There are no eternal allegiances in politics, and, despite Gerindra's fervent opposition against the government during and even before President…

If Aceh's top ulemas (Islamic scholars) continue their crusade against the popular military shooter video game PUBG (Player Unknown's…

Leonard A.L. Cahyoputra, Jakarta – The government is finalizing a regulation to curb the use of illegal mobile phones in Indonesia.

The…

Yustinus Paat & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – A prominent expert on constitutional law has called on all parties involved in the ongoing dispute of…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Human rights group Amnesty International has claimed that personnel of the National Police's Brigade Mobile (…

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia's antidrug agency has come out against vaping, noting that the popular replacement for arguably more…

Halida Bunga, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) announced that it will remain as an opposition together with Adil Makmur…

Jakarta (Bisnis) – The government has officially released a regulation (Finance Ministerial Regulation or PMK) No. 92/PMK.03/2019…

Markus Yuwono, Yogyakarta – The Karangtengah 3 State Primary School in Karangtengah Village, Wonosari sub-district, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta, has…

Servio Maranda, Jakarta – Indonesian Mineral Sand Processing and Miners Association (Atomindo) said that the Energy Ministry's…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police have released on bail former Army Special Forces, or Kopassus, commander Sunarko but refused a bail request from…

Catarina Demony, Lisbon – East Timor and Australia are set to ratify a maritime border treaty, which regulates how the two countries will share…

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – Setya Novanto, the disgraced former speaker of the House of Representatives currently serving a 15-year prison term for…

Hendartyo Hanggi, Jakarta – Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto said the government will continue making policy breakthroughs to…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Prabowo-Sandiaga campaign team (BPN) asserted it did not instruct supporters to form mass mobilization during the…

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has expressed concern about a slowdown in tax revenue this year.

By the end of May, the…

Jakarta – The Save Jakarta Bay Coalition, which was established by activists, students and fisherpeople, held an action in front of the Jakarta…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Public Accountant Institute (IAPI) has asked that state-owned airline PT Garuda Indonesia restate its 2018…

Jakarta – Rubber tree growers in North Barito, Central Kalimantan have started focusing on their corn crop business after the sharp decline in…

Two Indonesian women have been repatriated from China, bringing to light a suspected human trafficking ring involving financially desperate…

The police's ongoing probe into the lighter factory fire that killed 30 on Friday has revealed that the business was operating illegally, which…

Technically, Indonesia's infamous hardline group the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) should no longer exist as a civil society organization (…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – A vast area of savanna in Mount Rinjani National Park in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara has been engulfed by fire since…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The trade balance bounced back to a surplus in May following a large deficit in the previous month as a drop in…

Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has revealed that spending on social welfare reached Rp 60.33 trillion (US$4.26 billion) at the end of May, a year…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has indicted the suspended president director of state-owned electricity…

Jakarta – Indonesian Muslim figures spoke at the second international conference on moderate Islam, "Seeking The Middle Path (Al Wasatiyya):…

Jakarta – A 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Central Mamberamo regency in Papua was followed by at least 30 aftershocks within six hours…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court is set to deliver its ruling on the presidential election dispute on Thursday, in a…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The disaster victim identification (DVI) team of the North Sumatra Police has successfully identified all the bodies of…

A Written Submission to the 41st Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre.

Under the…

Zaheer Merchant – Indonesia's government has been listening in on people's private chats in WhatsApp groups, the South China Morning Post reports…

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The list of demands drawn up by presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno and delivered…

Christian Lee, Jakarta – Kantar, a London-based market research firm, has released the results of its annual Brand Footprint report, which…

Ray Jordan, Jakarta – Riots broke out at the Polewali Mandar Class IIB Prison in Polewali Mandar regency, West Sulawesi, on Saturday June 22 over…

Jakarta – As many as 47,000 personnel from the police, Indonesian military (TNI) and the Jakarta administration are on standby to secure…

Jakarta – The textile industry was one of Indonesia's largest earners of foreign exchange last year, with exports valued at $13 billion, marking…

Jakarta (Antara) – Jakarta Metro Police planned to conduct a raid on people coming from outside the capital city prior to the 2019…

Jakarta (Antara) – The Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) assessed that the internet in Indonesia is not child-friendly…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko advised the 212 group not to stage any rally in response to the upcoming…

Telly Nathalia, Bangkok – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met the president of the Phillippines Rodrigo Duterte on the sideline of the Asean…

Asni Ovier & Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Religious leaders, including heads of Islamic boarding schools, from Prabowo Subianto's electoral…

Doused in black warpaint, draped in ammunition and clutching guns almost as big as some of them, the boys stare with hardened gazes into the…

Jakarta – Several Indonesian regional authorities have been reminded to intensify monitoring for possible forest fires and drought, a report on…

A senior official at Indonesia's Directorate General of Immigration yesterday said that no officer had stopped Australian model Tegan Martin from…

Benny Mawel, Jayapura, Jubi – Any forms of violence and human rights violations that continually occurred as well as the failure of the State to…

Jakarta, Indonesia – The long-simmering armed conflict between Indonesia's military and Papuans seeking independence includes indigenous…

Jakarta – Indonesian authorities have arrested three people suspected of negligence after a fire ripped through a makeshift factory in North…

Jakarta – With this year's school enrollment period having drawn to a close, East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa has apologized to…

Jakarta – The government has been advised to learn from mistakes made in the shipping industry before implementing its plan to introduce an open…