Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly has asserted that the General Elections Commission's (KPU) plan to…

The Government has expressed dismay at attempts by West Papua leader Jacob Rumbiak, to interfere and meddle in the country's national affairs.…

Fadli, Batam – The East Bintan Police in Riau Islands have arrested a 24-year-old ustaz (Islamic teacher), identified only as SH, for allegedly…

Paulina Quintao – The representative of Catholic Church and Bishop of Dili Diocese Dom Virgilio do Carmo da Silva urges the new government to…

Adinda Putri, Jakarta – The government has reiterated its commitment to keep fuel and electricity prices steady this year, amid rising global oil…

Paulina Quintao – Human Right Association (HAK) Program Advocacy Officer Xisto dos Santos believes the government has committed a violation…

Jakarta – Malaysia has taken over China's position as the largest contributing country of tourists to Indonesia in April, according to the Central…

The main takeaway from Saturday's meeting Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader and pornography case fugitive Rizieq Shihab's and likely…

There are reports a number of university students in Jayapura have begun to wear the traditional Papuan koteka or penis gourd to…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – The Gerindra Party, a nationalist-based opposition party led by Prabowo Subianto, appears…

Samsudhuha Wildansyah, Jakarta – The government is planning to form a National Reconciliation Council (DKN). Coordinating Minister for Security,…

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesia and Australia have agreed to continue cooperation in counterterrorism and cyber security, Chief Security Minister…

Jakarta – The National Police revealed on Tuesday that 96 people allegedly involved in terrorist activities had been captured or killed across…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Politicians Aziz Syamsudin of the Golkar Party and Ganjar Pranowo of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P…

Moses Ompusunggu and Rizal Harahap, Jakarta/Pekanbaru – Indonesian universities are tightening monitoring on student activities following the…

Aman Rochman, Malang, East Java – Preventive measures against the spread of radical teachings and anti-Pancasila movements can be launched during…

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan claimed that there would be no strike by employees of national flag carrier…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Democratic Party is mulling over nominating former Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gatot Nurmantyo as its…

One of the earliest controversies surrounding Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan was his inauguration speech in October, during which he said that it…

People from Papua often face discrimination and suspicion from other Indonesians – often their pride in their homeland and traditional culture is…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – It could be love, or it could be nostalgia. Social media went abuzz last week when an image of an old man that looks…

Last Thursday, participants in Indonesia's longest running human rights protest, Kamisan ("Thursdays"), met with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.…

Danielle Bochove and David Stringer – Every year, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. dumps tens of millions of tons of mining waste into the Ajkwa River system…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Ahead of World Environment Day on June 5, Papua province declared the area would be free of plastic…

Rizal Harahap, Vela Andapita and Kharishar Kahfi, Pekanbaru/Jakarta – The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism unit's recent raid and…

Jakarta – The consumer confidence index (CCI) rose 1 percent to 99.5, from 98.5 in May, after declining by 2.2 percent in April, according to…

Despite being a fugitive in Saudi Arabia hiding from pornography charges brought against him by the Indonesia Police, Rizieq Shihab, the founder…

Amal Ganesha and Telly Nathalia, Jakarta/Yogyakarta – People from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds, including Muslims, Christians and…

Vela Andapita, Jakarta – Pictures of politician Amien Rais meeting with cleric Rizieq Shihab – who is currently on the National Police's wanted…

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – The coordinator of the Missing Persons and Victims of Violence Commission (Kontras), Yati Andriyani, questioned the…

Joe Cochrane, Jakarta, Indonesia – Yanto Awerkion knew quite well that he would infuriate the local Indonesian authorities for organizing a…

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesian anti-terrorism police have detained a former student and are questioning two others after a raid on a…

Jakarta – The National Police have dropped a case pertaining to the alleged violation of campaign rules implicating the Indonesian…

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Two major opposition figures, Prabowo Subianto and Amien Rais, are currently in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for a religious…

Nathalia Tjandra – With more than 260m people, Indonesia is the biggest economy in South-East Asia. The country's young population – 37% are under…

Monika Winarnita and Ken Setiawan – Young Indonesian people like me don't know anything about the May 1998 violence. How will you engage with them…

Jakarta – Some 90 percent of the 152 intercity buses at the Kampung Rambutan bus terminal in East Jakarta failed ramp checks ahead of…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Chairman of the Board of Trustees of National Mandate Party (PAN) Amien Rais has flown to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform…

Jonas Guterres – Timor-Leste has held a series of successful and competitive elections in the last year; one for president, and two separate…

Jakarta – Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo is pessimistic about the chances of resolving past gross human rights violations through legal…

Jakarta – The Garuda Pilot Association (APG) has said that as many as 1,300 pilots and 5,000 cabin crew members of state carrier PT Garuda…

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Radar Bogor chief editor Tegar Bagja has described an attack on his office in Bogor, West Java, as "barbaric" and said…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – As the country celebrates the birth of Pancasila, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called for the country to…

Pribadi Wicaksono, Jakarta – Hundreds of people gathered in zero-kilometer point of Yogyakarta holding a ceremony or locally known as tirakatan to…

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – A survey by the Varkey Foundation found that 93 percent of young Indonesians believed that religious faith was…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is scheduled to meet survivors and families of the victims of past human rights…

Viriya Singgih, Karlis Salna and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – It was a lofty ambition from the start.

Indonesia has now all but given up on…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Suciwati Munir, the wife of a human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, refused to meet with President…

By Jarryd de Haan

• Over the next decade, Australia may become increasingly less relevant to Indonesian economic interests.

Jakarta – Maria Catarina Sumarsih, the mother of Wawan, a victim of the Semanggi I student shootings, has demanded that President Joko "Jokowi"…