Jakarta – Indonesia's new energy and mineral resources minister on Tuesday launched a major shakeup of the graft-tainted ministry, requiring all…

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), a hard-line group notorious for violence and intimidation, has reported Jakarta's…

Dewanti A. Wardhani and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Responding to the Islam Defenders Front's (FPI) relentless protests against acting Jakarta…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Fresh from allowing citizens to leave the religion column on their ID cards blank, the government has announced…

An officer from the Nduga subprecinct police station in Nduga regency, Papua, First Brig. Tanggam Jikwa, has been dismissed from his unit for…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The two opposing camps at the House of Representatives agreed on Monday to work in harmony for…

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Justice and National Parliament have made a commitment to change the penal code to specifically outlaw incest.…

Venidora Oliveira – A lack of adequate transportation is severely affecting the efficiency of the Criminal Investigation Service (SIK).

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Online campaign group GetUp! have produced a television commercial about Australia short-changing East Timor out of billions of dollars in oil and…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of workers across North Sumatra have planned a massive rally for next week, rejecting the 2015 provincial…

Paulina Quintao – Gender studies should be offered by tertiary education providers, according to National University of Timor Lorosa'e…

Jakarta – Acting Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has said he will submit a recommendation letter on the disbandment of the hard-…

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from a number of labor associations said they would be rallying in Jakarta on Monday to protest…

Oyos Saroso H. N., Bandar Lampung – Victims of the bloody 1989 Talangsari tragedy in Central Lampung are demanding that President Joko "Jokowi"…

Bobby Anderson – Marwan Jafar, President Joko Widodo's new minister for village development, disadvantaged regions and transmigration, announced…

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on all ministries to rein in spending for the rest of the year in an effort…

Paulina Quintao – Residents of 244 Timor-Leste sukus do not have access to health services in their villages.

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Paulina Quintao – Prohibitive repair costs mean six ambulances will remain out of action, according to national director of hospital support…

Paulina Quintao – More than 100 cases of domestic violence have been left pending in the Public Ministry due to the alleged victims'…

Paris, Jakarta – The EU must press the Indonesian government to live up to its commitment to investigate past human rights violations, FIDH and…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) has suspended a decree issued by the law and human rights minister that…

Jakarta – Greenpeace Southeast Asia has called once again on Singapore and Indonesia to work together and find solutions to what has become a…

John McCarthy, Canberra – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has moved into Indonesia's presidential palace. He comes to power with great expectations, notably…

Adelia Putri Anjani & Robertus Wardhi, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo waded in to a heated debate after suggesting that people…

Surabaya – The Surabaya Council may reject allocating funds in the 2015 draft city budget to pawang hujan (rain shamans), a service…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Two cups of human blood aday, taken from the severed neck of your dying victim and drunk from a glass, is enough to…

Jakarta – The pro-government minority in the House of Representatives has lowered its demand for some control over the legislature as the rift…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) central board member, Puan Maharani, who is also Coordinating Human…

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo, in the job less than a month, has caused waves with his suggestion that the religion field on citizens' ID…

Andi Hajramurni and Apriadi Gunawan, Makassar/Medan – A protest on Friday against the planned fuel-price increase ended in a clash between…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government will impose a moratorium on the issuance of all forest-exploitation permits as part of its effort to…

Jakarta – The newly inaugurated Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, Hanif Dhakiri, pledged on Saturday to audit all migrant worker placement…

SP/Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Indonesia's antigraft commission said on Friday that the Ministry of Home Affairs could resurrect an electronic…

Fadli, Batam – Around 2,000 factory workers from various trade unions in Batam, Riau Islands, held a rally at City Hall in Batam on Thursday,…

Jakarta – The Home Ministry has yet to review problematic bylaws, including the controversial Aceh criminal code, or Qanun Jinayat, that violate…

Hasyim Widhiarto and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – As the standoff at the House of Representatives drags on, many newly installed lawmakers…

Kennial Caroline Laia & Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said on Thursday that the government was committed to…

Jakarta – The United States Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O Blake expected that there will be no military equipment embargo for Indonesia in the…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara aims to lift a ban on the video-sharing site Vimeo, which has been…

Semarang – Hundreds of residents and activists staged a demonstration on Thursday in opposition to the planned development of a cement…

Yuliasri Perdani and Ainur Rohmah, Jakarta/Semarang – Rights and democracy activists have called on the government to scrap the articles on…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Newly-installed Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo is pushing local government officials to allow adherents of non-…

Jakarta – Politicians from Islamic-based political parties have opposed the government's decision to grant the wish of people to have the religion…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Two teachers at the prestigious Jakarta International School are facing court for allegedly sodomising young boys in…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – In a bid to end long-standing religious discrimination in the country, newly installed Home Minister Tjahjo…

Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said on Thursday that he intended to allow the followers of religions that are not formally…

Jakarta – Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has instructed all regional heads at every level, from governors, to mayors and regents, to…

Fadli, Batam – As many as 2,000 workers from various factories and labor unions sponsored by the Federation of Indonesian Metal Workers Unions (…

Jakarta – A survey by the pollster Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) has revealed that most Indonesians want the "shadow" leadership…

Haeril Halim, The Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has been rocked by another graft scandal, with the Attorney General's Office (AGO)…