Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The World Bank appointed Indonesian senior economist Mari Elka Pangestu as its managing director for…

Erwin Renaldi – When the reports surfaced about Britain's "most prolific rapist" Reynhard Sinaga – an Indonesian national sentenced to life for…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Plans to build a hydropower plant (PLTA) with a capacity of 443 megawatts (MW) in the Leuser ecosystem…

Erin Cook – Jakarta welcomed the new year with a new record – the heaviest rains in decades. The deluge left parts of the Indonesian capital…

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – Wahyu Setiawan, a commissioner of the General Election Commission, or KPU, announced his resignation early on Friday…

Citizens in the Indonesian regency of Demak, East Java now have a couple of hours every evening during which they are advised by the regional…

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – New documentary film "Nyanyian Akar Rumput," or "Song of the Grassroots," attempts to bring public attention back to the…

Jakarta – A General Election Commission (KPU) commissioner was named suspect on Thursday for allegedly taking the equivalent of Rp 600 million in…

Hendartyo Hanggi, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan said that the United States is committed…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Safira Andini, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police Chief Gen. Insp. Nana Sudjana participated in planting 1,000 tree…

Jakarta – The central government and the regional administration are busy accusing each other to the cause of the floods that inundated Jakarta.…

Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – According to a report by the Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam), regions which have a large number of mining concessions were…

Luke Hunt – The recent floods in Jakarta took a deadly toll, creating widespread chaos, landslides, and putting millions at risk from disease,…

Dyna Rochmyaningsih – Indonesia's health minister, Terawan Agus Putranto, has alarmed the country's medical community by recommending that its…

Ivan Pereira – Scientists who explored high altitude locations in the Indonesian archipelago discovered a group of new bird species.

Five…

Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) says that there are some 94 open pits on former mining sites which have yet to be…

Junaidi Hanafiah, Rahmadi Rahmad, East Lampung, Indonesia – The government of the Indonesian province of Aceh, notorious for public canings…

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Indonesia and Japan have agreed to pave a way for cooperation in counter-terrorism and deradicalization, Coordinating…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Japan-based Softbank Group has hinted at partnering with the government to fund…

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has said that over 6,000 Indonesian citizens have…

At least 100 workers from the Jakarta Labour Movement (GBJ) held a rally in front of Post 9 in the North Jakarta port of Tanjung Priok on…

Jakarta – A coalition of trade unions will mobilize thousands of people next week to block the Indonesian government's plan to relax restrictive…

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Forest rangers in Indonesia's Aceh province will be equipped with guns in the battle against illegal logging, an…

Eko Listiyorini – Indonesia ordered coal miners to slash output after record production and exports from the world's largest shipper last year…

Jakarta – Indonesia's military said on Thursday that Chinese coast guard vessels and fishing boats had left disputed waters in the western…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Bantul administration in Yogyakarta and the congregation of the Indonesia Pentecostal Church (GPdI) Immanuel…

Zunita Putri, Jakarta – The country's peak religious body, the Indonesia Ulama Council (MUI), supports a program by Demak Regent Muhammad Natsir…

Rizki Febianto – Cross-Factory Labour Federation (FBLP) Chairperson Jumisih says that workers from various different sectors will continue to…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – In an effort to bolster the economy, President Joko Widodo on Thursday (Jan 9) said that the performance of…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's diplomatic missions overseas should focus heavily on economic diplomacy, President Joko "Jokowi"…

Sg Wibisono, Balikpapan – An observer of sea transportation Bambang Haryo Soekartono responded to rampant China's coast guard vessels and fishing…

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has revealed that a number of alleged violations of standard operating procedures or…

Jakarta – The government welcomes Chinese investment despite concerns that the country could fall into a debt trap.

"If you look at the…

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) claims to have found procedural violations by the National Police…

Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has deplored the criminal case involving Indonesian student Reynhard Sinaga who was found guilty this…

Jakarta – Demak regent H.M. Natsir started the new year by issuing a letter prohibiting social visits during maghrib (sunset prayer) and isya (…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – A Jakarta labor alliance went on strike on Thursday to protest the government's omnibus bill on job creation,…

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry projects that domestic coal consumption will rise by 12 percent this year,…

Muhammad Ridwan – Amnesty International Indonesia has responded to a case involving an interfaith activist from West Sumatra, Sudarto, who has…

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The Jakarta Post foreign affairs journalist Dian Septiari was conferred the Foreign Ministry's prestigious 2020 Adam Malik…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court rejected on Monday a petition for a judicial review of several articles of Law No. 12/1969 on the…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta and Sidoarjo, East Java – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested East Java's Sidoarjo regent, Saiful…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose to US$129.2 billion in December, the highest level in 22 months…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's visit to Natuna regency in Riau Islands serves as a signal that Indonesia sees its territorial…

Joao da Cruz Cardoso – Timor-Leste's Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030, commonly referred to as the SDP, aims to make Timor-Leste an upper…

Marcel Thee – Slapping their bodies and running in chaotic circles flailing their limbs, members of Jakarta's controversial 69 Performance Club…

Tom Allard and Jack Stubbs, Jakarta/London – As Indonesia celebrated its National Heroes' Day last year, official military social media accounts…

Fransiska Nangoy, Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – Indonesia has approved environmental impact studies for factories to produce battery-grade nickel…

Stanley Widianto and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesia's air force deployed four fighter jets to the South China Sea late on Tuesday in…

Krithika Varagur, Jakarta – When Bagia Arif Saputra was growing up in a university town near Jakarta, becoming a jihadist seemed a natural choice…