Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry is overhauling the country's approach to managing its penitentiaries, after the Corruption Eradication…

Jakarta – The area surrounding Asian Games venues will be free from advertisements of companies competing with the sponsors of the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – In working toward forming a coalition, Democratic Party chief and former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has…

Paulina Quintao – The Executive Director for Business Registration and Verification (SERVE), Florencio Sanches said they recently received…

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has projected this year's current account deficit to hit US$25 billion, a significant increase over last year's $17.…

A 21-year-old man named Martinus Gulo was sentenced to four years in prison by the Medan District Court yesterday after being found guilty of…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police said shootings during their special operation to secure the Asian Games were conducted according to their…

Washington, D.C. – The Clinton administration sought to preserve close ties to the Indonesian Armed Forces as President Suharto's rule came to an…

John Braithwaite – Much of the media commentary on the government prosecution of Witness K and his lawyer Bernard Collaery has focused on…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – On Oct. 12, 2016, Indonesia introduced one of the world's toughest antirape laws. Initiated by President Joko "Jokowi"…

On Saturday, officials from Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted a raid on Sukamiskin Prison in Bogor, a penitentiary…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The regional administrations of Papua province and the Mimika regency must purchase their 10 percent shares…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – This month, the Jakarta administration covered an eyesore of a river with a giant nylon net ahead of the 18th…

Ahead of the start of the Asian Games on August 18, the Jakarta Government has been conducting a test expansion of the odd-even traffic rule in…

Rita Widiadana, Denpasar – Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Susana Yembise said it was difficult to combat early marriage…

Not everybody in Indonesia can obtain proper healthcare in life or a mobil jenazah (similar to a hearse, but often just a repurposed ambulance) to…

Adinda Normala, Jakarta – In South Kalimantan, Hulu Sungai Utara district head Abdul Wahid no longer permits cigarette advertising in order to…

Jakarta – Researchers say the Indonesian government's "land swap" plan to give plantation companies new lands in exchange for…

James Massola & Karuni Rompies, Bogor – He has beaten corruption charges, spent time in jail for ordering the assassination of a Supreme Court…

Jakarta – West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Governor Muhammad Zainul Majdi, also known as Tuan Guru Bajang (TGB), has resigned from the Democratic Party a…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in a joint press conference with Gerindra Party chairman…

Jakarta – The six political parties standing behind President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's reelection bid have agreed on a vice-presidential candidate…

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – The 212 Alumni or the PA 212 brotherhood held a meeting with a number of political party officials at Sultan Hotel,…

The Jakarta Government was on the receiving end of wide-ranging criticism last week after it became clear that their main plan for "fixing" the…

Sydney – Australian authorities should not prosecute a former Australian spy and his lawyer for exposing government wrongdoing, Human Rights Watch…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) held a meeting with the House of Representatives (DPR) today following…

Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has had some huge wins recently in their fight against the country's pervasive corruption,…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Two high school students are speaking out against a land regulation in Yogyakarta that has been widely criticized…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Police have nabbed a man for allegedly defaming Batak people, one of North Sumatra's ethnic…

Indonesians are spoilt for choice when it comes to the number of political parties they can vote for (not that they're always good choices,…

Last week was the registration deadline for candidates seeking to compete for seats in Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) and one of the…

Adinda Normala, Jakarta – The Beringin Karya Party, commonly known as Berkarya, held training for its legislative candidates in Bogor, West Java,…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – To pass them off as real, Alex would enliven his fake accounts with dashes of humanity. Mixed up among the stream of…

Helen Davidson – Timor-Leste activists have condemned the Australian government over the prosecution of Witness K and lawyer Bernard Collaery for…

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – Chairman of the Berkarya (Working) Party Hutomo Mandala Putra or Tommy Suharto said, as a politician…

Dan McGarry – The United Liberation Movement speaks with one voice and with one clear message.

"We demand the freedom of our people and…

Palembang, Indonesia – Irate Indonesian football fans ripped plastic seats from the stands and hurled them onto the pitch at a stadium scheduled…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – At first glance, the room shown by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in a video recording looked like a…

Jakarta (Bernama) – In jail for graft? Want to upgrade your cell to be like a hotel room? How about having a key to come and go as you please?…

A Frenchman who served 18 years in custody for smuggling drugs into Bali was deported Saturday in a case that sparked outrage in his native…

Jakarta – Human rights groups called for an independent investigation on Sunday, after Indonesian police shot dead 11 men earlier this month as…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Activists criticize the six-month imprisonment of a 15-year-old girl in Batanghari, Jambi who aborted her rape-related…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said the cover on the Sentiong River, also known as Kali Item or "Black River", in Central…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The National Police Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian suggested creating regulation on law enforcer protection. It was…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has made improving the Indonesian workforce a focal point in his presidency, stating that investing into…

Papua new Guinea's Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato says he has reaffirmed his country's support for Indonesian control of West Papua.

It was…

Alexander R Arifianto – With Indonesia's presidential election less than a year away, the two leading candidates are Joko Widodo ('Jokowi'), who…

Adinda Normala, Jakarta – With the period to register as presidential candidate getting close, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's main potential…

James Scambary – East Timor held its fourth parliamentary election in May 2018. Kay Rala 'Xanana' Gusmao's newly minted coalition, the Change for…

Jakarta (Antara) – A group of approximately 3,000 people from students of Islamic boarding schools, mass organizations, including Nahdlatul Ulama…