Ben Bland – How can we address the profound gender disparity that afflicts the vast majority of the world's parliaments?

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Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jayapura – By Wednesday morning rescue workers had recovered 104 dead victims of a flash flood and landslide that happened…

Jakarta – The rupiah was quoted at Rp 14,122 per US dollar at 10:27 a.m. on Thursday, having strengthened 0.46 percent since Wednesday, according…

Jakarta – As many as 8,722 inmates in prisons across Jakarta might not be able to vote in the general election on April 17.

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Jakarta – A certified internship program is being offered to 9,000 university students to provide them with first-hand job experience.

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Hannah Beech and Muktita Suhartono, Jakarta – As the seconds ticked by on the doomed Lion Air flight, the pilot handed the controls to his co-…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has accused House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Taufik Kurniawan of…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MU) has reminded all food, medicine and cosmetics manufacturers that they must obtain halal certificates…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – As Indonesians prepare to cast their votes in simultaneous presidential and legislative elections slated for…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Pelita Harapan University political communication expert Emrus Sihombing argues that the lacking performance of…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto has long likened the spread of…

Asrida Elisabeth, Della Syahni, Lusia Arumingtyas, Jayapura/Jakarta – Rain-triggered flash floods and landslides that struck Indonesia's…

Jakarta – A survey by the Voxpol Center found that the majority of Indonesians don't care about or aren't interested in the promises made by the…

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry announced on Wednesday that five people, including three directors of different timber companies…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have detained 10 suspects in the hijacking of two tanker trucks owned by state-owned energy company PT Pertamina…

Jakarta – During the first election debate back in January, vice presidential candidate Ma'ruf Amin became an object of online mockery for his…

Jakarta – The respective camps of Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and challenger Prabowo Subianto have started gearing up for massive…

Arie Ruhyanto – Three soldiers and several members of an armed group were killed in a shootout earlier this month in Nduga, Papua. Last Sunday,…

A group of unmarried couples were whipped in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday after they were caught behaving amorously – a crime under the…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – The spread of fake news and disinformation has spiked in Indonesia in recent months, weeks before millions are scheduled to…

The death toll from flash floods in Indonesia's Papua region has risen to 89. Over 6000 people have been evacuated from flooded villages after…

Media giant Kompas today released the results of its presidential election poll, shedding insight on how people in Indonesia's different regions…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – A poll released by Kompas on Wednesday shows that Gerindra Party chairman and presidential challenger Prabowo…

Many have criticized Indonesia's mainstream political parties for endorsing legislative candidate who had previously been convicted on corruption…

Jakarta – The government has intensified the disbursement of its social assistance to low-income households ahead of the April 17 presidential…

Jakarta – Amid low demand and the price decrease of crude palm oil (CPO) in the global market, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has advised oil…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said the central government approved infrastructure projects worth Rp 571 trillion (US$40.12 billion…

Jakarta – Ride-hailing app taxi drivers have threatened to take to the street if their proposed fare of Rp 3,000 (21 US cents) per kilometer is…

Riyan Novitra (Contributor), Pekanbaru – The Terra and Aqua Satellite detected a 100 percent increase of Indonesian wildfire hotspots indicating…

Khairul Imam Ghozali, Jakarta – IBB Astra UD Trucks Regional Head Hendro Priyo Purnomo revealed that more than 50 percent of trucks…

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said the lack of access to clean water supply is still a basic problem…

Christian Lee, Jakarta – The campaign team of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate, cleric Ma'ruf Amin, is redirecting its effort…

Cindy Silviana, Jamie Freed and Tim Hepher, Jakarta/Singapore/Paris – The pilots of a doomed Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX scoured a handbook as they…

Although pornography is strictly illegal in Indonesia, it was once relatively easy to find pornographic DVDs being sold under the table at some…

Agus Bebeng, Bandung – Commemorating the Global Day of Solidarity with Venezuela, a group of protesters from the Solidarity Committee for…

Robert Isidorus, Jakarta – The flash flood in Sentani, Papua, which has killed at least 100 people since Saturday (16/03) has been years in the…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says its investigators have confiscated Rp 180 million (US$12,667) and $30,000 from the…

Victor Mambor and Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jayapura and Jakarta – Residents fled their homes as heavy rain and flooding continued on Tuesday in…

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) is aiming for 77.5 percent voter turnout during the upcoming general election.

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government has lowered this year's revenue target for the tourist industry from US$20 billion to US$17.6 billion.…

Jakarta – The new regulation on the export of palm crude oil (CPO) and its derivative products has taken effect and is part of the government's…

Jakarta – The high-profile, 35,000-megawatt (MW) electricity program had produced 3,009 MW by Jan. 15, or 8 percent of the combined installed…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The death toll from the deadly flash flooding that hit Jayapura, Papua, on Sunday has risen to 89, the National…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Voter lists have become the latest battleground in the run-up to elections in the world's third-largest democracy, with…

Indonesia's third debate on March 17, exactly a month before the presidential election in April showcased vice-presidential candidates Ma'ruf…

Jakarta – The arrest last Friday (March 15) of the chairman of United Development Party (PPP), M. Romahurmuziy, who has since resigned from that…

Paulina Quintao – An exploratory research report on local market facilities conducted by the Australian Government's Program To'os Ba Moris Diak…

Johni Korwa – The prospect of Indonesians abstaining from voting (golput), out of disillusionment with Jokowi or weariness of the options on…

Sian Cain, Jakarta – With a great heave, a young man pushes the ancient, three-wheeled rickshaw down a ramp and it splutters to a start. The…

The investigation into explosive allegations of corruption inside Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs that led to Friday's shocking arrest…