Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Four religious-based groups gave mixed responses during the hearing of a judicial review case challenging the Marriage Law…

Jakarta – The national women's rights body is demanding that the Aceh criminal code, or the Qanun Jinayat, be annulled, saying it is…

Jakarta – The Defense Ministry has pledged to spur the development and production of naval weapons by national defense firms in an effort to…

Jakarta – Rights activists have balked at the list of candidates to head up Indonesia's intelligence agency, most of whom have been implicated to…

Aaron Sheldrick – Australia's Woodside Petroleum is in talks with East Timor on building an onshore gas plant, potentially removing one of the…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – In a bid to boost the number of foreign tourists, Indonesia will officially waive visa requirements for visitors…

Paulina Quintao – The Secretariat of State for Vocational Training, Policy and Employment (SEPFOPE) registered 198 complaints regarding labour…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth has decelerated to its slowest rate since the global financial…

Martinha Gusmao – The National University of Timor-Lorosa'e (UNTL) donated $200 to student society AKHANA in support of their march…

Warren Doull – With the great hope for Indonesian democracy, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, taking office last month, pro-democracy groups in the…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Maintaining Indonesia's transmigration program in Papua will threaten indigenous culture and further destabilize an already…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua Police have announced the arrest of five civilians in Manokwari, West Papua for allegedly trading in…

Estevao Nuno – The Ministry of Education will permit the Catholic Church to open a privately managed university in Timor-Leste, provided it…

John M. Pile – The Timorese government recently released its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report for 2014. Overall the MDG indicators show…

Paulina Quintao – Deputy Minister for Industry and the Environment Abel da Costa Ximenes says the government will not intervene to…

Jakarta – A representative of the Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) agreed that the current Marriage Law has violated the rights of…

Erwida Maulia, Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo gave his strongest signal yet on Tuesday of his…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is carefully weighing his options to fill the chief position of the National Intelligence…

Jakarta – The two rivaling coalitions in the House of Representatives have agreed to set aside their differences, according to the leader of the…

Sonali Paul, Melbourne – East Timor has ordered five foreign judges out of the country after a court ruled in favour of US oil and gas producer…

Surabaya – Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia should teach students to embrace diversity, and steer clear of radicalism and…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has urged governors, mayors and regents to thoroughly review regional…

Yuliasri Perdani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The National Police on Monday suspended the detention of Muhammad Arsyad, who stands accused of…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Golkar Party politicians vying for the party's top post have suggested that they would reverse Golkar's role as an…

Jakarta – Resistance to Djan Faridz, the new chairman of a breakaway faction of the United Development Party (PPP), has emerged after a national…

Ansyor Idrus, Palembang – Haze again blanketed cities in Sumatra and Kalimantan on Monday, including Palembang, which decided to extend its…

Ezra Sihite & Herman Genie – President Joko Widodo officially launched the Indonesia Health Card and Indonesia Smart Card at a ceremonial…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – A survey conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in cooperation with online pollster YouGov says Jakarta has the fifth-…

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The simmering power struggle between two opposing coalitions in the House of Representatives is…

Syailendra, Maria Rita, Jakarta – American investigative journalist Allan Nairn on Monday was summoned by the National Commission for…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Human rights activists on Sunday renewed calls for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to appoint as attorney-general only a…

The Indonesian President Joko Widodo (better known as Jokowi) promised to make Papua one of his priorities if elected as president. However, it is…

SP/Mikael Niman & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The Jakarta resident who allegedly superimposed an image of President Joko Widodo's face on…

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Since 2012, the congregation of Bogor's GKI Yasmin church has held prayer meetings outside the State Palace, to remind the…

Dessy Sagita, Barcelona – International advocates for tobacco control have called on President Joko Widodo to ratify a World Health Organization…

Novy Lumanauw & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo on Monday launched the much-vaunted Indonesia Smart Card and Indonesia Heath…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has forgiven Muhammad Arsyad, a satay vendor who was detained by the police for…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Prostitution remains thriving in Surabaya, East Java, despite the closure of the Dolly red-light district,…

Tony Walker – When French journalists – Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat – are released from 2-and-a-half months of Indonesian detention on…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) has found in its latest survey that most people are reserving their judgment on the Working Cabinet…

Jakarta – A recent survey has revealed that Jakarta's public transportation is among the top five in the list of the world's most…

Jakarta – Workers at Freeport-McMoRan Inc's Indonesian copper mine have cancelled a planned one-month strike due to start next week, a…

Paris (Reporters sans Frontieres/Pacific Media Watch) – French journalists Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat have returned to…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Ervani Emihandayani, 28, has been detained at the Wirogunan detention center in Yogyakarta since Wednesday for…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Gerindra Party politician and deputy speaker in the House of Representatives, Fadli Zon, has joined the legal battle…

Chris Blake – Former Suharto-era general Ryamizard Ryacudu, tapped by Indonesian President Joko Widodo for defense minister, could become a…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – A group of Golkar Party politicians vying for the party's top job have warned their incumbent chairman Aburizal Bakrie…

Jakarta – Newly elected Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti said on Friday that losses from rampant fish theft in…

Jakarta – The rift within the United Development Party, or PPP, reached new depths this week with a breakaway camp staging its own national…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Police on Thursday reiterated their commitment to continuing an investigation into a small-time worker in…