Michelle Winowatan, New York – The upcoming presidential election is looking bleak for the human rights camp. After the two presidential…

In Indonesia's highly conservative province of Aceh, locals often take the law into their own hands. While the province's self-appointed moral…

Jakarta – Three men who took down a black flag with an Islamic creed written in Arabic and burned it during National Santri (Islamic students) Day…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto said, during the commemoration of the inaugural Indonesian…

Another day, another survey for next year's presidential election. The main takeaway from all of them in aggregate is that the Prabowo Subianto…

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said eight out of ten new…

Paulina Quintao – The Chief of the Suku of Soba, in the Laga Administrative Post, Baucau Municipality, Francisca Monica said the government needs…

Jakarta – The city will raise its minimum wage by 8.03 percent, as it has been mandated by a government regulation.

Jakarta wage council…

Kukuh S. Wibowo, Jakarta – A group of ulema from the country's largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) joined in Barisan Kiai dan Santri…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – A video depicting members of the civilian security unit under the Nahdlatul Ulama's Ansor youth wing (Banser) burning…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has called on the people who burned a black flag bearing an Islamic creed in…

In Indonesia, there's still a huge stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS due to a lack of public education about the disease, to the point that people's…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has finally grown tired of accusations that his administration's plan to disburse…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The government's plan to disburse funds to subdistricts across the country has been met with criticism from the…

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – Residents of Banyuanyar subdistrict in Surakarta, Central Java, have complained that the water…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar has said that from six oil and gas blocks that…

Eni Mulia – What is IndonesiaLeaks? Who is behind it? Is it connected to Wikileaks, the international organisation that publishes classified and…

The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has held a commemoration of National Santri Day at an event which also celebrated the anniversary of the…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Heading toward the 2019 presidential election, Jokowi's camp seems to have learned from the 2014 election where they lost…

Cooking pork with dates is probably nothing more than a form of culinary expression in most parts of the world, but here in Indonesia it has…

Indonesia's leading human rights organisation says president Joko Widodo has failed to honour human rights commitments including in Papua.

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Rina Ayu, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko says that law enforcement and human rights have progressed in the four years of President…

Presidential candidate Number 2, Prabowo Subianto, has received a boost in support from the Indonesian Islamic Boarding School Students Front (…

The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has held a commemoration of National Santri Day at an event which also celebrated the anniversary of the…

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – Since the 2019 presidential campaign period officially opened on September 22, both presidential and vice presidential…

Jakarta – State-owned logistics company Bulog has attributed the decline of its rice absorption to the ending of the harvest season and the damage…

Some people really wanna dance. When local police told the residents of Lawele Village, located in Southeast Sulawesi's Buton Regency, that they…

Jakarta – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has arrested two Indonesian Army (TNI) personnel who were allegedly involved in drug…

Resty Woro Yuniar – Infrastructure projects Indonesia signed up to as part of China's Belt and Road Initiative are likely to be reviewed if former…

Jakarta – Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti relished in the improved performance of Indonesia's fishing industry ever since…

Tsubasa Yoda, Singapore – Indonesia's foreign reserves have fallen to a level not seen for two years after the central bank's repeated…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi is ranked 16th in the list of the world's 500 most influential Muslims for 2019 edition.…

Jakarta – The death toll from a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province last month has reached 2113 and there's…

A billion-dollar hydroelectric dam development in Indonesia that threatens the habitat of the world's rarest great ape has sparked fresh concerns…

Jakarta – Teachers of early childhood education school Tunas Bina in Tamansari, West Jakarta, have deplored the sudden demolition of the school…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) revealed the reasons that made the Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo-…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Stigma and discrimination continue to hinder people with leprosy from having a normal life, according to World…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – After President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared that Indonesia would accept foreign aid to reconstruct Central…

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – Dita Oepriarto, the suspected mastermind behind the Surabaya church bombings in May, believed the world would end in…

Calum Stuart – The vice president of a popular Indonesia-based ride-sharing app has been received a 'sanction and a strict warning' after posting…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Four years after his election, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has yet to fulfill many of his promises on the…

Jakarta – The West Java Police have arrested a man and his partner for allegedly running a Facebook page for the gay community in Bandung, West…

Max Walden, Jakarta – Majority-Hindu Bali has long been considered more tolerant of different sexual identities compared with other parts of…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Voxpol Center Research and Consulting executive director, Pangi Syarwi Chaniago, responded to the red note written by…

James Massola, Jakarta – It's the slogan that helped propel Donald Trump to the White House, emblazoned on hats, bumper stickers and t-shirts…

Jakarta – The Cianjur regency government in West Java is planning to issue an appeal to the principles of all primary and senior high schools…

Ahmad Syamsudin (Benar News) – LGBT people in Indonesia are facing renewed pressure after a ride-sharing company's message of support triggered an…

Jakarta – The Agrarian Spatial Planning Ministry has as of October distributed 6.2 million land certificates, nearly reaching its…

Jakarta – The families of some national heroes have threatened to remove the bodies of their relatives buried in Kalibata Heroes Cemetery,…

Following an attack by masked assailants that led to cancellation of the traditional Javanese sedekah laut ceremony in Cental Java's Bantul…