Tom Allard, Agustinus Beo Da Costa & Kanupriya Kapoor, Bandung – A spate of mysterious attacks on Islamic clerics, schools and mosques in…
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March 23, 2018
Jakarta – An entertainment entrepreneurs association has slammed a gubernatorial regulation that simplifies the process of shutting down…
Wahyu Amuk, Padang – If Indonesia does not properly address the era of globalisation and modernisation there will be negative impacts with gay,…
Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – A mass media researcher Eriyanto said incident threatening the freedom of press continues to take place with a…
Hikmawan Saefullah – The punk movement is notable for its anti-establishment stance and distinct music and fashion style. Starting in the 1970s in…
Agnes Anya, Jakarta – "Most of them were convicted because they had jimat (traditional amulets) with them," said the Foreign Ministry's Indonesian…
Yesterday, an internal memo from Jakarta's Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) to the Jakarta Provincial Government detailing their plan to deploy 325…
Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Environmental group Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (Walhi) revealed that 82 percent of Indonesia's land spaces…
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has responded to the explosive allegation that two of his Cabinet ministers took…
Arkhelaus Wisnu Triyogo, Jakarta – Golkar Party politician Melchias Marcus Mekeng thinks that Setya Novanto gave false testimonies in the e-KTP…
March 22, 2018
Victor Mambor Jayapura – High school student Riko Ayomi was already dying when police brought him home in Sorong, a city on the western tip of…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Agency has said that the majority of construction projects in the capital city are unsafe.
…Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Indonesian National Police Inspector General Setyo Wasisto initially suspects that the motive behind the recent fake egg…
Jakarta – The recent misuse of data belonging to tens of millions of Facebook users has shown that Indonesian netizens must improve their…
Jakarta (Antara) – Prabowo Subianto's younger brother, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, does not deny that there are attempts by President Joko Widodo (…
Helen Davidson and Christopher Knaus – The Australian government should return the passport of a former secret service agent who blew the whistle…
Bagus Prihantoro Nugroho, Jakarta – The author of the novel "Ghost Fleet", Peter Warren Singer, has uploaded a photo of Greater Indonesia Movement…
The Timber and Forestry Trade Union (SPKahut) is demonstrating at the House of Representatives (DPR) demanding the payment of back wages and…
Sheany, Jakarta – The government sent a protest note to Saudi Arabia on Monday (19/03), after an Indonesian national was beheaded in Mecca. Saudi…
Jakarta – A senior economist has said Indonesia's increasing foreign debt in the last three years had trapped the country's economy in being…
Jakarta – Standard & Poor Global Ratings has said the debt to earnings before interest depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) ratios of state-…
Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Joining the wave of what the industry has described as a "negative campaign" against palm oil, three documentaries on…
Hundreds of students and local residents in Sukoharjo, Central Java, held a protest action in front of the Sukoharjo regional police headquarters…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Former House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto has testified during Thursday's court hearing that illicit money…
Around 80 students from the Alliance of Student Executive Councils (ABEM) in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang held an action at the…
Ivany Atina Arbi – Dozens of people took showers together in front of Jakarta's City Hall on Thursday in protest of the involvement of private…
March 21, 2018
John McBeth, Jakarta – Nearly one year until Indonesia's parliamentary and presidential polls, speculation is already rife over who President Joko…
Indonesia says it is not in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to undermine a push for self-determination in its Papua region.
A war of…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – While recent arrests of alleged Muslim Cyber Army (MCA) members has shed light on the group's network and online…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri visited the…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government is courting foreign investors in a bid to lure investment to fuel its infrastructure development…
Shannon Power – Australia and other Asian leaders may have missed a golden opportunity to confront Indonesia on the increasing persecution of…
Jakarta – Cases of violence against women and children in Jakarta remain unchecked, with teenagers and school students comprising the majority of…
Alfan Hilmi, Jakarta – A political observer of Charta Politika Yunarto Wijaya said the speech of Gerindra Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto who…
Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – In the Jakarta headquarters of the Indonesian Solidarity Party, or PSI, workers call each other "bro" and "sis," and…
Clips from a speech by Gerindra Party chairman and former general Prabowo Subianto, which were posted to Gerindra's official Facebook page on…
Ryan Dagur – Indonesian weekly magazine Tempo has defied radical Muslims' demand for an apology over a cartoon which they said insulted a Muslim…
Datuk Haris Maulana, Aceh – Since the armed conflict broke out up until a peace agreement was reached, to this day Aceh still does not have any…
The on-oil economy of Timor-Leste (East Timor) contracted by 1.8% in 2017, mainly the country's economy, according to a World Bank report.
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March 20, 2018
Prabowo Subianto, the former general and current Gerindra Party chairman, seems set to challenge President Joko Widodo once again in 2019 after…
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Indonesia's constitutional court to overturn an article in a new law under which anyone, including…
Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A joint statement supported by 39 individuals and institutions has called on Yogyakarta Governor Hamengkubuwono to…
A group calling themselves the Revolutionary Islamic Forum (FUIR) held a small demonstration in front of Jakarta City Hall yesterday afternoon…
Jakarta – A crowd of activists protested in front of the Energy Building in the Sudirman Central Business District in Senayan, South Jakarta, on…
Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has said that ecological damage resulting from PT Freeport Indonesia's (PTFI) mining operations in Papua…
Niniek Karmini and Stephen Wright, Jakarta, Indonesia – A spokesman for the family of an indigenous Papuan teenager who died after 24 hours in…
Jakarta – Child sexual abuse targets more to boys than girls, the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) said on Monday.
Citing…
Jakarta (Antara) – A protest action against the execution of migrant worker Muhammad Zaini Misrin was held at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Jakarta…
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia requested the police to perform assertiveness upon the intimidation shown by members of…
Damar Juniarto – On 1 March, the Indonesian National Police announced the arrest of 14 members of the so-called Muslim Cyber Army (MCA) network…




