Given the capital's high prevalence of both smokers and motorcyclists, seeing a biker taking a long drag at an intersection is a pretty common…

Indonesia's parliament is currently trying to pass the Bill on the Elimination of Sexual Violence (RUU PKS), a piece of legislation which…

James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's campaign has claimed massive voter irregularities and flagged a…

Multi-millionaire businessman Sandiaga ("Sandi") Salahuddin Uno has been the surprise star of the 2019 presidential election campaign. The 49-…

Peter Milne – Two Australian mining investors want locals to look to nearby and untapped East Timor for their next venture.

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Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Opposition leader Prabowo Subianto lambasted President Joko Widodo, criticizing his opponent's economic diplomacy and…

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – PT MRT Jakarta purposely did not provide trash bins inside the MRT stations. Company officials said this is done to teach…

Christian Lee, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto may like to lament the fact that Indonesia trails its peers in firepower, but…

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has found that 130 of 1,224 hoaxes and fake news spread from August 2018 to March 2019 were…

Three months after the Lion Air plane her husband was piloting plunged into the sea, Garima Sethi sat with senior officials at the Indonesian…

Pekanbaru (Antara) – The Peat Restoration Agency (BRG) is currently striving to restore 40 hectares of vegetation areas in the Giam Siak Kecil…

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited victims of floods in Jayapura, Papua province who were sheltered at the…

Jakarta – Players in the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) have been in a wait-and-see mode since early January and will continue to bide their time…

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta's first MRT line, MRT Jakarta, has finally opened on April 1 for commercial operations at 50 percent discounted…

Jakarta – The Directorate General of Taxation has announced that 10.93 million taxpayers, or 70.15 percent of its target of 15.58 million…

The current presidential race between the incumbent Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Ma'aruf Amin partnership and the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno…

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia's opposition has uncovered data irregularities affecting millions of people in the election rolls and vowed on…

Surabaya – Dangdut singer Rhoma Irama touched on the Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence (RUU PKS) in a speech at a campaign rally…

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto crushed any concerns that he may compromise Indonesia's national unity by being…

Jakarta – The fourth presidential debate between incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and challenger Prabowo Subianto on Saturday unexpectedly provided…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Central Java administration has reduced nearly 4,000 hectares of slums since 2014 or some 57 percent of the total slum…

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has issued two new regulations on airline tickets that will determine the calculation…

Linda Yulisman – The third debate between President Joko Widodo and his rival Prabowo Subianto ahead of elections next month did not disappoint,…

James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesia's presidential debates are a must-watch for millions of people in this vast archipelago, with mass screenings…

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo shrugged off a concern expressed by challenger Prabowo Subianto, who questioned the…

Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, Jakarta – With campaigning in full swing for the elections on April 17, candidates are working to address voters'…

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Migrant CARE, a labor rights advocacy group, has called on presidential candidates Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Prabowo…

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – Civility is not always the norm in political discussions. Case in point is the increasingly rampant use of slurs used…

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto clarified during the fourth presidential candidate debate on Saturday that he was not in any…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) announced on Saturday that authorities had decided to end the 14-day…

Neli Agustina, Medan – Hundreds of students from the Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Student Alliance held an action rejecting…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A number of North Sumatra University (USU) students staged a rally at the USU campus on Thursday to protest the rector's…

Jakarta – Research organization Perkumpulan Prakasa has revealed that the Indonesian government has lost about US$11 million in state revenue as…

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Jakarta lambasted alleged assault conducted by infamous gang leader Hercules Rosario…

Jakarta – The government is yet to issue a technical regulation on e-commerce taxation with only several days left before the new policy is…

Jakarta – The Golkar Party announced on Friday the dismissal of member Bowo Sidik Pangerso, who has been named a graft suspect by the Corruption…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The head of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences' (LIPI) research center, Firman Noor, revealed the…

Dewi Nurita, Arkhelaus W, Jakarta – The survey conducted by Center Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) shows the presidential and vice…

Tiara Maharani – With rising airfares in Indonesia impacting the local travel and tourism industry, the Indonesian government is strongly urging…

Juke Carolina – In Indonesia, the rise of rock star clerics on social media has fueled a movement known as hijrah, capturing the attention of…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has revoked a regulation on tax treatment for e-commerce transactions amid pushback from…

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's air quality has deteriorated from among the cleanest in the world to one of the most polluted over the past two…

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) yesterday uncovered what they allege to be a huge scheme to buy votes during next month's legislative…

Kristianto Galuwo – A Hound, totally wet, are walking around, scrapping over damp branches lying on the ground. Thirsty, it moves to a puddle for…

Jakarta – An independent team called the Nduga Case Investigation Team has reported a number of alleged human rights violations (HAM) during the…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) apprehended a lawmaker and a high-ranking official of state fertilizer…

Jim Zarroli – When a friend texted him the news that a Lion Air plane carrying 189 people had crashed off the coast of Java early on the morning…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has disbursed Rp 324 billion (US$22.7 million) for a child nutrition program to be implemented at state…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – A poll released by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on Thursday shows…

Ikhsan Abdul Hakim – The actions by North Sumatra University (USU) Rector Runtung Sitepu in closing down the student press publication Suara USU…