The Jakarta Metro Police has arrested a Quran teacher in Beji, Depok on suspicion of molesting 10 young girls – all of whom are his students.

Proponents of freedom of speech celebrated a rare victory against the tool of oppression that is the Information and Electronic Transactions Act (…

Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara – A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday triggering a tsunami warning, the…

Jakarta – The media did not pay much attention to the deliberations and public debates at the House of Representatives on the bill on fiscal…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia and the US agreed on Tuesday to extend maritime cooperation during a visit by Secretary of State Antony…

Theo Kelen, Jayapura, Jubi – In the past ten years, 700,000 hectares of Papua's forests have been damaged, Forest and Plantation Campaign Manager…

Edward Aspinall, Sharyn Davies and Vedi Hadiz – Back in the 1990s, when Indonesia was the subject of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating…

Jakarta (Reuters) – Private pharmaceutical companies in Indonesia will be permitted to directly import Covid-19 vaccines to "balance the market",…

Jakarta – The Government has urged Indonesians to skip traveling abroad during this Christmas and New Year holiday season, following the increase…

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – A sharp rise in rights violations targeting human rights defenders, journalists, indigenous people and students was…

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia started vaccinating elementary school children aged 6 to 11 against Covid-19 on Tuesday (Dec 14), becoming one of…

At least eight sea turtles were stuck on land in Bali's Badung regency after getting stranded in the area, one of which reportedly died because of…

Johnny Blades – Armed conflict in West Papua continues to claim lives, displace tens of thousands of people and cause resentment at Indonesian…

Jakarta – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake was reported 95 kilometers north of Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara, at 10:13 a.m., the Meteorology,…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is hoping that the Generalized System of Preferences will remain in place in the bilateral…

Yance Agapa, Jayapura – The Papuan people reject the investigation team formed by the state through the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to…

Bangun Santoso, Yosea Arga Pramudita – Amnesty International Indonesia has released its 2021 End of Year Report which covers human rights…

Bengaluru – Bank Indonesia is certain to hold interest rates steady on Thursday as inflation remains benign for now, according to economists in a…

Singapore – Restoring Indonesia's damaged peat lands could bring economic savings of billions of dollars, an analysis shows, while also cutting…

Asmiati A. Malik – In 2024, Indonesians will go to the polls to choose Joko Widodo's successor as president. Despite the election being two-and-a-…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Council for Catholic Education has published a book on the prevention and handling of sexual abuse in…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Women's Commission said that the rape of 13 female students in an Islamic boarding school in Bandung is…

Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – The government has decided to start vaccination against Covid-19 for children aged 6-11 years tomorrow, ten days…

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – E-commerce transaction value is projected to hit Rp 395 trillion, or approximately around $27.5 billion, by the end…

Arjuna Pademme, Jayapura, Jubi – Tens of residents of Kisor Village, South Aifat District, Maybrat Regency who have been displaced since September…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that around 350 companies will be let off the hook thanks to the enactment of Law…

Bangun Santoso, Yosea Arga Pramudita – Amnesty International Indonesia recorded cases of the criminalisation and repression of civil society using…

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, named 15 members and former members of the Muara Enim Legislative Council…

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The counter-terror squad Detachment 88 has arrested five suspected militants in separate raids in South…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A court in Indonesia has rejected a bid by two palm oil companies to have their permits restored after they were…

Antara, Jakarta – The increase in internet use amid the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the risk of online gender-based violence (GBV), Women's…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Haunted by trauma, survivors of the deadly Mount Semeru eruption earlier this month in Lumajang, East Java, are hoping…

Owen Howell – As the new Omicron variant spreads through the Asia-Pacific region, Indonesia is proceeding with its pro-corporate reopening agenda…

Antara, Jakarta – Victims of online gender-based violence (GBV) can experience psychological and material losses, Southeast Asia Freedom of…

Chairul Fikri, Tangerang – Police raided a warehouse in Tangerang just south of Jakarta on Friday evening and seized nearly 43,000 bottles of fake…

Jakarta – Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) Deputy Chairperson Anwar Abbas has made a statement strongly criticising the fact that 1 percent of the…

Nivell Rayda, Bandung, Indonesia – As Rahmat Sutrisno descended the slope of the Citarum riverbank, he could not help but grin.

For decades…

Jakarta – We have seen the government announce a policy only to withdraw it or water it down again and again, sometimes at a cost. Most recently…

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – Throughout the leadership of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the agenda of upholding human rights has not seen any…

MG Noviarizal Fernandez, Bisnis.com, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) is urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to order the…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Timor-Leste has inaugurated its first Catholic university, dedicated to St. John Paul II who is considered to have inspired…

Russell Searancke – Timor-Leste's national oil company Timor Gap has been awarded a new production sharing contract for an onshore exploration…

Kate Lamb, Stanley Widianto and Prastyo Wardoyo, Jakarta – In the wake of the deadly Semeru eruption in Lumajang, East Java, the entwined bodies…

More details have emerged from the grim case involving an alleged serial rapist who is also an Islamic boarding school (pesantren) teacher in…

Regional governments across Indonesia can start vaccinating children aged 6-11 from Dec. 24, should they meet several conditions laid out by the…

Yuliana Lantipo, Jayapura, Jubi – The Ruang Damai Foundation and the Women's Coalition to Save Papuan Humans held an online discussion titled "…

Theo Kelen, Jayapura, Jubi – The central government must trust the regional government to manage the Papua Special Autonomy (Otsus) Fund to build…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that efforts to fight for human rights have been increasingly…

Jakarta – As in years past, International Anticorruption Day was observed at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday to celebrate…

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Batam, Indonesia – Indonesian officials in Sumatra's Riau Islands province have reported a 280% increase in seizures of…