Prashanth Parameswaran – On January 8, an Indonesian state-owned company announced that it had moved forward with an additional order for…

Wahyu Pratomo Hariyono, Jakarta – Last Dec. 26 marked one year since the opening of Railink, a dedicated railway system connecting Soekarno-Hatta…

John McBeth, Jakarta – To no one's surprise, conservative cleric Ma'ruf Amin, the 75-year-old running mate forced on President Joko Widodo at the…

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is proposing deep tax cuts to stimulate South-east Asia's largest…

TAPOL, Franciscans International, International Coalition for Papua, Watch Indonesia!, West Papua Netzwerk and Geneva for Human Rights Global…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Traditional Fishermen's Union is urging the General Elections Commission to raise maritime topics during the upcoming…

John McBeth, Jakarta – Amid rising tensions in the South China Sea, President Joko Widodo has followed through on a two-year-old pledge to…

Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has given its nod to Hanura Party chairman Oesman Sapta Odang's candidacy for a seat on the…

Rivki, Jakarta – On January 8 officials from the Padang public prosecutor's office and the TNI (Indonesian military) seized several books alleged…

Azis Anwar Fachrudin – Ma'ruf Amin's vice presidential candidacy will undoubtedly be a test for the so-called inclusion-moderation theory.

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Jakarta – As the moderator of the 2019 presidential debate held by the General Elections Commission (KPU), seasoned host Ira Koesno…

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has rejected the revision to the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno presidential candidate vision and…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Novel Baswedan demanded President…

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – Vice president candidate Sandiaga Uno today, January 11, conducted a campaign visit to an Islamic Boarding…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The ambitious 35,000 megawatt (MW) electricity program kicked off in 2015, but has yet to contribute…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Smart Card Plus (KJP Plus) has reportedly deviated from its initial purpose as an education scheme to providing cash for…

Bagus Prihantoro Nugroho, Jakarta – A book written by a politician from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Environment Agency is questioning twelve cooking oil producers operating in the city over the discovery of several mounds…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Scholars and rights activists have condemned the Indonesian Military's (TNI) recent move to confiscate books about…

Kharishar Kahfi and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Public representatives and prominent citizens have declared their support for the…

Jakarta – State-owned energy holding company Permina is targeting oil and gas production of 921.54 million barrel oil equivalent per…

Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN projects that the company's coal-fired power plants will require some 100 million tons of coal this…

Jeka Kampai, Padang – The owner of the Nagare Boshi bookshop in Padang, Yanto Tjahaja, says he has been left deeply traumatised by the raid by a…

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairperson Agus Rahardjo says that the panelists and the presidential election campaign teams…

Jakarta – Participants of the Kamisan (Thursday) actions in Jakarta are pessimistic that either presidential candidate (capres) is willing to…

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – Tommy Suharto's Working Party (Partai Berkarya) has spoken out about communism – which is banned in Indonesia – in…

Adri Wanto – West Sumatra is the only province in Indonesia where more than 50% of its population are consistently dissatisfied with the…

The Information and Electronic Transactions Act (UU ITE) has often been criticized as a tool used by those in power to silence criticism against…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) shared on Tuesday a photo of 12 disgraced members of the Malang Legislative…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Voters have expressed mixed responses over the General Elections Commission's (KPU) decision to provide…

Jakarta – The official Twitter account of the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry was flooded with angry comments on Tuesday after it gave a…

Jakarta – The government has lowered the investment target for new and renewable energy to US$1.79 billion this year from $2.01 billion in the…

Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry's data shows 1.13 million new houses were built in 2018, exceeding the 1 million new houses…

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – The Jakarta Post has welcomed 2019 with a significant achievement as World Desk reporter Agnes Anya was conferred…

Jakarta – The government will allocate 6 trillion (US$422.85 million) in 2019 to provide low-income families with electricity connections, Energy…

Winny Tang, Jakarta – Participants of the National Health Insurance (JKN) program can now let out a sigh of relief as healthcare services return…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A former secretary for the Workers Social Security Agency's (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan) supervisory board – identified…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Exporters Association (GPEI) is seeking incentives from the government for the use of local raw materials to manufacture…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The police will intensify security around Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders' homes following suspected…

Jayapura, Indonesia – Indonesia's military said a Papuan rebel was killed and a soldier injured in a gunbattle Wednesday, the latest spasm of…

Jakarta – While supporters of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto have been trading increasingly vindictive…

Bernadette Christina Munthe, Jakarta – Copper concentrate exports from Indonesia's Grasberg mine, the world's second-largest copper mine, are…

Trash-filled waterways are quite a common sight in Indonesia, but a village in the Bekasi Regency of West Java managed to make headlines around…

State-sanctioned discrimination in Indonesia against the LGBT community and individuals saw a sharp increase towards the end of last year as…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno Volunteer Director Deputy Ferry Juliantono strongly denies…

Helen Davidson – Indonesian forces have raided and allegedly destroyed the offices of the West Papuan liberation group, taking over one site in…

If the government could fix the macet (traffic jams) problem in Jabodetabek (an acronym for the Greater Jakarta region including Bogor, Depok,…

With Indonesia's next presidential election looming on April 17, the candidates have little more than three months to convince voters. Almost…

Jakarta – A polish national who was due to stand trial on Tuesday on charges of treason for allegedly aiding separatist rebels in Indonesia's…