Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – A recent statement of regret issued by Indonesian vice-presidential candidate Ma'ruf Amin for testifying against former…

John McBeth, Jakarta – When Indonesian police dragged their feet investigating an assault on uniformed Marine Captain Agus Komaruddin by thugs…

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – A December 2018 survey by Denny JA Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) shows that six parties contesting the 2019 legislative…

Jared Ferrie, Phnom Penh – The Australian owners of a restaurant in East Timor are hoping to use their passion for the local cuisine to combat…

Jeka Kampai, Padang – A joint team from the District Military Command (Kodim) and the Padang Attorney General's Office have seized a number of…

Jakarta – Papuan police have charged three West Papua National Committee (KNPB) members with treason (makar). The case has now been handed over…

Jakarta – A National Awakening Party (PKB) politician of Chinese descent has filed a police report against a senior Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI…

Christopher Knaus – Commonwealth prosecutors have been accused of acting unfairly in the Witness K case after dumping their brief of evidence on…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) publically announced the identities of 40 state legislator hopefuls in the 2019…

The latest reports from West Papua reveal a shocking escalation of violence in West Papua. Incendiary weapons – possibly white phosphorous – are…

Winny Tang, Jakarta – Detergent manufacturers and the laundry industry have said they would work with the government in pushing for better…

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Jakartans are notorious for many things. One of them is their refusal – or inability – to line up for anything.

Jakarta – Real Estate Indonesia (REI) is urging the government to fulfill its promise to introduce fiscal incentives for the development of…

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has inaugurated 16 new Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic…

Kukuh S. Wibowo, Jakarta – Upon further investigation, the East Java Police Chief Insp. Gen. Luki Hermawan said that police's Sub-directorate 5…

Kartika Anggraeni, M. Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Federal Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has…

Fikri Arigi, Syafiul Hadi, Jakarta – The General Elections Committee (KPU) announced that presidential and vice presidential candidates of the…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Worker's Social Security Agency (BPJS ketenagakerjaan) Supervisory Board Member Syafri Adnan Baharuddin will file a…

The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), one of the country's youngest and most progressive political parties, is certainly not shy about being…

Eight activists with the West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, have been questioned by Indonesian police in Timika in relation to…

Fears are growing among the West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, as the group faces a crackdown on its offices by Indonesian…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Religious intolerance is on the rise in Indonesia as conservative Muslims regain political clout ahead of general…

Oki Raimundos, Dili – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has urged Indonesia's government to hold talks with the Papuan independence…

Jakarta – The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has terminated, as of this month, contracts with dozens of hospitals that…

Depok – Depok Mayor Mohammad Idris is asking the public to immediately report to the authorities if they discover sexually deviant or Lesbian,…

Jakarta – A video of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's running mate, Ma'ruf Amin, saying he regretted taking part in former Jakarta governor…

Jakarta (Antara) – Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Agus Rahardjo has become one of the panelists for the first debate of…

Jakarta (Antara) – High rainfalls in the past few days have caused floods and landslides in several parts of Jayapura city, Papua…

Kupang (Antara) – Oil tanker Ocean Princess that sank in the vicinity waters off Aemoli Village in eastern Indonesia on December 22, 2018 has…

Jakarta (Antara) – The Director General of Mineral and Coal (Minerba) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bambang Gatot…

Lynn Lee – As the strains of Taiwanese star Teresa Teng's hit song The Moon Represents My Heart filled a ballroom in North Jakarta last month, an…

Jack Board, Bireuen, Indonesia – For one of the world's most persecuted minorities, in the midst of their struggle, there was always one place…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Thirty-one bodies have been retrieved from the site of a landslide in Sirnaresmi village, Sukabumi regency in West…

Jakarta – Several soil mounds containing hazardous and toxic (B3) waste have been found near the Marunda low-cost apartments in Cilincing, North…

Jakarta – On Saturday January 5 the Mimika district police (Polres) in Papua questioned eight West Papua National Committee (KNPB) activists in…

Amy Chew, Kuala Lumpur – Indonesian trader Darsil Abd Muis has been spending weekends and all his free time together with some 500 volunteers in…

Nadine Freischlad – West Java is the heartland of Indonesian manufacturing, and industrial zones on the outskirts of the provincial capital city…

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia has attributed the recent recovery of the rupiah's exchange value to growing investor confidence and effective market…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The government has decided to stop covering health services for sexual assault victims in the national health…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – State energy giant Pertamina has lowered its non-subsidized fuel price by up to Rp 250 (1.8 US cents) per…

Jakarta – Several years back, movie buffs in Jakarta knew how to catch up with the latest episodes of their favorite TV series or box office…

Jakarta – Two West Jakarta fires destroyed 40 makeshift houses in Jelambar and dozens of others in Tambora, forcing hundreds of residents to flee…

Jakarta – The campaign team of Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno was disappointed with the decision of the General Election Commission (KPU) to…

Reza Jurnaliston, Jakarta – Tommy Suharto's Working Party (Partai Berkarya) is asking parties which were "revered" by Tommy's father and the 2nd…

Jakarta – An explosion of agrarian conflicts between 2014 and 2018 has resulted in many casualties including 41 people killed, 546 people…

Jakarta – Despite their dependence on plastic bags, Jakartans mostly agree with the city administration's plan to issue a policy restricting…

Jakarta – Indonesia will temporarily stop sending students to universities in Taiwan, the foreign ministry said on Friday, after it asked Taipei…

Indonesia's National Police have arrested two people believed to have spread a hoax on social media alleging a massive ballot tampering scheme to…

We almost used an actual image of a thief's hand getting cut off in Saudi Arabia but that was much too horrible so here's a picture of Luke…

Jakarta – Indonesia's consumer confidence index (CCI) rose by 1.7 percent from 99.0 to 100.7 in December, after increasing 0.8 percent in the…