Iffah Nur Arifah – Twenty years ago today, the late Suharto resigned as president of Indonesia after 32 years in power.

University students…

Rofi Ali Majid – The education system has failed to realise the ideals of reformasi – the reform movement that began with the overthrow of former…

Apriadi Gunawan and Vela Andapita, Medan/Jakarta – North Sumatra Police have arrested a lecturer at North Sumatra University (USU), identified as…

Following the terrorists attacks in Indonesia last week including horrific suicide bombings at four different sites in Surabaya, several people…

Estevao Nuno – Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Timor Aid aims to preserve Timor's culture through book documentation to inform Timorese in the…

Estevao Nuno – Program Coordinator for Timor-Leste's National Youth Council (CNJTL), Manecas Lobo dos Santos urges the upcoming VIII…

Abeth You, Jayapura, Jubi – Papuan Voices will promote indigenous Papuans through Papua Film Festival II (FFP II) which is running in…

Paulina Quintao – The executive Director of Luta Hamutuk organization (LH), Jose da Costa urged the new upcoming government to take responsibility…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) considered the death sentence for terrorist convict was not a solution…

Vela Andapita, Jakarta – It was in the middle of the day on Saturday when an unidentified mob destroyed several houses and attempted to expel the…

Sheany, Jakarta – In many parts of rural Indonesia where child marriage is still considered a viable option, it remains a challenge to establish…

Almost every week Asih Widodo attends a vigil outside Indonesia's presidential palace, seeking justice for his son who died in an orgy of violence…

Resty Woro Yuniar and Jeffrey Hutton – February 4, 1998, was a day that would change Desmond Junaidi Mahesa's life forever and he never saw it…

Jessica Damiana, Jakarta – For the past decade, Indonesian housewife Maria Sanu has joined a small group of protesters at a silent weekly vigil…

Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – I'll never forget what my boss told me on the morning of May 21, 1998. "He'll resign. Today!"

He was referring to…

Resty Woro Yuniar – On a sunny Friday in Denpasar, the capital of Indonesia's Bali, a group of burly men gather at a small, gated, two-house…

Jakarta – The National Police's counterterrorism squad Densus 88 has made a string of arrests and raided several places in Sumatra and Java on…

The Suharto political dynasty is being revived in Indonesia.

Twenty years after the fall of the country's notorious former President…

Jeffrey Hutton – Usman Said surveys the stainless steel plaques bearing the names of his fallen classmates at Trisakti University in Jakarta.…

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has called on the public to respect Muslims who choose to wear niqab amid rising…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has questioned the Jakarta administration's plan to hold a mass tarawih (evening Ramadan prayers) at…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Jambi Police chief Brig. Gen. Muchlis AS has called on civil society groups to avoid initiating raids on…

Jeffrey Hutton – When Francis Xavier Harsono applied for his first passport in 1992 he was brimming with anticipation for his first trip overseas…

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network) – In an apparent gesture to ensure business confidence, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has…

Michael Taylor, Kuala Lumpur – One of Indonesia's biggest businesses rejected criticism on Thursday (17/05) from Greenpeace, which pulled out of a…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Netizens showed their support for Indonesia's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community in a "hugging"…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has ordered 251 nightclubs, bars and other venues in West Jakarta to stop operating during Ramadhan.

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Jewel Topsfield & Amilia Rosa – On her mother's Facebook account, now deleted, a cherub-cheeked Famela Rizqita is leaning on a bench…

Diella Yasmine, Jakarta – For a long time, before the mini-boom in Indonesian literature in translation started by the buzz over Eka Kurniawan's "…

Vela Andapita, Jakarta – Twelve years have passed since Maria Catarina Sumarsih, 66, initiated the first Kamisan rally following the death of her…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) is facing criminal charges for allegedly breaking campaign regulations after placing…

Audrey Tan, Singapore – Singapore looks set to see a third straight year with no haze, due in part to Indonesia's sustained efforts at curbing…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is currently investigating the alleged involvement of other parties in the…

It's sadly common for fake news stories and hoaxes to spread in times of crisis, spreading even more fear and uncertainty. Indonesia – which saw a…

Agus Mutohar – A series of terrorist acts has rocked Indonesia in the past week. Starting from a clash in a detention centre at the Police Mobile…

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – As the world is commemorating International Day Against Homophobia on May 17, Indonesian lesbian, gay, bisexual and…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – The National Police arrested eight terror suspects in connection with the attack on the Riau Police headquarters…

Kanupriya Kapoor, Surabaya – The mother of an Indonesian family of six who launched suicide bomb attacks on three churches chatted to neighbors…

Christine T. Tjandraningsih – A special Indonesian military unit has joined the police in cracking down on terrorist cells amid a recent wave of…

John McBeth, Jakarta – For a long period during last week's 36-hour stand-off at Indonesia's paramilitary Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob)…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko claimed that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Army received on Wednesday eight new AH-64E Apache attack helicopters purchased from the United States.

Defense…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia booked double-digit tax revenue growth in April boosted by growth in import taxes as well as…

Farid M Ibrahim – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is facing calls to speed up an end to child marriages as experts warn the situation has reached…

Joshua Roose – It was no coincidence that Sunday's suicide attacks on three Catholic churches in Indonesia came as Muslims began the holy month of…

Sophie Raynor – After ten months of political gridlock and one dissolved parliament, Saturday's decisive parliamentary election result represents…

Four men were shot and killed as they staged an attack on a police headquarters that left one officer dead and two wounded, Indonesian authorities…

Edward Cavanough, Dili – Timor Leste headed to the polls on May 12 in its second general election in as many years, with the opposition coalition…

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – A researcher at the Center for Terrorism and Social Conflict Studies in the University of Indonesia, Solahudin, said…

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Leaders and lecturers of Semarang State University (Unnes) signed on Tuesday an integrity pact in their…