Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to resolve past cases of human…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has said that the province will ban crowd-pulling New Year's Eve celebrations in public…

Jakarta – As Indonesia continues its struggle to control the COVID-19 pandemic, many regions have come up with creative ways to curb the spread of…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has summoned Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Fadil Imran and state-owned toll road…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government is preparing to reopen Bali to international tourism, but the plan hinges on the island's COVID-…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian vigilante group Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) has enticed ex-members of disbanded Muslim hardline…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Retail sales in Indonesia dropped significantly in October and are expected to drop further in November in another…

Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Fadil Imran says the force will be transparent and provide facts to support an investigation by the…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's anti-terror police squad Densus 88 has arrested Zulkarnaen, also known as Aris Sumarsono, a senior member of…

Jayanty Nada Shofa & Natasha Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – Foreign Affairs Ministry's spokesman Teuku Faizasyah denies Israeli media claims of…

Jakarta – Many pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) in Indonesia are reportedly ill-prepared to handle the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of…

Indonesian police have arrested a man believed to be the military leader of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network who has eluded capture…

Jakarta – The government will prioritize Java and Bali islands for the first round of vaccination programs due to their high number of COVID-19…

Jakarta – As COVID-19 cases in Tasikmalaya, West Java increase, Tasikmalaya acting mayor M. Yusuf has said the administration is turning a hotel…

Jakarta – Firebrand Muslim cleric Rizieq Syihab wore an orange vest as he walked out of the Jakarta Police's interrogation room just after…

Jakarta – Controversial Islamic cleric and leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab was arrested on Saturday after undergoing…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of coronavirus-related deaths in Indonesia has been rising steadily in the last three weeks, during which…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Newly coronavirus cases in West Java have been spreading at the speed matching that of worst-hit Jakarta since the…

Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – The Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy has released its human rights performance index for the first year of the…

Robert Leslie – In a wild animal market in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, bats are still on the menu.

Many of them are caught by…

Jakarta – The spread of the coronavirus is becoming increasingly worrying. The government needs to immediately show seriousness in putting right…

Jakarta – The deliberation of the Draft Law on the Eradication of Sexual Violence (RUU PKS) is still the subject of a polemic. Some parties,…

Kevin Knodell – On a rainy November day outside of Wahiawa at the 25th Infantry Division's Lightning Academy, a platoon of U.S. Army Cavalry…

Richard C. Paddock, Bangkok – It has been 59 years since separatists in the Indonesian territory of West Papua raised their red, white and blue…

Jakarta – Rizieq Syihab, the self-proclaimed supreme leader of hardline group Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, arrived at the Jakarta Police…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A 30-year-old mother in North Sumatra has allegedly killed her three toddlers because she could not bear the economic…

Jakarta – The chairman of the South Tangerang General Elections Commission (KPU South Tangerang), Bambang Dwitoro, died from COVID-19 on Saturday…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Pematang Siantar Police in North Sumatra have named four men as suspects for bathing a deceased body of a female…

Jakarta – Nearly a week after the fatal incident that killed six of his supporters, Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab voluntarily…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A number of incumbents in the North Sumatra regional elections are losing to challengers who have strong support from…

Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Fadil Imran has questioned the public's reactions to recent criminal acts and crowd gatherings amid the…

Jakarta – The Bali provincial administration will allow hotels, restaurants and tourists destinations to hold the upcoming New Year's Eve…

Jakarta – Supreme Court justice Dudu Duswara Machmudin died on Thursday evening at Sentosa Asih Hospital in Bandung, West Java, after testing…

Mathias Hariyadi, Jakarta – In Indonesia, the urgent need to fight COVID-19 is facing certain uncertainties, most notably the logistical problem…

Jakarta – The Supreme Court has rejected a case review petition filed by the Jakarta administration contesting a ruling issued by the Jakarta…

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – The families of six slain Islam Defenders Front (FPI) supporters have spoken up about their deceased family members…

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – Unwanted pregnancies have risen amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the back of restricted access to contraceptive…

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) has highlighted the weakness of the legal framework for women…

Johnny Blades – Catholic priests in West Papua have appealed for reconciliation and dialogue to address ongoing armed violence in their region.…

Arya Kiet – Coinciding with International Human Rights Day today, December 10, 147 Catholic priests in Papua have called for an end to violence in…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A major sawmill operation linked to widespread deforestation and corruption in Indonesia has had its legality…

Jakarta – N219 Nurtanio, an aircraft produced by state-owned aerospace company Dirgantara Indonesia, has completed its final test flight…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The total number of coronavirus cases in Indonesia passed the 600,000 mark on Friday amid ongoing surge in new…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesia reached 600,000 cumulative COVID-19 cases on Friday and set a single-day fatality record as the country's…

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is optimistic about Bali's readiness to welcome tourists before Christmas, hailing the province's safety…

Dian Septiari, Nusa Dua, Bali – The world-renowned resort island of Bali is ready to welcome international tourists before Christmas, according to…

Jakarta – Indonesia will raise the excise tax on tobacco products by an average of 12.5 per cent in 2021, the country's finance minister said on…

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat Habib Pashya – For all the quandaries thrown up by 2020, this has been an important year for Indonesia-China relations.…

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – The plastic recycling industry, a key player in the country's ambitious goal to cut waste by 30 percent and marine plastic…

Jakarta – The meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) industry says is has sustained at least Rp 44.3 trillion (US$3.1 billion)…