Jakarta – The West Aceh regency administration has declared an emergency status in response to the severe haze that has blanketed the…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained Emirsyah Satar, the former president director of flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, on…

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Keith Loveard, Jakarta – Construction workers building a bridge as part of the Trans-Papua Highway late last year knew there was a separatist…

Johnny Blades – One of the criticisms of the Pacific Islands Forum over the years relates to the regional grouping's limited ability to advance…

Ian Morse, Tapuwatu, Indonesia – Muhammad Arfa says he thinks a miracle saved his home.

A wave of mud that swept through this riverside…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – A representative of the 212 brotherhood organization (PA 212) Novel Bamukmin explained the results of the fourth ulema…

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Following the major power outage, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is eyeing to install solar panels in all…

Police in Jakarta have arrested a man accused of murdering his wife and setting his own house on fire, which has left his five-year-old child,…

The injustice suffered by Baiq Nuril – a teacher who was sentenced to six months in prison for recording her principal sexually harassing her –…

Sragen, Indonesia – An Indonesian man is walking backwards from his home in eastern Java to the capital Jakarta to raise awareness of…

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo threatened on Tuesday to sack military and police officers fighting forest…

Arya Dipa, Ardila Syakriah and Kharishar Kahfi, Bandung and Jakarta – Environmental recovery efforts following the recent oil leak from state…

Jakarta – Residents of East Kotawaringin in Central Kalimantan have been forced to wear dust-masks to protect their health following the…

Jakarta – In the digital era, journalists, like many other professions, have no better option but to adapt to the new changes.

During a…

Karim Raslan – While industry can transform lives, create jobs and churn out vital products, we are becoming increasingly aware of the pollution…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on all related parties, including provincial governors, to help…

Rod McGuirk – A former Australian spy will plead guilty to conspiring to reveal classified information about an allegation that Australia bugged…

They baa-rely thought this through. An Islamic fashion label from Indonesia, Rabbani, has recently come under fire for an ad campaign that aimed…

An ex-spy known as "Witness K" has indicated he will plead guilty to breaching the Intelligence Services Act, but his lawyer Bernard Collaery…

Alexandra Back – More than a year after the former spy Witness K and his lawyer Bernard Collaery were charged over the exposure of an Australian…

Sydney (AFP) – A former Australian spy announced a surprise guilty plea on Tuesday (Aug 6) for exposing an alleged 2004 bugging operation against…

Saurabh Markandeya – Indonesia recently passed a number of incentives for electric car drivers and manufacturers, designed to help the country…

Jakarta (Bisnis) – The potential tax losses from the overflowing distribution of illegal mobile phones in Indonesia drove the government to…

Bandung (Antara) – West Java Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported that as many as 20 regencies or cities in the province hit by drought as…

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Association of Food and Nutrition Experts (Pergizi Pangan Indonesia) has drawn attention to a disturbing rising…

Jakarta – East Jakarta Mayor M. Anwar has said he will set up an investigation team to probe into Matraman district head Bambang Eko over an…

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesians are mourning the death of Maimoen "Mbah Moen" Zubair, a prominent Islamic scholar who passed away…

Jakarta – Respected Muslim cleric Maimoen Zubair passed away in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday while performing haj.

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Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesia will move its capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan by 2024 at the earliest, with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police will look at the possibility of sabotage in their investigation of the cause of the massive electricity blackout…

Carlos Ky Paath, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited the head office of state-owned utility company Perusahaan Listrik Negara on…

Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth leveled off slightly in the second quarter as an investment slowdown and lower exports wiped out the boost…

Jakarta – Nduga Regent Yairus Gwijangge has asked for help from House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo to covey to President…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – State electricity firm PLN plans to compensate at least 21.3 million customers, including businesses, for…

Muhammad Taufiqqurahman, Makassar – A group calling itself the Indonesian Muslim Brigade (BMI) has seized books they say smack of communism from…

Haris Prabowo – A book raid by a group of people calling themselves the Indonesian Muslim Brigade (BMI) in the South Sulawesi provincial capital…

Jakarta – Residents in Gondrong, Cipondoh, Tangerang, Banten, have illegally tapped water supply lines of city-owned tap water company PDAM Tirta…

Jakarta – Hundreds of motorbike taxi drivers protested in front of ride hailing service company Gojek's headquarters in South Jakarta…

Heru Andriyanto & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Presidential Staff Office announced on Monday the government has decided to reinstate Romi Syofpa…

Zunita Putri, Bogor – The Ijtimak Ulama IV or the 4th Assembly of Islamic Clerics has issued a number of recommendations on the current situation…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Investigators with the Environment and Forestry Ministry named an individual, identified only as 46-year-old UB, a…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expansion slowed to 5.05 percent in the second quarter this year, from…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry says it has received a commitment from the Finance Ministry and…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Transportation and telecommunications affected by a major blackout in West Java, Banten and Greater Jakarta…

Jakarta – Hundreds of refugees living in Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, staged a rally in front of the local office of the International…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Jakarta Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) says that there has been 26 cases of alleged violence against…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – It's Thursday and the residents of Jakarta's Cosmo Park are out jogging, watering their plants or walking their dogs along…

As a result of Indonesia's bloody 1965 communist purge and mass killings, as well as decades of anti-communist propaganda during Suharto's New…

An aid group in Indonesia's West Papua has reported 182 civilians have died fleeing violence in the highlands.

The Humanity Volunteer Team…