy group called on Monday for law enforcers to insist on the revocation of…

Brasilia – The Angolan state-owned oil company, Sonangol, has been invited to carry out prospecting and exploration for oil in Timor Leste.

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Hizbul Ridho & Erwin Cristianson, Jakarta – Human rights groups in Indonesia have condemned on Monday the issuance of a Supreme Court letter…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The recent crash of Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 in the Java Sea will not deter Indonesia's aviation industry from…

Michael Bachelard – AirAsia has been banned from flying five of its key Indonesian domestic services out of Surabaya airport as part of a…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Citing signs of foul play in allowing AirAsia flight QZ8501 to operate without proper permits, the Transportation…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The city administration evicted almost 14,000 people from their homes last year and put an end to the businesses of more…

Indonesian officials like to try to capitalize on disasters, hoping to get more popular out of the misery of people they are supposed to serve.…

Jakarta – Pilots have protested against government officials' recent actions, which suggest that Indonesia AirAsia was at fault for alleged…

Tatan Syuflana, Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia – Highlighting the depth of Indonesia's air safety problems, the transportation ministry revealed harsh…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – It has been a year since the government launched the national health insurance (JKN) program.

Initially mired…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Reconciliation efforts carried out by the two opposing camps in the United Development Party (PPP) have ended in…

The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) regrets and condemns recent incidents around the country in which film screenings of the film…

Slamet Susanto and Bambang Muryanto, Bantul, Yogyakarta – The sounds of people crying and sobbing as well as applause filled Bantul district…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Legal experts have lambasted President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration for backing a Supreme Court's letter that…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Police have arrested a man suspected to be behind the killings of two policemen and a security guard in Utikini, near…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has rejected a request from 27 South Korean companies that they be exempt from…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Watching movies, hanging out in a shopping mall or chatting in a coffee shop – these are the perceptions most people have…

Jayapura – The Papua Police were hunting an armed group led by Ayub Waker who is believed to be responsible for the recent fatal shootings of two…

Jakarta – The youth wing of the Golkar Party has proposed a new congress to reconcile two conflicting factions in the party and has asked…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's fight against terrorism has left dead a total of 97 suspects and 34 police officers since 2000, the National…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – The bloodied bodies of two policemen and a security officer were found in Utikini, near the Grasberg mine in…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta, previously dubbed the city of tolerance, has been ranked second for intolerance and violations of…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Although details remain scarce on the new mechanism for the national exams, the Culture and Elementary and…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesians will enter a new era of free-floating fuel prices after the government finally decided to overhaul the…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Unlike previous years, 2014 was not an easy one for the country's manufacturing sector as low demand in the global…

Carlos Paath & Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's recent appointment of former Army general Luhut Binsar Panjaitan as his chief…

Jane Wardell & Anshuman Daga, Sydney/Singapore – The sheer volume of flights in the skies over Southeast Asia is putting pressure on outdated…

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Police

The police is second biggest security force in West Papua. Like the army, the regional police…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The first half of 2015 is forecasted to be a period of political uncertainties in Indonesia, with the administration of…

Jonathan Pearlman, London – Despite the multi-national air-sea search for the missing AirAsia jet, the wreckage was discovered by a 38-year-old…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) lambasted the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Monday for failing to step up…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo set a target on Tuesday to improve the capacity of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and defense…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A total of 119 police officers have been fired in the past year, but Indonesia's most infamous cop – Insp. Gen. Djoko…

Fitri Wulandari, Eko Listiyorini & Sharon Chen, Jakarta – Indonesia will cap the diesel subsidy and scrap aid for gasoline beginning tomorrow…

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The government will revise the government's newly issued regulation on the protection and management of peatland amid…

Laila Ramdhini, Hari Gunarto & Tabita Diela, Jakarta – The disappearance on Sunday of an Indonesian passenger jet with 162 people on board has…

An American woman arrested in East Timor and released from prison on Christmas Day is staying at the home of former president Jose Ramos-Horta…

Jakarta – A total of 53 people are being questioned over the fatal shootings of at least five young civilians by security forces in Papua earlier…

Jakarta – In another landmark reform for the country's educational system, Culture and Primary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Slash-and-burn clearing of forests to make way for plantations topped Indonesia's list of environmental problems…

Dwi Atmanta, Jakarta – The Christmas gift came three days late for Papuans this year, but many in the easternmost territory did not seem to mind.…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Events surrounding Indonesia's third direct presidential election in July have fueled internal conflicts within some…

Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The National Development Planning Ministry has claimed Indonesia will be "slum-free" by 2019 as the government plans to…

Terrence McCoy – For so many years, it came easy to Tony Fernandes, a man who now finds himself at the center of Southeast Asia's latest aviation…

Hans Nicholas Jong – Violence against journalists is on the rise thanks to the way the police handle journalists in the country, a year-end report…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The absence of major cases of violence stemming from religious intolerance in Indonesia this year by no means…

Jakarta – Senior Golkar Party politician Muladi expressed pessimism on the possibility of ending the dispute between the two Golkar factions…

Nani Afrida, Kupang – In an effort to curb rampant fuel and narcotics smuggling, Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu plans to add more posts to the…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The year 2014 was a milestone in Indonesia's young democracy, the country successfully holding one of the largest…