Jakarta – Indonesia saw a 16.57 percent month-to-month increase in the number of foreign tourists to 1.53 million in July from 1.31 million in…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said he backed the police's decision to restrict events of an anti-Jokowi movement known under its…

Jakarta – A Danareksa Research Institute (DRI) survey shows that the consumer confidence index (CCI) in August has retreated from 101.6 to 97.5…

Jakarta – Fifteen NGOs plan to hold a conference on Oct. 8 to 10 ahead of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Meeting, to be held…

Jakarta – The National Police have instructed their intelligence and security directors at the provincial level to monitor the…

In a country where the government is trying to convince the public that politics is not synonymous with corruption, you would think that everybody…

Bastian Tebai, Jayapura – This morning, on Monday September 3, 14 participants of a peaceful action organized by the Papuan People's Democratic…

Danang Firmanto, Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) let through 12 former convicts of corruption run as legislative candidates…

As former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama nears the end of his two-year prison sentence for blasphemy, one question remains…

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura – Jayapura Municipal Police Chief the Adjunct Senior Police Commissionaire Gustav R. Urbinas said, four students of STIKOM…

James Massola, Jakarta – Ninety-nine per cent of Australian exports to Indonesia will now be able to enter tax free, or will receive preferential…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Gerindra patron chief Prabowo Subianto has again criticized the government's effort in managing the state debt. He said…

Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency's (Bawaslu) decision to allow five former graft convicts to run in the 2019 legislative elections has…

Thor Kerr and Theo Kartawijaya – On August 21 2009 an offshore oil well in the Timor Sea blew up. This caused at least 40 millions litres of crude…

Adinda Normala, Jakarta – The Asian Games had an immediate impact on the economies of the two host cities, in the form of increased retail sales,…

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – Civil society groups based in Surakarta, Central Java, the hometown of the President and former mayor of the city,…

Sheany, Jakarta – Xpedisi Feminis, an initiative to explore diverse perspectives on feminism through travel, was launched on Saturday (25/08) with…

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian will summon the head of the police's criminal investigation division (…

Jakarta – Police say a Polish man detained in Indonesia's troubled Papua region on suspicion of links to separatists will be tried…

Pacific Island civil society says the Pacific Island Forum leaders must support Vanuatu's effort to take the issue of West Papua to…

James Massola & Karuni Rompies, Bogor – The Australia-Indonesia free trade deal will be a "massive win-win" for both nations, Prime Minister…

Many have urged a thorough investigation into the explosive allegation that former Jakarta Vice Governor Sandiaga Uno paid IDR500 billion (US$35…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has said three recently elected regional leaders have been named graft suspects.

The ICW…

Syafiul Hadi, Jakarta – The Federation of United Indonesia (Fiber) has slammed the Election Supervisory Agency's (Bawslu) decision to stop its…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained Idrus Marham, the former social affairs minister in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo'…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – In a bid to counter intolerance and radicalism that are reportedly on the rise at universities lately, a group of…

Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN has announced losses of Rp 5.35 trillion (US$363 million) in the first half of 2018,…

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – The Indonesian rupiah fell to its lowest mark against the U.S. dollar in 20 years as investors grow increasingly weary of…

Asher Hirsch – This week, home affairs minister Peter Dutton again reiterated the false claim that "there are 14,000 people in Indonesia waiting…

A New Zealand-based West Papua advocacy group has appealed to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and other leaders meeting at the Pacific Islands Forum…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has expressed hopes for Indonesia and Malaysia to further strengthen…

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has denied accusations that the significant jump in the allocation of social assistance to poor…

Elaine Pearson – Prime Minister Scott Morrison is visiting Indonesia this week on his first international trip as Australia's leader. The two…

Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate and businessman Sandiaga Uno admitted that he had no clue what the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) was…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Democratic Party deputy secretary-general Andi Arief is once again in the spotlight after accusing the…

Four West Papuan students were arrested on Tuesday for showing the Morning Star flag, as Indonesian universities crack down on pro-…

Jakarta – The Taxation Directorate General will spy on people's activities through social media in trying to boost tax revenue, an official has…

Firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab, founder of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), played a pivotal role in the 2017 Jakarta governor's race,…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A Polish citizen is currently in custody with police in Papua over his alleged attempt to film what the Indonesian…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – In a rare moment in the lead up to the 2019 presidential election, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his…

Jakarta – Islamic convenience store chain 212 Mart had opened 192 branches since its May 2017 establishment, Ahmad Juwaini, the executive director…

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Convicted murderer of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, was finally declared…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A landmark ruling by the Jambi High Court has exonerated a 15-year-old rape victim of all criminal charges, but it will be…

Jakarta – It never occurred to 23-year-old Devina Heriyanto that she would be sexually harassed in a neighborhood near her office – an area she…

Lisa Martin – Australian universities are expected to get the green light to start setting up campuses in Indonesia under a new free trade deal.…

Kharishar Kahfi, Apriadi Gunawan and Arya Dipa, Jakarta, Medan and Bandung – A judge at the Medan District Court in North Sumatra, Wahyu Prasetyo…

Jakarta – The city administration has eliminated 10 programs in the revised 2018 budget through the general regional budget amendment policy (KUPA…

Jessica Jaganathan, Wilda Asmarini, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesia is pushing to nationalise more of its oil and gas assets as it tries to reduce…

Steve Cannane – The lawyer who helped expose an Australian spying operation on its ally Timor-Leste was given a chilling warning by the Federal…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Golkar Party Chairman Airlangga Hartarto denied that the support for Joko Widodo or Jokowi in the 2019 presidential…