Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – State electricity firm PLN hopes its customers will use more electricity this year through incentive…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Lyudmila Vorobyeva said she objected to the use of the term "Russian Propaganda" by…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) decided to evaluate its security standard procedure after two of…

Bangkok – A highway under construction in Indonesia's Papua province is hurting the environment and stoking conflict by threatening indigenous…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Agnes Anya, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ruffled some feathers by suggesting that his challenger in…

Havana, Cuba – Loro Horta, Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of East Timor to Cuba, participated in this capital in a martial arts exhibition…

Surabaya – A grouping of civil society organisations calling themselves the "Surabaya Solidarity Society Against Remission for the Murderer of…

Arya Dipa, Bandung and Jakarta – The latest case of obesity in Karawang, West Java, has yet again shed light on Indonesia's rising obesity…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Unidentified assailants assaulted two on-duty Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators in Jakarta on…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Vice-presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno has promised that if elected, his government will revise the…

Timor-Leste's Press Council (TLPC) has strongly condemned political interference in the country's public broadcasting service (RTTL) newsroom…

Devina Halim, Jakarta – Syahrul Fitria, a researcher with the non-government organisation (NGO) Auriga, believes that the criminalisation of…

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The financial services sector has yet to become a main engine for economic growth, but it has the potential to do so…

Jakarta – A former University of Indonesia (UI) philosophy lecturer who was accused of blasphemy for referring to holy books as "fiction" faced…

Jakarta – In April last year, Kennedy Jennifer, a filmmaker, started receiving calls and messages on her smartphone asking for a "massage service…

Kizzy Kalsakau and Jason Abel – The Government of Indonesia has criticized Vanuatu for including a West Papuan leader and the United Liberal…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named East Kotawaringin Regent Supian Hadi a suspect…

Jakarta – A respected Muslim cleric is in the spotlight after a video of him mistakenly praying for Prabowo Subianto to become "a leader" during…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The passing of a bill on sexual violence, which has been deliberated on by the House of Representatives since…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A linguist in Jambi has criticized the rampant use of "cliches" or gobbledygook among government officials and political…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – A total of 15.81 million foreign tourists visited Indonesia throughout 2018, according to Statistics…

Indonesian Flat Earth Research (IFER), a community that rejects the objective reality that the Earth is round, is planning to hold its first…

Johnny Blades – Efforts to focus international attention on the West Papua independence cause surged in the past week.

First, a petition…

The Free West Papua Movement, or OPM, has called for United Nations intervention over conflict in Papua's Nduga regency.

The…

The Free West Papua Movement, or OPM, has called for international action on the conflict in Indonesian-ruled Papua

At a rare press…

Hanief Syafi Al Umam, Jakarta – The Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs (Kemenpora), Imam Nahrawi, has sent an example by following his own…

Euan McKirdy – Two 18-year-olds were publicly flogged Thursday in the conservative Indonesian state of Aceh for displaying affection.

The…

Maya Wang – The Chinese government has been on the offensive in recent weeks, dismissing claims of one million unlawful detentions and other…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The Pantau Foundation, a Jakarta-based journalism research and training organization, gave the 2019 Oktovianus…

Jakarta – Facebook has shut down hundreds of accounts and pages linked to an Indonesian group accused of spreading hate speech and fake news, the…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The Youth and Sports Ministry withdrew on Friday a circular that was issued to encourage cinemas to play the…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Dog Meat Free Indonesia (DMFI), Yogyakarta band Shaggydog and 2018 Puteri Indonesia beauty pageant winner Alya…

Riska Rahman and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The rupiah may have overcome its toughest period last year, but a problem still persisted in…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The Central Sulawesi administration will need at least three years to rehabilitate areas most affected by recent natural…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Panturas Band member Surya Fikri Asshidiq said the draft bill on music, otherwise known as RUU Permusikan,…

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Gerindra's legislative contender Mohamad Taufik said the General Election Commission' (KPU) was overacting when…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Legal and Human Rights Ministry is currently reviewing the remission granted to I Nyoman Susrama, a…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – A commissioner of the National Commission of Human Rights for Women (Komnas Perempuan), Masruchah, said that the draft…

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno pledged to revise Law of Electronic Information and…

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto said that his institution would establish…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Speaking to investors at a seminar in Jakarta recently, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati felt compelled…

Almost everybody has to spend a huge chunk of their lives on the internet nowadays to do everything from work to socializing to shopping. But…

Vanuatu's foreign minister has dismissed criticism from the Indonesian government for including the United Liberation Movement (ULMWP…

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – The Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) commander, Maj. Gen. I Nyoman Cantasia, commented on the recent attacks by…

Diella Yasmine, Jakarta – Eva Susanty Hanafi Bande, a women's rights activist, environmentalist and land rights defender, became the talk of the…

Lin Evlin – Indonesia's Ambassador to the UN, Hasan Kleib, has strongly condemned Vanuatu for helping exiled West Papuan independence leader…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Indonesia has strongly criticized the tiny Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu for including an exiled Papuan separatist…

Banda Aceh (AFP) – Two teenagers were whipped in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday (Jan 31) after they were caught cuddling in public – a…

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo has said that under the current exchange rate, the rupiah was still undervalued and could,…