Andar Nubowo – The 2019 presidential election is a face-off between two old rivals – incumbent president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his challenger…

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – A group of journalists claim to have been intimidated and assaulted by members of an Islamist group while covering…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The association of provincial governments has lodged a request for a pay raise for governors with Vice President Jusuf…

Jakarta – The government is working to achieve its target of ranking 40th on the World Bank's ease of doing business (EODB) index to attract more…

Jakarta – The Supreme Court acquitted on Tuesday Wisni Yetti, a housewife who was sued by her ex-husband for defamation, of all charges in a case…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Bandung City Population and Civil Registry Agency in West Java has for the first time issued identity cards (KTPs) with…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Eating fish and mussels from Jakarta Bay is dangerous because of toxic and hazardous compounds (B3) that damage fish…

Jakarta – Gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) denied on Thursday reports about the company's plan to lay off more workers as the…

Jakarta – After years of exasperating stop-start development, Indonesia's first mass rapid transit network is finally set to be open for public…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Vice presidential hopeful number 01 Ma'ruf Amin asserted that the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) was an independent…

Suci Sekarwati, Jakarta – Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi will use the United Nation's Human Rights Council's annual assembly as a…

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – The Munajat 212 event held at Jakarta's National Monument (Monas) last night showed a video of Islamic…

Jakarta – Papua Regional Police Public Information Head Assistant Superintendent Suryadi Diaz is asking all parties not to dramatise or make a…

Mulia Ramdhan Fauzani – The word golput or white group – to abstain from voting – has been heard more frequently in concert with the approach of…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The government has been criticized for issuing a regulation on photovoltaic solar panels, which has…

Geneva – Prompt and impartial investigations must be carried out into numerous cases of alleged killings, unlawful arrests, and cruel, inhuman…

On February 20 the International Women's Day Joint Committee alliance held an action at the Gajah Mada University (UGM) in the Central Java city…

There have been a few moments in recent Indonesian history that embarrassingly revealed to the world how little many Indonesians knew about the…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The controversy surrounding presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's land ownership took a new turn on…

Jakarta – Indonesia ranks third among the most optimistic countries globally, after India and the Philippines, according to the Conference Board…

Makassar – The campaign team of presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno has reported 15 district heads in Makassar, South…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The fate of the government's ambitious program to clean up the Citarum River – the longest and dirtiest river in West Java…

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has announced a downward revision of its electricity procurement target because of an…

Gita Irawan, Jakarta – Army Chief of Staff (Kasad) General Andika Perkasa and Australian Defense Force chief General Angus John Campbell have…

The implementation of a government-mandated prepaid SIM registration effort in Indonesia had a heavy impact on the two largest…

The Free West Papua Movement, or OPM, has called on the international community to mediate negotiations with Indonesia's government to end…

Being a religious minority in Indonesia can not only lead to struggles in life, but also after death, as illustrated in this latest story of yet…

Jakarta – After joining 120 countries in the Automatic Exchange of Information in 2018, the tax office has obtained information about the wealth…

Jakarta – The future of professional football in Indonesia is hanging by a thread.

It is increasingly unclear when Liga 1, the country's…

Jakarta – City-owned busway operator PT Transjakarta has suspended the operation of 60 buses following a fire that engulfed one of its buses on…

Jakarta – The Finance Ministry is in the process of completing a regulation that will provide the legal basis for offering fiscal incentives to…

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Hans van Ginneken and his wife Corrie fell in love with Bali the first time they visited the resort island several…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The continuous decline in oil prices that has led to a lower contribution to national revenue should become…

When Joko Widodo (Jokowi) took over the Indonesian presidency in 2014, he faced a stagnating poverty reduction effort and stubbornly high…

Jakarta – Hundreds of students have fled fighting in Indonesia's restive Papua province, a local NGO said, amid unconfirmed reports of violent…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) has condemned the hacking of cekfakta.com, an…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Journalists and rights activists have condemned a defamation lawsuit against Fadli Aksar and Wiwid Abid Abadi, two…

Safrin La Batu and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) named on Tuesday another 32 former corruption convicts…

Abraham Utama – A debate about land use rights (HGU) controlled by a handful of businesspeople has come to the fore following the second…

Indonesia's presidential election – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo versus Prabowo Subianto II – is trundling toward its 17 April denouement, an event less…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The concept of a low carbon footprint in buildings has long been around in Indonesia, but it has yet to gain traction to…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is preparing a regulation to relax the value added tax (VAT) refund requirements for foreign tourists to…

Jakarta – Election watchdog the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) launched on Tuesday its new web-based platform pintarmemilih.…

Jakarta – Palm oil corporations, nongovernmental organizations and farmers are engaged in constant tugs-of-war in resolving land disputes.

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Jayapura, Jubi – Two West Papua National Committee (KNPB) activists have been arrested by police in Bitung City, North Sulawesi, for carrying…

Evarianus Supar, Timika – A sole judge at the Timika District Court in West Papua, Saiful Amam, has rejected a pre-trail suit by three West…

As has become prevalent in Indonesia in recent years, especially in the lead up to major elections, many religious figures have used their…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has been reported to the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) for his remark during the second…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's external debt increased in 2018 amid rising foreign capital inflows toward the end of the year.…

Jakarta – The Indonesia AIDS Coalition (IAC) has urged the government to establish a special working unit to increase public awareness about HIV/…