Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Saudi Arabia has beheaded an Indonesian migrant worker for murder despite President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's repeated pleas…

Anne Barker – The battle to control hungry and mangy animals, re-home them and keep the city rabies free is confronting, but a weekly necessity…

Ed Davies and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – The youngest son of former Indonesian president Suharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, is making a…

Saifuddin Hafid – The Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan) held a protest action at the offices of PT. Huddleston on Jl.…

Arkhelaus Wisnu Triyogo, Jakarta – Democratic Party Chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono or SBY expressed his respect to President Joko Widodo or…

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – An Islamist group calling itself the Revolutionary Islamic Community Forum (FUIR) plans to stage a rally on Monday…

Last Friday, Islamic hardline groups headed by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) protested at the offices of national news outlet Tempo over a…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Jayapura Police said Monday that security in the regency and in Papua in general was under control after the…

Indonesia's president was greeted by protestors calling for West Papuan independence when he arrived at New Zealand's parliament this…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Around 50 people calling themselves members of the Revolutionary Islamic Community Forum (FUIR) staged a rally on…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – A land execution in Karaton, Luwuk district in Banggai regency, Central Sulawesi, ended in a skirmish between…

Stephen Sherlock – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was recently reported in the media as stating that he would refuse to sign the controversial…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan issued on March 12 decree No. 18/2018 on tourist businesses, which simplifies the process of shutting…

Aisyah Llewellyn Medan, Sumatra – "We aren't allowed to talk about the ghosts anymore" explains Ernest Siregar, a guide at Tjong A Fie Mansion…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Minahasa – Indigenous people have been given a glimmer of hope as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed a presidential…

A Solomon Islands academic says the leaders of Melanesian Spearhead Group member states made a mistake in granting Indonesia associate member…

Jeffrey Hutton – The former special forces general and presidential candidate in Indonesia's last election, Prabowo Subianto, will make another…

Ed Davies and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – The youngest son of former Indonesian president Suharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, is making a…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Attorney General M. Prasetyo expressed his support to the postponing legal process on governor candidates in Regional…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Gerindra Party is seeking a potential candidate to be paired with its chairman Prabowo Subianto in the 2019…

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – Jakarta Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) stated FPI misunderstood about the Press Law by conducting a protest…

Sydney – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has praised President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for his success in developing a multicultural…

Sheany, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women, or Komnas Perempuan, highlighted cyber-violence as a growing trend in…

Oki Raimundos, Dili, East Timor – Three political parties that brought down East Timor's minority government say they will campaign under one…

A mass of Islamic hardliners, comprised of groups such as the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and its paramilitary wing the Islamic Defenders Army (…

The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit is taking place in Sydney on the 17-18 March. According to reports…

Tim Lindsey and Dave McRae – At the weekend, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will meet with President of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on the…

West Papua Action Auckland has urged the Prime Minister to raise human rights and the suffering of the people of Indonesian ruled West Papua when…

Anne Barker – Amnesty International has urged Indonesia to step in and block moves to introduce beheading as a punishment for murder in the…

Jakarta – The central government has warned the Aceh administration against introducing beheading as a punishment for murder under its sharia law…

Jakarta – The head of the Sharia and Human Rights Division at Aceh's Sharia Agency, Syukri Yusuf, denies having said that the province…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups is pushing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to issue a regulation in lieu of…

James Massola, Amilia Rosa & Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – It's 5am at the gates of Jakarta's presidential palace, and our minibus has just been…

Arkhelaus Wisnu Triyogo, Jakarta – Gerindra Party Gen. Secretary Ahmad Muzani criticized the order issued by Police Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian who…

Jalelah Abu Baker, Singapore – Falsehoods are created and spread online in Indonesia for economic and political reasons with no regard for the…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Minahasa, North Sulawesi – Around three million indigenous people in areas across Indonesia may not be able to participate…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Minahasa, North Sulawesi – Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) secretary general Rukka Sombolinggi has…

Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt reached US$375.5 billion in late January or a 10.3 percent growth compared to the same month last year, Bank…

Wataru Suzuki, Jakarta – The debt of Indonesia's four major listed state-owned construction companies jumped 57% by the end of 2017 from a year…

Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has warned the government about the trade deficit.

"The February trade deficit was lower than…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid was the only president after the Reform…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – After huffing and puffing over the past few weeks, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has decided not to sign the…

Dhania Sarahtika, Jakarta – In 1953, a woman won the literature award from Indonesia's Badan Musyawarah Kebudayaan Nasional, one of the most…

Jakarta – The conservative Indonesian province of Aceh – known for publicly caning gay people, adulterers and gamblers – is considering the…

Ihsan Dalimunthe & Dika Dania Kardi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulama Council's (MUI) Religious Outreach Commission chairperson, Cholil Nafis,…

Julia Lovell – Joshua Oppenheimer's 2012 documentary The Act of Killing follows a cabal of ageing hoodlums around the city of Medan, in north-west…

Arkhelaus Wisnu Triyogo, Jakarta – In a hearing with the House of Representatives (DPR), Jakarta Metro Police Chief General Inspector Idham Aziz…

James Massola & Peter Hartcher, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo will push to sign off an Australia-Indonesia free trade agreement…

Jakarta – State-owned energy company PT Pertamina has estimated that the demand for subsidized 3-kilogram liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) canisters…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Gadjah Mada University sociologist Arie Sujito said that hoax and hate speech that commodifies issues of ethnicity…