Indonesia's rupiah traded above 14,000 to a U.S. dollar for the first time since December 2015 on concern disappointing economic growth may limit…

Kate Lamb – A legal attempt by the Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir to overturn a decision that saw it outlawed in the world's largest Muslim-majority…

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Widely spread footage of a Muslim preacher telling his audience at a mosque in Surakarta, Central Java, that voting…

When it was revealed last week that the West Java Police and National Police had dropped the Pancasila insult case against Islamic Defenders Front…

Jakarta – The government has decided to maintain its Joint Ministerial Decree (SKB) to extend the collective Idul Fitri holiday, which will see…

Helen Davidson – Newly declassified documents have revealed that Australia appeared driven by a desire for oil and gas rights when it was deciding…

Jakarta – The West Java Police arrested three individuals, identified only as Anang, Abid and Mulyadi, in Caringin village, Ciawi…

A female runner participating in a race in Jogjakarta, Central Java, was allegedly sexually harassed in a village the race route passed through…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Residents of Temon district, Kulon Progo regency, Yogyakarta, sent a letter on Monday to airport operator PT…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Two weeks before the start of Ramadhan, basic commodity prices have begun to increase in several regions.

According to…

Jakarta – Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) general commissioner Mardani Ali Sera played a leading role on Sunday at an event aimed at…

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – When news broke in early April about an increase in deaths from drinking bootleg alcohol in Indonesia, it was initially…

Riza Roidila, Jakarta – Indonesia's Immigration Directorate General denied on Saturday a report by an Israeli media portal claiming that it was…

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Sukmawati Soekarnoputri's lawyer, Petrus Selestinus asked West Java Regional Police to revoke the Termination of Case…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The Democratic Party dismissed House of Representatives member Amin Santono on Saturday after the Corruption…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Officers of the Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) distributed white t-shirts to people who were wearing…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have vowed to strictly enforce a ban on political activities at the Sunday morning Car Free Day (CFD) events and to…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – In an unprecedented move, 22 national and regional news media organizations and a number of associations have launched a…

Pribadi Wicaksono, Yogyakarta – Answering a question in a dialogue held at the University of Gadjah Mada, Former Indonesian Military (TNI)…

Dedi Ermansyah – The Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) executive board has declared that it is leaving the Indonesian Trade Union…

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Testimony by a palm-oil businessman in a bribery trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court has revealed how local…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – A trade unionist has said workers should voice demands beyond salary increases during street rallies, such as better…

A Solomon Islands civil society worker says a delegation from his country which visited Indonesia sought a balanced view on West Papua human…

Gisela Swaragita and Arya Dwipa, Jakarta – The West Java Police have dropped the investigation into a defamation case involving Islam Defenders…

Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab might be one step closer to returning to Indonesia after the West Java Police dropped the…

Bambang Muryanto – A Dutch freelance journalist, Rohan (a pen name), had been interested in the political turmoil in Papua for years. In 2015, his…

Amanda Hodge – At a debate in East Timor's capital Dili ahead of next Saturday's elections, an argument flared between candidates and party flacks…

Jean Bell, Auckland – An alarming number of "targeted" journalists being killed and West Papua media for independence were just some of the topics…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Entertainment centers such as nightclubs and karaoke bars in Pekanbaru and Dumai in Riau province will be…

Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has submitted a judicial review challenging the Supreme Court's decision to instruct that the Jakarta…

May 1998 was a watershed moment in Indonesian history. Soeharto's 32 years of authoritarian rule ended as his bloated New Order regime collapsed…

Harry Suhartono and Karlis Salna, Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank said it won't hesitate to raise interest rates to stabilize the rupiah, but…

Jakarta – The mother of a child who died on Saturday during a charity event at the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta has claimed that…

Anwar Siswandi, Jakarta – During the 2018 National Education Day on Wednesday, Gelora Community Action Group of Padjadjaran University (Unpad)…

Pribadi Wicaksono, Yogyakarta – The Indonesian Islamic Students Movement (PMII) said that the riot that broke out in front of the UIN Sunan…

Jakarta – Human rights group Amnesty International Indonesia has criticized the hate speech conviction of a spiritual book author who offended…

Jakarta – A group of shamans in West Java has refuted suggestions that their support for a candidate pair in the religiously conservative province…

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – Jakarta's air pollution is worse than Bangkok, but not the worst in Southeast Asia, data from the World Health…

Vincent Paunovic – A country under siege for decades, Timor-Leste has more than its fair share of challenges as it seeks to develop, recover and…

Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry is now preparing a regulation to bring back the requirement for foreign workers to speak Indonesian, an official…

Paulina Quintao – The Director of health from Dili municipality, Agustinha Seguerado is concerned with the growing waste problem within Dili that…

Jakarta – The consumer confidence index (CCI) declined from 100.8 to 98.5 in April after increasing 3.6 percent in the previous month, according…

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – In the past few years, Indonesia has seen more and more investments from Asian powerhouse China.

In 2017, China…

Puji Rianto – An old video of a local preacher Abdul Somad has gone viral. In the video, Somad says that people who buy coffee from US coffee…

Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir – The appearance of the Indonesia Solidarity Party (Partai Solidaritas Indonesia, or PSI) – bearing the slogan of "the…

Alfan Hilmi, Jakarta – In the National Education Day, the National Commission for Child Protection (KPAI) Commissioner for Education Retno…

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – The National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Commissioner Beka Ulung Hapsara assessed the government under the…

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – In a commemoration of National Education Day, the director of KAPAL Perempuan Institute Misiyah stated the institution…

The SI delegation that traveled to West Papua arriving into Sentani Airport in Indonesia's Papua province on 24 April 2018.

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Mohammad Bernie – The song "Hello Hello Bandung" was played and sung along to by thousands of workers who packed into the Senayan Sports Arena (…