Karlis Salna and Viriya Singgih, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy, the biggest in Southeast Asia, is getting a boost from an election campaign that'…

Jakarta – The government has pledged to include motorcycle taxi (ojek) drivers working for ride-hailing apps in the insurance schemes…

Jakarta – The government has decided to keep discounts on trans-Jakarta toll roads in place until the Idul Fitri holiday season, as the relevant…

Dwi Andayani, Jakarta – The country's peak Islamic body the Indonesia Ulama Council (MUI) has declared that taking a position of golput – to…

Some people actually believe that breasts on statues of mermaids can be a turn on and therefore are morally abominable.

Recently in Jakarta…

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency says the death toll from flooding in Papua province has risen to 112.

Torrential rain…

Papua villagers displaced from their Central Highlands regency have rejected proposals for them to return home.

Over 2000 people have fled…

Jakarta – The total area lost to wildfires in Riau this year has increased to 2,719 hectares.

The head coordinator of the Riau Disaster…

Paulina Quintao – According to the National Hospital Guido Valadares (HNGV) Surgeon, Dr. Alito Soares, most breast cancer patients registered at…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has said the country would not meet the nontax target revenue in…

Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto is meeting his supporters in Merauke, Papua, on Monday for the first time as a presidential candidate.

Dahnil…

Jakarta – Surabaya's water company PDAM Surya Sembada wants to purify all tap water in East Java's capital city to make it safe for…

Jakarta – The country's peek religious body, the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI), is calling on the Indonesian public to use their right to vote…

Jakarta – The government on Monday announced the various fares for app-base ojek (motorcycle taxis) in a bid to end the disputes between the…

Ahmad Salman and Markus Junianto & Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – The public campaign period for the 2019 presidential election kicked off on…

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan said the government considered boycotting a…

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta Council approved a minimum Rp 8,500 (60 US cents) fare for Indonesia's first subway service, MRT Jakarta, on…

Jakarta – The National's Police antimatch-fixing task force arrested Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) acting chief Joko Driyono after an…

Jakarta – A legislative candidate from an unidentified political party was arrested along with four suspects for allegedly stealing money to use…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) called on society to maintain unity just less than a month to Indonesia's…

Jakarta – Former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri's nasi goreng (fried rice)…

On the afternoon of March 23 around 70 people from various different organisations which are part of the People United Front (FPR) and the Anti-…

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesia's capital inaugurated its first mass rapid transit (MRT) system on Sunday (March 24), a US$1.1 billion (S$1.5 billion)…

Amanda Siddharta, Jakarta, Indonesia – Mugiyanto remembers very well how the event that nearly cost him his life unfolded in March 1998.

At…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially inaugurated the country's first MRT line in Jakarta on Sunday,…

Jakarta – The Supreme Court has rejected a petition to revise regulations on apartment management for the purpose of giving tenants more power…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Wisnu Kuncoro, a director at state-owned steel manufacturer PT Krakatau Steel,…

Jakarta (Antara) – Some 60 families of Timor Leste are currently settled in Indonesia's Naktuka Village, Amfoang Timur Sub-district, Kupang…

Jakarta (Antara) – The Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) held a declaration of joint commitment ahead of the convening of open campaigns to…

Jakarta – The national antigraft agency has not ruled out the possibility that more officials at the Ministry of Religious Affairs may have been…

Jakarta – Forests play a bigger part in our lives than we realize. The water we drink, the paper we use, the medicine we take, the houses we…

Jakarta commuter Irnawati can spend up to four hours daily in her car, but now she and millions of others may get some relief as the traffic-…

Yulia Savitri, Palembang – The Palembang administration has revealed that the number of tributaries flowing into the city's pride, the Musi River…

Jakarta – In response to Jakarta's objection to a European Union bill that would cap the use of palm-oil-based biofuels in the region, the bloc…

Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN will operate three steam-fueled power plants (PLTU) late this year and early next year that will…

Prayugo Utomo – The fate of the North Sumatra University (USU) Student Press Institute's Voice of USU (Suara USU) is on the "horns of a dilemma…

Jakarta – Seventy percent of 5,018 industries in Tangerang regency, Banten, use groundwater, posing a threat to clean water resources, an…

Jakarta – Almost a week after being declared a bribery suspect, Muhammad "Romy" Romahurmuziy said on Friday the case had nothing to do with the…

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) is set to hold a meeting on March 23 on numerous environmental issues. The…

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – City-owned water operator PT PAM Jaya said only 60 percent of Jakartans had access to clean water.

"To date, a…

Jakarta – North Jakarta has seen the growth of 32,000 trees since they were planted 10 years ago at the Ecomarine Mangrove Forest.

The…

Jakarta – Tourism Minister Arief Yahya has said that Indonesia is currently developing disaster mitigation technology that will be placed in…

Jakarta – The rector of state-run North Sumatra University (USU), Runtung Sitepu, has threatened to revoke the publishing permit of the campus'…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Three members of the Ali Kalora-led East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT) died during a gunfight on Thursday…

Antara, Jakarta – State-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad is eyeing to generate Rp12.7 trillion from contracts and sales for 2019…

One of the many peculiarities of the Indonesian legal system that sometimes surprises foreigners is that defendants convicted in lower courts can…

Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry has said the ministry will complete the construction of 15 more dams this year to support the…

On the afternoon of Monday March 18, scores of people from various different groups held a protest action at the Yogyakarta Monument in the…

Jakarta – A coalition of political parties backing Indonesian President Joko Widodo is on course to win more than half of the votes in next month…

Jakarta – Police have arrested a man they refer to as both M and Abu Arkam in Berau, East Kalimantan, accusing him of involvement in the…