Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that there is no under-five year old child who is a communist. The President made the…

Damon Evans – Findings from UN-backed Conciliation Commission show development of Greater Sunrise oil and gas in East Timor is unviable, contrary…

James Massola, Jakarta – The Indonesian government wants Australia to re-open discussions on maritime boundaries after a deal was finally struck…

Helen Davidson and Christopher Knaus – Australia has received billions of dollars in revenue from contested oil and gas fields which a new border…

Christopher Knaus – The spy who blew the whistle on Australia's bugging of Timor-Leste's cabinet room during sensitive oil and gas negotiations is…

Donald R. Rothwell – After nearly two years of a facilitated conciliation process initiated under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of…

Clive Schofield – The signing of a treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste marking maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea represents a huge step…

Peter Job – As announced by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on February 25, there appears to be hope at last for a settlement of the prolonged…

'Virginity tests' are a form of violence against women – not a credible medical practice. – Nisha Varia, Women's Rights Advocacy Director

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Democratic Party executive Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono has said there is a possibility for the party to endorse…

Fiji has hit back at the deputy prime minister of Solomon Islands over criticism about the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

Speaking in the…

Fathiya Dahrul – With barely six months to go for Asia's biggest sporting event, the main challenge is not the readiness of venues or athlete…

Hendra Friana – "I was handcuffed and forced into a vehicle, and all before being shown an arrest warrant".

22-year-old Muhammad Hisbun Payu…

Peter Lloyd – East Timor's chief negotiator Xanana Gusmao has accused Australia of essentially colluding with oil companies to ensure Greater…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Agus Rahardjo says his side is paying close attention to a…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – A researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Syamsudin Haris argues that a third alternative…

Anne Barker – A landmark agreement to be signed in New York tomorrow (AEDT) will close the door on the long and bitter dispute between Australia…

Dias Saraswati, Jakarta – The Anti-Communist Youth Movement (GEPAK) plans to report the organising committee of a recent discussion titled "The…

Jakarta – Today marks the 47th anniversary of Tempo Magazine or Majalah Tempo. Throughout its timeline, this media has faced countless challenges…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – Papua gubernatorial candidates have promised to prioritize programs to improve the livelihood of Papuan people.

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesia has revoked 186 regulations in the energy and mineral resources sectors that were considered troubling, as the country…

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a regional, non-governmental, human rights organization in Asia, has learned of the current situation on…

Tom Clarke – East Timor and Australia will sign a maritime boundary agreement at the UN headquarters in New York tomorrow, putting their long-…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – A British diver has captured shocking images of himself swimming through a sea of plastic rubbish off the coast of the…

Pribadi Wicaksono, Jakarta – The burka ban that was introduced by Yogyakarta State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga (UIN Yogyakarta) was met with…

An Islamic university in the city of Yogyakarta is at the center of a religious controversy over its decision to ban the niqab (face-covering veil…

Jakarta – The National Alliance for Criminal Code Reforms has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to open talks with experts from various…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesian Military chief Air Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto has appointed new commanders to the Army Special Forces Command, or…

Last Wednesday, the former head of Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN), Budi Waseso, retired and handed over the reigns of the drug…

Jakarta – The Election Advisory Board, or Bawaslu, on Sunday (04/03) annulled a decision by the General Elections Commission, or KPU,…

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – A rally against the construction of incinerators took place on the sidelines of the 2018 International Zero Cities…

Jakarta – Three civil society organizations (CSO) have announced plans to legally challenge the government's mandatory phone registration policy,…

Muh Syaifullah, Jakarta – The Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN Suka) in Yogyakarta has barred its female students from wearing burkas…

The new policy by the Yogyakarta Islamic State University (UIN) banning students from wearing a niqab while studying on campus has attracted…

Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – The government has allowed foreign investors to bid for mining concessions with a total area of more than 500…

A human rights activist has expressed frustration at omissions from reports by New Zealand diplomats about their visits to Indonesia's Papua…

Fitria Rahmawati, Jakarta – The Central Java Police released a statement confirming that they had apprehended three individuals involved in a…

Aman Rochman, Malang, East Java – A lack of safe public spaces for women was among issues highlighted by dozens of women's rights activists taking…

Hendra Friana – Muhammad Hisbun Payu (Is), an environmental activist from Sukoharjo in Central Java, was arrested by police in front of the…

Simon Roughneen, Singapore – After a saga lasting nearly two decades, Australia will on March 6 sign a boundary treaty with East Timor that will…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The Indonesian government cannot entertain the request by the country's most influential militant cleric, Abu…

Denpasar – "Women united can never be defeated, the women's movement cannot be stopped".

This was what was shouted by protesters in the Bali…

Frank Brennan – On Tuesday the governments of Timor Leste and Australia will sign a maritime boundary treaty in New York in the presence of…

Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – Global coal prices are expected to remain healthy throughout 2018 owing to stable demand from China and increasing…

Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – The government revealed that the progress of its flagship 35,000-megawatt (MW) electricity procurement program had…

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Vice Chairman Gerindra Arief Puyuono said Gerindra proposed the general chairman Prabowo Subianto run as presidential…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman will investigate the alleged violations committed by President Joko Widodo or Jokowi who…

Bekasi – The Populist Democratic Trade Union (Serikat Buruh Demokratik Kerakyatan, SEDAR) held a mass meeting attended by more than 400 members on…

In the one year since the first Jakarta Women's March on March 4, 2017, there has been both heartening progress and disturbing setbacks in the…

Putri Puspita, Bandung – In welcoming International Women's Day (IWD) which falls on March 8, a number of different communities in the West Java…