Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has recorded that, from June 2018 to May 2019, the National Police…

Jakarta – An elementary school teacher in Lamongan, East Java, has been named a suspect in a child sexual abuse case that allegedly involved 30…

Ahmad Rafiq, ABC, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto called the formation of the West Papua…

Siobhan O'Grady – Nuril Maknun was tired of getting lewd phone calls from her boss, who she alleged repeatedly shared explicit details of his…

Gita Irawan, Jakarta – Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) researcher for political affairs, Professor Syamsuddin Haris, is concerned that…

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) released a report on its official Twitter account about…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The wiretapping draft bill (RUU) currently being formulated by legislators at the House of…

The controversial case of Baiq Nuril has come to an end with a recent court ruling, which will see her serve a six-month prison sentence for…

Jakarta – The Indonesian armed forces (TNI), particularly the army, found itself caught in a crossfire between supporters of Joko Widodo and…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – As many as 234 people have registered themselves for the 2019-2023 Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)…

Halida Bunga Fisandra, Jakarta – Indonesian National Police (Polri) spokesman Brig. Gen. Dedi Prasetyo said police will announce the…

Jakarta (Antara) – University of Indonesia's political observer Ade Reza Hariyadi said that President Jokowi could recruit young…

Jakarta (Antara) – The Papua Police will fire the officer who allegedly shot a civilian at the Ilwayab District of Merauke Regency.…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Gerindra Party threatened to take legal action against the people responsible for producing ID cards in…

Jakarta (Antara) – A member of the Communication Office of Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, Andre Rosiade is sure that…

Masriadi, Lhokseumawe – The Ulama (Islamic clerics) Communication Forum and other youth organisations have objected to the national-level U-17…

Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has prohibited ride-hailing transportation companies from offering promotional discounts for its ojek (…

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The police's decision to throw blasphemy charges against a mentally ill woman who brought a dog to a mosque in Bogor is…

Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – Indonesia has tens of thousands of hectares conservation areas, both maritime as well as land. But the government's budget…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Terrorist groups have found a cheaper way to recruit militants: through encrypted chat rooms on text-messaging apps…

Retno Ayuningtyas, Jakarta – The Tax Office has said it does not have enough time to execute a plan to cut the corporate income tax from 25…

Jakarta – The number of domestic tourists in Bali from January to April decreased to 363,161, marking an 11 decrease in tourists from the same…

Jakarta – The government has decided to increase the salaries of board of directors of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) this year, based on a…

Jakarta – The government is to start fining people who violate a new regulation intended to force exporters to keep their foreign exchange…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's defeat in the 2019 presidential election has not affected his chances of becoming president, a…

Jakarta – The number of passengers in the free public trial run of the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) has increased tenfold in comparison…

Many who live in Indonesia have to rely on virtual private networks (VPN) to bypass the government's overzealous internet censorship that…

President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, whose re-election victory was cemented by the Constitutional Court last week, works hard to maintain his…

Prabowo Subianto's second defeat as a presidential candidate (or third, if you count Megawati Soekarnoputri's defeat in 2009, when Prabowo was…

Jakarta's ETLE (Electronic Traffic Law Enforcement) traffic cameras got a software upgrade this week, broadening the scope of traffic violations…

Tempo Timor, Dili – Proposals to make defamation a crime in Timor-Leste have sparked public debate about a controversial law that could see…

Jakarta – The country's manufacturing sector grew slower in June as indicated by a decline in the purchase manager index (PMI) to 50.6 from 51.06…

Papua, Jubi – About 250 West Papuans have been served notices of eviction to leave their settlement in Port Moresby, reports The National.

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The plight of West Papuans as Melanesian citizens is an important issue that Vanuatu must continue to support.

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Jakarta – The Denny JA Indonesia Survey Circle (LSI) predicts that the presidential elections (pilpres) in 2024 will be enlivened by a contest…

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Two people have been arrested for posting content on social deemed insulting to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

Jakarta – Unsuccessful vice-presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno said he wanted to take a break from politics to focus on developing…

Yustinus Paat & Robertus Wardi & Hotman Siregar & Asni Ovier & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar, one of Indonesia's…

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesian members of Parliament have decided to delay confirmation of a government plan for a levy on plastic bags, but the…

James Massola, Chris Vedelago and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Australian company Visy Recycling was behind the export of a container of plastic waste…

A Polish man imprisoned in Indonesia's Papua province for treason says his government has been of little help to him.

Jakub Skrzypski was…

Mackenzie Smith – The main organisation advancing West Papuan independence aims abroad has committed to ending the use of child soldiers by armed…

Jordan Fennell and Tracey Shelton – Three armed separatist groups in the Indonesian region of West Papua have announced they have united to form…

A few days ago, Sandiaga Uno, running mate to defeated presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, was criticized for not congratulating President…

Now that the post-election legal battle with failed candidate Prabowo Subianto is finally finished (despite what some of his most die-hard…

Willy Masaharu & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo are set to have their long-awaited "…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that the management of the iconic Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) arts and culture center in Cikini…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government has showcased Indonesia's numerous infrastructure projects to foreign investors during an…

A recent high-profile case of alleged bribery for promotions in the Religious Affairs Ministry is just one small example of the deep-seated…

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Member of Jakarta Legislative Council's D Commission, Yusriah Dzinnun, claims the five-meter tall embankment wall…