Krithika Varagur, Jakarta – A sword attack at a Catholic church by a Muslim assailant this week in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta injured four…

Indonesia says the United Liberation Movement for West Papua's bid to be a full member of the Melanesian Spearhead group has reached a dead end.…

Petunia – Students planning to convey concerns their about the commercialisation of education to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo at the Hasanuddin…

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Indonesia booked a US$670 million trade deficit in January, an unusual situation in the past three years, where January…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has raised the theme of equality for quality growth in the 2019 government work plan, the final year of…

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – Pollster Indo Barometer conducted a survey on the 2019 presidential election scenario. The survey that involved about…

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Standing before thousands of soldiers, Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto delivered a blunt message intended to resonate far…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Local authorities in Yogyakarta barred an art exhibition initiated by a group of activists protesting of the…

Celestina Soares – Currently, 396 teachers have received inclusive education training; from this number 70 people have their Masters in this area…

Paulina Quintao – The family and patients gave thanks to the Chinese soldiers for providing aid in Timor-Leste, through delivering free health…

Celestina Soares – Currently 787 people with disabilities have access to formal education from Lospalos, Ainaro, Aileu and including the special…

Jakarta – Valentine's Day was banned in some Indonesian cities as police rounded up amorous couples, giving the official kiss-off to a tradition…

Jun Suzuki and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Campaigning kicked off in Indonesia on Thursday for local elections that will have a significant bearing…

Police on Tuesday arrested a suspect in the sexual assault case in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, CCTV footage of which has gone viral recently showing…

Meka Beresford – A group of trans women who were stripped and beaten in Indonesia have spoken out about their ordeal.

Last month, 12 women…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called for Indonesians to maintain unity and harmony as the local…

Len Garae – The four West Papuan official representatives of United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) led by Chairman Benny Wenda, have…

Indonesia has warned Melanesian Spearhead Group member states against meddling in other countries' affairs.

The warning was delivered by the…

Indonesia has the unfortunate distinction of having one of the highest smoking rates in the world, especially among men and underage children and…

Phelim Kine – The Indonesian government debased the rule of law today by awarding Philippine National Police Director-General Ronald dela Rosa its…

Jakarta – Valentine's Day has no value and therefore celebrating it should be forbidden, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has said…

Valentine's Day was banned in some Indonesian cities Wednesday as police rounded up amorous couples, giving the official kiss-off to a tradition…

The South Jakarta Police have arrested a shaman who they said sexually abused at least four women after convincing them it was necessary to get…

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The city of Palembang in South of Sumatra will co-host the Asian Games from August to September and President Joko "…

Fabian Januarius Kuwado, Jakarta – Presidential chief-of-staff Moeldoko has mooted an increasing in the number of non-commissioned officers (…

Aceh, the only region in Indonesia granted special autonomy to enact explicitly sharia-based laws, has been in the news a lot of late due to their…

Jun Suzuki, Jakarta – Amid major delays in his trademark infrastructure program, Indonesian President Joko Widodo is working to strengthen ties…

Kyle Knight – It may seem preposterous, but some Indonesian politicians are attempting to portray the criminalization of adult consensual same-sex…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Zely Ariane, an editor at the Tabloid Jubi newspaper in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua, gets frustrated…

The West Papua National Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the fatal shooting of an Indonesian soldier in Papua province…

Jakarta – The Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) has estimated that e-commerce contributes just 0.75 percent of gross…

Indonesian authorities are completely failing to protect the transgender women who were appallingly ill-treated and humiliated by police in North…

Daniel Peterson – Late last month, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) issued its 2017 Democracy Index report. In what was a grim year worldwide…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono has revealed that nationwide sanitation and drinking…

Fana Suparman and Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesia's antigraft agency, the Corruption Eradication Commission or KPK, charged Marianus Sae, the…

Jakarta – The Workers Social Security Agency (BPJS TK) reports that 6.4 million workers, out of 7.5 million, have yet to be protected…

Stanley Widianto – History seems to be repeating itself in Indonesia. Same beats, same choruses, same incendiary statements, same rebuttals. The…

Mataram (Antara) – The Mayor of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara Barat, has banned the celebration of Valentine's Day in the city. He said that it is…

Jakarta – Authorities in Depok, West Java, have prohibited all students from celebrating Valentine's Day on Feb. 14.

Depok…

While rights activists in Indonesia have been seriously concerned about, and building opposition to, a highly repressive revision to the country's…

The drama over Jakarta's infamous Alexis Hotel, long rumored to be a hotbed of high-class prostitution, is getting heated once again with Governor…

Jon Afrizal, Jakarta – The government and the Workers Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan) are now preparing a mechanism for providing…

Tim Mann – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein concluded a three-day visit to Indonesia last week with some…

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has cut 22 regulations on the energy sector in an effort to simplify the…

A measles and malnutrition crisis has killed at least 72 people, mostly children, in Indonesia's remote province of Papua, home to the world's…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has apologized for posting on its official website an article saying the rising number…

Audrey Dermawan, George Town – Civil society group, Tenaganita, has expressed outrage over yet another death of a domestic worker.

"Why are…

Krithika Varagur, Jakarta – Hundreds of activists protested outside Indonesia's House of Representatives building on Monday against proposed…

Jakarta – Unknown people have assaulted a homeless man in Bogor over his assumed membership of the long-defunct Indonesian Communists…

Jakarta (BM) – Protesters calling themselves the Civil Society Alliance Against the Draft Criminal Code (RUU KUHP) held a rally on Monday February…