Greenpeace said Saturday six of its activists boarded a tanker off Spain loaded with "dirty" palm oil to protest against a Nature-damaging…

A regional commander of the Free West Papua Movement (Organisasi Papua Merdeka – OPM) has died.

Bernard Mawen was the Southern…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) chairperson Grace Natalie has been reported to the national police headquarters…

Fadli, Batam – Dozens of residents of a housing complex in Batam, Riau Islands, and members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) attacked on Friday…

Jakarta – National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) chairperson Azriana R Manalu says that the government has "circumcised…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – An Islamist gathering set to take place at the Az Zikra Mosque in Sentul, Bogor regency, West Java, was canceled…

Tom Livingstone – Every year in Bali thousands of dogs are snatched in the middle of the night and sold for meat in what is known as the "dogma"…

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The government launched on Friday its 16th economic policy package to ensure the nation's economic…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Baiq Nuril Makmun, a sexual harassment victim who was sentenced to prison for defamation, has been told by…

Feru Lantara, Depok – The Depok municipal government in West Java says that it is preparing to issue a mayoral regulation (perwali) on Lesbian,…

Jakarta – Head of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) Bambang Brodjonegoro said on Thursday the government had offered a number of…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan said on Thursday that the large amount of oil and gas…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The chairwoman of the Indonesian Solidarity Party, Grace Natalie, has been reported to the National Police's criminal…

It was just after dawn prayers when the caretaker at a Jakarta mosque noticed a man stealing from the donation box, prompting a furious mob to…

Karlis Salna, Jakarta – Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto will slash corporate and personal income taxes if he comes to power,…

The Supreme Court's decision to sentence Indonesian teacher Baiq Nuril for recording her principal's sexual harassment, despite the fact that she…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The Supreme Court's decision to find Baiq Nuril guilty of defaming her former superior on Friday has sparked…

Outrage over the six-month jail sentence recently given to a teacher who recorded her school's principal sexually harassing her has once again put…

Jakarta – Although it was submitted 10 years ago, the Draft Law (RUU) on the Elimination of Sexual Violence has still not been enacted by the…

A group of West Papuans based in the area around Indonesia's border with Papua New Guinea have called for APEC countries to support…

The ongoing joint Indonesian military and police operations in Lanny Jaya and the surrounding areas in West Papua are causing widespread death,…

Rinaldi Ikhsan Nasrulloh – Indonesia has an opportunity to deliver a criminal justice system that is modern, substantive and ultimately fairer to…

Following accusations of Islamophobia for their opposition to religion-based laws, the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), one of Indonesia's…

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – Indonesia has booked another monthly deficit in October after it enjoyed a $230 million surplus in the previous month…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Every year, at least 1 million new cars and about 6 million new motorcycles hit the roads in Indonesia with the drivers…

Loren Bell – A palm oil supplier to PepsiCo, Mars, Hershey and Johnson & Johnson has resumed clearing intact forest in West Papua, Indonesia,…

Dyaning Pangestika, Wonosobo – The atmosphere was convivial in Wonosobo, Central Java, when 18-year-old Fikri Darmawan ordered three cups of kopi…

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – The Prabowo-Sandiaga Uno National Campaigning Agency (BPN) spokesman, Andre Rosiade said the rumor of…

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – The Habibie Center director board chairman Sofian Effendi said that socially, Indonesian people permissively…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has started a new investigation into the alleged corruption surrounding the…

The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) is one of the country's youngest and certainly its most progressive political party. Although some have…

Rachmadea Aisyah and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ratified seven bilateral and multilateral trade…

Julia Suryakusuma, Jakarta – After comedies, ghost horror films are the genre most liked by Indonesians, with 44 percent saying they enjoy them.…

Reza Gunadha, Ria Rizki Nirmala Sari – The Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno election campaign team (BPN) has responded sarcastically to a statement…

Jakarta – The latest survey by polling company LSI Denny JA titled "Religious Leaders and their Electoral Effect" has found that the influence of…

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – As the prevalence of diabetes continues to increase at an alarming rate, the government has called on people to…

As both the head of the influential Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) and the running mate of President Joko Widodo in the 2019 election, Ma'ruf Amin…

Jakarta – Democratic Party legislative candidates have been directed to campaign by championing the achievements of party chairman and former…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) questions the verdict handed by Supreme Court (MA) to Baiq Nuril Maknun,…

Jakarta – Twenty-one companies will relocate their factories from Karawang, West Java to other regions on account of next year's minimum wage…

The alleged rape of a student at Yogyakarta's prestigious Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) and the alleged lack of a speedy and appropriate action by…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – A teacher from Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, who has been jailed for spreading a recording revealing alleged sexual…

Paulina Quintao – The National Director for Meteorology at the Ministry of Transport and Communication, Terencio Fernandes Moniz, said based on…

Bambang Muryanto and Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – In response to public pressure, Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta is thinking about taking steps…

Indonesia is preparing to embark on the biggest, most complex one-day election in the world. The size and complexity of these elections means…

Rina Chandran, Gajah Bertalut, Indonesia – In a community hall, a group of men sit cross-legged on mats, poring over documents and maps marked…

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – The Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry stated that the pass rate of the 2018 civil servant…

Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa was the sultan of Banten during the kingdom's golden age in the 1600s and has been recognized as one of Indonesia's…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The Bogor Police refused to give permission to an event that was meant to be held at the Az-Zikra Mosque in…

Two highly anticipated local movies hit Indonesian cinemas last Friday, "Hanum & Rangga" and "A Man Called Ahok". But rather than purely be a…