Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Indonesia's conservative Aceh province will no longer allow canings for violations of Shariah law to be carried out in…

Shannon Power – One of the world's youngest nations is powering ahead on LGBTI rights and has come up with a clever way to promote inclusion.

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan gave his opinion on President Jokowi's…

Jakarta – A lecturer at the University of Indonesia's School of Philosophy has been reported to the police for alleged hate speech after stating…

Deaths from drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in Indonesia have exceeded 100 this month, police say, vowing a "scorched earth" crackdown on the…

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Novel Baswedan, was reluctant to accept the challenge…

Jakarta – Beaches along Balikpapan Bay in East Kalimantan are heavily polluted with oil spilled from a burst undersea pipeline of state-owned oil…

Indonesia's Aceh province will stop caning criminals in public after a wave of international condemnation of the practice, local officials said…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Gerindra Party chairman and chief patron Prabowo Subianto accepted his party's…

So if you follow Indonesian political news at all you're already well aware of yesterday's surprise declaration by Gerindra chairman Prabowo…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Hundreds of female vendors at the Mama-mama Market in Jayapura, Papua, shouted hysterically when President…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Gerindra Party is intensifying its lobbying of other political parties to create what it has dubbed "the…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A flower board that drew the attention of wedding guests at a reception on Wednesday in Binjai, North Sumatra, with its…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) told the people of Papua to maintain the peace and unity in the region,…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The sharia-based provincial government of Aceh has issued a gubernatorial regulation ending the practice of caning…

Karina Maharani Tehusijarana, Jakarta – As the Gerindra Party holds its closed-door national coordination meeting at party chairman Prabowo…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Police have declared war on bootleg liquor after 51 people in West Java and another 31 in Greater Jakarta died…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police challenged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan…

Jakarta – Vendors from the so-called Tasik Market in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, have occupied several streets along the crowded business…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has given assurances that development of reclaimed islands in Jakarta Bay…

Amal Ganesha, Jakarta – Indonesia's infrastructural development has been marred by poor adherence to standard operating procedures and other human…

Santi Kusumaningrum – Indonesia plans to renew its criminal code to update the 100-year-old law. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration…

Francis Chan – Indonesia's largest opposition party Gerindra on Wednesday (April 11) officially declared former army general Prabowo Subianto as…

Meghna Bali – Indigenous elders on the Mid North Coast are sharing their knowledge about environmental sustainability with Indonesian marine and…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Muslim Advocate Association [IKAMI] planned to file a report of religious blasphemy…

Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN Jakarta) granted the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party's (PKPI) petition to…

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi invited the Indonesian ulema to maintain the calm situation ahead of 2018 Regional…

Ahmad Fikri, Jakarta – Indonesian Press Council Chairman Yosep Adi Prasetyo reminded news agencies to take further cautious steps in reporting the…

A West Papuan group says it wants the money it collected for a public donation to Papua New Guinea earthquake victims returned by…

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Lawmakers and officials from both pro-government and opposition coalitions have responded variously to President…

Michael Leach – Timor-Leste returns to the polls on 12 May, almost ten months after last July's election failed to produce a sustainable…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court has ordered the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to continue its investigation…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Army (TNI) and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) signed a memorandum of understanding on…

Indonesia's deadliest bootleg liquor crisis in years has killed at least 90 people, authorities said Tuesday, prompting one region to declare a…

Thomas Ora and Jose Belo, Dili – Party leaders in Timor-Leste have agreed to maintain peace and national stability during an electoral campaign…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A limitation and ban on the sale of beverages containing between 1 and 5 percent alcohol have indirectly increased the…

Adam Harvey – In what is suspected to be the worst-ever mass fatality caused by alcohol poisoning in a country where drinkers regularly die from…

Just a month ago, Gerindra chairman Prabowo Subianto was widely considered the inevitable challenger to Indonesian President Joko Widodo in the…

Raimundos Oki, Dili, East Timor – East Timor's political parties kicked off a month of campaigning Tuesday for new parliamentary elections due in…

James Massola, Jakarta – Thousands of members of Prabowo Subianto's Gerindra party will demand that he run in the 2019 Indonesian presidential…

Basten Gokkon – Environmental advocates have warned that proposed revisions to Indonesia's conservation act could provide new loopholes for…

Kate Walton – "We believe this is the worst oil spill to catch fire since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster," said Fathur Roziqin Fen, Director…

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will have an easier time in the 2019 presidential election if Gerindra Party…

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The rising number of candidates competing against blank boxes in the regional elections is an indicator of…

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force will establish its third Operations Command [Koops 3] in East Indonesia. Air…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is set to cancel some of his 245 National Strategic Projects, mostly in infrastructure and particularly…

Jakarta – Democratic Party secretary-general Hinca Panjaitan has said the party is preparing its executive, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, to run for…

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The Gerindra Party's central executive board chairman Desmond Junaidi Mahesa said his party is open to the…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A Muslim preacher was on Monday (April 9) sentenced to nine years in jail by an Indonesian court for inciting the…

Katharina R. Lestari – Abdul Gafar, a 31-year-old Indonesian fisherman, says he now has to wear a face mask each day after an oil spill at a port…