N. Adri, Balikpapan – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators arrested on Friday five people in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, as…

Duncan Graham, Malang, East Java – Visiting outlying islands in this sprawling archipelago reveals an unease felt about Java, "the denominator of…

Ubud – At a glimpse, Bintang Supermarket in Ubud looks just like other supermarkets across Bali. A banner announcing that it no longer provides…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A resident, identified as Tiarma Situmorang, 65, of Buntu Mauli village in Samosir regency, North Sumatra,…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – National Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said Indonesia welcomed foreign investors for the development of a…

Carlos Ky Paath, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo may need to reshuffle his cabinet sooner before his term ends on October 20 as three of…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said the meeting of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Democrat party's Joint Task Force…

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has asserted it was bereft of any relations with Ijtima Ulama III, thus it had no…

Iqbal Tawakal Lazuardi (Contributor), Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) criticized the way police personnel handled…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Bandung City Police have named two suspects in a May Day riot in Bandung, West Java, on Wednesday. The…

Jakarta – A stretch of the Sunter River that passes community unit (RW) 03 in Cipinang Muara, Duren Sawit subdistrict, East Jakarta,…

Jakarta – In a bid to convince residents to install vertical drains to help mitigate floods, the Jakarta administration is offering incentives to…

Jakarta – Indonesia is set to enjoy the benefits of a "demographic bonus" – a large productive population – until 2030, but it has its work cut…

Klojen (Surya Malang) – Journalists in the East Java city of Malang held a peaceful action at the Freedom Square to commemorate International…

Jakarta – The mayor of the Acehnese provincial capital Banda Aceh, Aminullah Usman, has prohibited coffee shops from serving customers during…

Zunita Putri, Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno election campaign team (BPN) is proposing that the graves of polling station…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) topped the legislative election league table, according to the Jakarta General…

Amilia Rosa and Karuni Rompies, Denpasar – Horrific video has emerged of a group of shackled Indonesian prisoners crawling, shuffling and being…

A Polish tourist in Indonesia sentenced to five years jail for meeting West Papuan rebels is maintaining his innocence ahead of an appeal.

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Liz Shackleton – Indonesian filmmaker Garin Nugroho's Memories Of My Body has been banned in five provinces in Indonesia and is being attacked on…

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Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Hundreds of survivors of flash floods in Central Sulawesi's Sigi regency are having a hard time getting basic necessities…

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway will focus on critical spots, such as tunnels, including…

Singapore – The number of hotspots in restored peatlands in Indonesia has dropped by nearly 93 per cent since 2015, on the back of restoration…

Donald Greenlees – At the conclusion of an Indonesian election, it might seem strange to contemplate the next, but the 2019 presidential election…

For those supporting Prabowo Subianto and his claims he actually won Indonesia's April 17th election, neither the same-day quick count polls nor…

The Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system has been a hit since it recently opened to the public, averaging over 82,000 passengers per day in…

Foreigners in Indonesia on limited stay visas, listen up. It's never a good idea to overstay your visa, but you should know that the penalty for…

Wamena, Papua – A Polish man was sentenced to five years in prison for treason on Thursday after meeting with rebels in the restive Indonesian…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Just weeks after an election he is projected to win and seal a second term, Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's…

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The monthly inflation rate increased to 0.44 percent in April, higher than market expectations due mainly…

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The City Council has said it will continue with the process for appointing a new deputy governor after May 22, when the…

Eva Mazrieva, Washington DC – In mid-April Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released its annual report and world press freedom index. Surprisingly…

Jakarta – The KPK has welcomed 21 independent investigators following a Constitutional Court pretrial motion decision.

"The KPK…

Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has announced a toll of 30 people killed, six others still missing and losses of around…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Pontianak, West Kalimantan – Artists and university students clashed with members of a local mass organization during a World…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The Kendari Police are investigating a deserter of the Indonesian Military (TNI) for allegedly kidnapping and…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – The Bogor Public Order Agency (Satpol pp) tore down 22 buildings used as karaoke bars on Thursday ahead of…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Volunteers of the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno campaign team claim to have recorded 13,000 instances of inconsistent…

Christian Lee, Jakarta – Indonesia's often chaotic capital Jakarta has been implementing artificial technology in the past few years to help it…

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Campaign ads on television, radio and print media hardly swayed Indonesian voters' decisions in last month's presidential…

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – The Indonesian workers' union suspected the mass rally in Jakarta and across the nation in commemorating the…

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) Chief General Tito Karnavian regretted the fact that the…

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Indonesian National Police (Polri) Chief General Tito Karnavian strongly denies rumors that he…

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Japanese automakers Yamaha and Honda, who had been found guilty by the…

Himawan, Makassar – Hundreds of workers in Makassar, South Sulawesi, held a protest action to commemorate International Labour Day on Wednesday…

Bandar Lampung – Commemorating International Labour Day or May Day, around 600 workers from various different trade unions took to the streets of…

Stepanus Purba, Medan – Hundreds of workers held a protest action in front of the North Sumatra (Sumut) governor's office in Medan on Wednesday…

Chandra Iswinarno – A commemoration of International Labour Day which was held at the Imbi Park in Jayapura, Papua, was only allowed to proceed…

The commemoration of Labour Day or May Day in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta was centred at the Zero Kilometre point in front of the Central…