Jakarta – The National Police said on Friday that a hundred people lost tens of millions of rupiah in a sextortion scheme in which victims were…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Bengkulu – Sectarianism is exacerbating political divisions in the country as voters now view politics as "a matter of life and…

Jakarta – The grenade that exploded killing two boys and injuring another in Bogor, West Java, on Thursday is believed to have been used in…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – "I don't think it will be like before," 21-year-old Hussain Badavi says, as he contemplates the idea of taking a boat to…

Maikel Jefriando, Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Indonesia will push back by as much as seven years an October deadline for halal labels on food,…

Indonesian firms owe at least $1.3 billion in unpaid fines for environmental damage caused by widespread forest clearing and deadly fires linked…

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – Stakeholders are looking for domestic solutions to securing investments this year after global disruptions led to a…

Jakarta – Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) researcher Aisah Putri Badriati is surprised that neither presidential candidate raised the…

Jakarta – A video clip posted to Twitter, showing two neighbors arguing in the street over the smell of cooking pork, has gone viral on Thursday…

Jakarta – The government will simplify requirements for oil palm smallholders to access assistance for the replacement of their old trees through…

Beyond violating the rights and privacy of the country's gay and transexual individuals, experts warn that the LGBT moral panic gripping…

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), says it doesn't see West Sumatra's plan to ban LGBT behavior in the province as an…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned companies in charge of infrastructure development are turning to creative financing to obtain funds for their…

Jakarta – The Supreme Court has rejected a case review petition filed by the now-disbanded Muslim group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI…

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry has announced it will register 10 million new plots of land this year, one…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is requiring coal miners to increase their allocation of coal for the domestic market this year to 128…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The second election debate is a few days away and the teams of both incumbent Joko "…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The naming of opposition camp supporter and 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212) chairman Slamet Ma'arif as a…

Jakarta – A florist in Bogor Regency, West Java, spoke out about the effect of the city administration's call for its residents not to celebrate…

Jakarta – Investment Coordination Board (BKPM) head Thomas Lembang said on Wednesday that the government was considering allowing foreign…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) has denied rumors that they are deliberating a law to legalise Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and…

Eka Kurniawan, Jakarta – When Joko Widodo, the incumbent president of Indonesia, last year chose Ma'ruf Amin as his running mate for the general…

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – It was a hot bright day in August 2018 and the clock had struck one. I had finished my lunch and was walking back to…

Indonesian state media is reporting that hundreds of students have fled violence in Papua's central Highlands.

Since December,…

Bram Setiawan, Jakarta – The Tourism Ministry provides technical guidance and workshops to representatives from 10 provinces in…

Another year, another Valentine's Day ban story in Indonesia.

Continuing their annual tradition, which has been going on for several years…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – As the nation prepares for the upcoming elections, issues relating to energy nationalism will spark debate…

Jakarta – Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo says his ministry never issued a policy restricting any government offices from holding conferences and…

Padang – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) chairperson Ahmad Taufan Damanik says that the move by the West Sumatra (Sumbar)…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Environmental activist Heri Budiawan, popularly known as Budi Pego, is continuing his fight to prove his innocence as…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Heri Budiawan had just returned to Sumberagung village in Banyuwangi, East Java around August 2010 after working in…

Responding to Instagram's statement that it did not remove an account featuring web comics about being gay in Indonesia, after Indonesia's…

Jay Akbar – Two politicians have recently joined the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the presidential campaign ticket…

VP candidate Sandiaga Uno has made traveling around the country and meeting with the downtrodden – particularly those who say they feel…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Social media platform Instagram has denied a government claim that it had taken down an Instagram account…

Jakarta – Jakarta Police are cracking down on electric bike-sharing app Migo, with a ban on the distinctive yellow electric bikes that have begun…

A short documentary which highlights the risks of being a journalist in Indonesian-ruled Papua region, or West Papua, has won an…

Mike Ives and Muktita Suhartono, Hong Kong – An Instagram account featuring a comic strip with gay Muslim characters disappeared on Wednesday,…

Jakarta (DPA) – Instagram has taken down an account that featured comic strips about a Muslim gay man's daily struggles after Indonesia demanded…

Jakarta – The Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) say that the West Papuan people will not…

Indonesia's largest airport operator is looking to spend billions of dollars to build a new facility in Jakarta and upgrade the existing one to…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – In the lead up to the legislative and presidential elections in April, the country's second-largest Islamic…

Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has been reported to the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) for allegedly campaigning for incumbent…

Jakarta – Social media platform Instagram has taken down an Instagram account featuring comic strips about the life of a Muslim gay man that has…

Vincent Lingga, Jakarta – Even under the most optimistic projections, Indonesia's economic growth in the next five years is unlikely to exceed 6…

Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Commission III member Arsul Sani says that the government's planned revisions to the 2009 Narcotics Law…

Leo Suryadinata – The ethnic Chinese constitute less than 2 percent of the Indonesian population, but their economic power is much stronger that…

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Ellya, a resident of Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, pays Rp 300,000 (US$21.38) a month for a water service of less than…

Responding to the decision by Instagram to take down an account featuring comic strips about the life of a Muslim man, at the…

Jakarta – While praised for its progressive efforts in preserving forests and stopping forest fires, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's…