Jakarta – Thousands of residents living in Wamena, Papua are seeking to leave the restive city following violent unrest earlier this week that…

James Massola, Jakarta – On October 20, Indonesian President Joko Widodo will finally be sworn in and begin his second and final term in office,…

There's been more deadly violence in West Papua with two motorcycle taxi drivers reportedly shot dead in Puncak regency.

The…

Arlina Arshad – Indonesia's chief security minister Wiranto said yesterday that the student protests in the country were being hijacked by a…

Ardilla Syakriah and Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Musician Ananda Badudu, who initiated a crowdfunding campaign to support university students…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia's three newly formed joint defence commands, Kogabwilhan, designed for flexible and quick deployment…

Arya Dipa, Jakarta – Activist and documentary filmmaker Dandhy Dwi Laksono has been accused by the Jakarta Police for spreading hate speech after…

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – An Indonesian journalist and documentary filmmaker, Dandhy Laksono, was detained by police on Thursday night amid a…

Journalists covering student protests in cities across Indonesia were attacked by police in a series of brutal incidents on September 24. The…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament is rushing to pass a controversial bill on coal and mineral mining before the current…

Suryadi, Pekanbaru, Indonesia - September 16 was a happy day for Evan Zendrato and Lasma Yani Zega. The young couple gave birth to a boy weighing…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – State Secretary Pratikno said he was preparing the draft of a government regulation in lieu of law or Perppu…

Rosniawanti Fikry Tahir, Jakarta – An autopsy carried out by Abunawas Hospital forensic team revealed that Randi, a student of Halu Oleo…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono rebuffed the statement conveyed by former Tempo journalist…

Fitria Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Deputy Coordinator Feri Kusuma believes that the…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) should delay the ratification of the Land Bill at the end of this parliamentary session. It has many…

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has cancelled a meeting with student representatives who have been holding protest actions…

Jakarta – A delegation led by Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) youth wing GP Ansor chairman Yaqut Cholil Qoumas met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on…

Ghina Ghaliya, Ardilla Syakriah and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and House of Representatives members have…

Novy Lumanaw & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Two students were killed during a rally in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, on Thursday while protesting…

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – Former youth and sports minister Imam Nahrawi was detained on Friday, shortly after he underwent his first questioning…

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered the Social Affairs Ministry, the Army and the National Police to…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Christian lawmaker Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo has expressed disappointment with a decision by the…

Dandhy Dwi Laksono, a journalist filmmaker for WatchDoc, was arrested on September 26 and charged under Indonesia's controversial Information and…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Former Tempo journalist and musician Ananda Badudu broke into tears after he was let go by the Jakarta Metro…

Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has balked at commenting on the arrests of activists Dandhy Laksono and Ananda Badudu by the…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Student Executive Body (BEM) of all faculties in the University of Indonesia (UI) rejected President Joko…

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) recommended heads of educational institutions to refrain from imposing…

Jakarta – A second Indonesian student has died after protesters clashed with police on Indonesia's Sulawesi island during a rally against…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly lambasted critics of the criminal code bill for pointlessly debating…

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Amnesty International deemed the Indonesian police force has abused its authority in suppressing the massive…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko confirmed that police members who physically abused protestors in the nationwide…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) Executive Director Damar Juniarto revealed a number of problems…

Fikri Arigi and Friski Riana, Jakarta – SETARA Institute openly criticized police repression against the criminal code draft bill (…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia's (UI) students' executive board (BEM) suspected that there were a number of people…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta -The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) said that there are means to delegitimize the nationwide students…

Yovanda, Samarinda – Indonesia's wildfire emergency has spread to the part of eastern Borneo where President Joko Widodo wants to relocate the…

Reja Hidayat, Felix Nathaniel and Haris Prabowo – On Tuesday afternoon in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building, held back by a…

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry announced on Wednesday evening that the government tentatively had 938 points…

Robertus Wardi & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The chief security minister said on Thursday that the government had "enough evidence" to suspect…

Hundreds of Indonesians gathered in several major centers across the archipelago today as authorities braced for more violent opposition to a…

Among the many demands made by student protesters throughout Indonesia this week, which have largely been motivated by their rejection of several…

Police in Indonesia have not only been accused of using excessive force against protesters taking part in student-led demonstrations against the…

Journalist organisations in Indonesia have condemned alleged discrimination towards their colleagues by police in West Papua.

Three leading…

Jakarta – Indonesian workforce could end up seeing more jobs available to them – mainly in the service sector – should the government and…

Ambon, Indonesia – At least six people died on Thursday after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku, damaging…

Eka Kurniawan, Jakarta, Indonesia – In an ideal Indonesia, a Papuan man would live in Jakarta and become a civil servant. He would marry a Padang…

The long-running legal cases of a former spy and his lawyer, who are at the centre of a bugging scandal involving East Timor, have returned to a…

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – Indonesia's Chief Security Minister Wiranto said on Thursday (Sept 26) that the recent student protests in the country…

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – The government planned to visit universities to explain several controversial laws which recently triggered…